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Whitianga raised Peter Latham’s work is well known on the
Coromandel, but this landscape photographer continues to
push the boundaries and has carved out a unique (and seemingly
insurmountable) photo ledge for himself. Peter goes beyond the
‘cutting edge’ with large scale, high definition landscape photography.
We first discovered Peter’s art at Mosaic Gallery in Whitianga and were
immediately awestruck. So impressed with his high-def and ‘larger
than life’ images, we wrote about Peter and his work 2 years ago (see
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Then recently we read about some 28m-wide image he was working
on and thought “must be a typo...28 metres?!!”. However, it does
exist. ‘Crystal Clear’, as seen below, is the phenomenal piece created
by Peter for a client’s indoor pool in Russia. He added that “it was
extremely difficult, dealing with both agent and client via text and
email only”. This panorama of Mt. Cook and Lake Pukaki contains
120 overlapping images (4 frames high x 30 wide = a 4GB size
photograph!). And another challenge: Peter shot the scene in Autumn,
returned in Winter to re-shoot the snow capped alps, then placed the
Autumn leaves back onto the bare trees! The result is a 180 degree
panorama that has the same detail as a small enlargement, but
measures 3m high x 28m wide. Imagine swimming with that!
Shooting these scenes is far from simple and requires a lot of
dedication and skill. Peter travels extensively each year in search of
new images, he carries out a lot of planning – and then there is always
an element of luck involved – though Peter adds that you really have
to “make your own luck”, ie. get up early. You sure don’t just turn up
and go “snap!”
Peter might stalk a particular location for several years before he finally
comes home with a great landscape. And he avoids scenes commonly
taken by other photographers, “How many shots have you seen of
that willow at Lake Wanaka?” he says. What you see displayed in his
galleries and website is the result of thousands of hours invested in
scouring our landscape to bring back a unique moment in time.
Not only does Peter print high resolution large landscapes onto canvas
or fine art paper, he can print onto walls of glass and even showers.
Using one of only 3 printers of its type in the world, this superior
process prints directly onto the glass, not to film as is commonly used.
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Peter
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‘Crystal Clear’ is an incredible
28-metre wall piece created for a
client’s indoor pool in Russia.