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Soldiers patrolling the desert, 1941 — Limited Edition Print

Soldiers from the Arab Legion Desert Patrol gather in discussion while traveling on their camels. The photograph was taken by Rodger about 100 km from Amman, Transjordan in Fort Mafrak in 1941.

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  • Edition of 25
  • Estate stamped on the reverse by a representative of the George Rodger archive
  • Gelatin Silver Print
Gelatin Silver Print

Before the advent of digital technology at the end of the twentieth century, the gelatin silver process had been the most commonly used method of making black and white prints since the 1890s. A negative image is transferred to light-sensitive paper that has four layers: a paper base, a white opaque coating of gelatin and barium sulfate that creates a smooth surface, the gelatin layer that holds the silver grains of the photographic image, and a protective gelatin overcoat. Properly exposed gelatin silver prints are quite stable if exhibited under controlled light conditions.

Until the 1970s, art photographers used this process almost exclusively to create high-quality black and white prints. Color photography was considered a commercial medium, not suited to serious artistic expression. Today, as fewer and fewer photographers are working in darkrooms, gelatin silver printing is quickly becoming an antiquated, historic process.

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George Rodger

About the Artist

George Rodger was a pioneering photographer who garnered world-wide recognition for his work and for his founding of the Magnum agency in partnership with his friends Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson. A self-taught photographer Rodger is most well known for his photographs documenting major wars and diverse communities across Africa, the Middle East and the Far East.

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