Color Services, LLC

Essaydi chooses to have her photographs printed by a commercial company, which is not uncommon for professional artists. The exact level of Essaydi’s participation in the printing process is unknown. However, when Essaydi discusses the technical aspects of her...

Analog Film

A distinctive clue can be found in a number of Essaydi’s photographs that indicates she is using film and not a digital file to produce her images. On the outer edge of each image in the black border there are text and numbers that identify the type of film being...

Large Format Photography and the View Camera

As explained by London, Stone and Upton, in their photography text book, Photography, “While modern small-camera films (1 x 1 ½ inches is the size of 35mm film) and digital cameras can make excellent enlargements, the greatest image clarity and detail and the least...

The Photographic Technique

Un-cropped film and manipulated borders are strong elements in the work of Moroccan photographer Lalla Essaydi. She incorporates the language of darkroom and alternative photography through her use of an analog large format camera and the manipulated borders framing...