THE HANDCRAFTED ART OF KINGDOME 19


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THE STYLE FROM THE BEGINNING OF PHOTOGRAPHY.



THE SPECIFIC THINGS ON KINGDOME 19 WORKS ARE THE HANDCRAFTED PARTS
AND THE COMBINATION OF PHOTOGRAHY & GRAPHIC ART.

HE USES FOR THE "UNIQUES" NO COMPUTER PROGRAMS.
ALL PAINTINGS ON FOILS & THIN GLASSES ARE HANDCRAFTED.

IN THE FIRST 2 BOOKS HE SHOWS ONLY MYTHTICAL SIGNS
AND ENGLISH PHRASES WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPHS.

FOR THE THIRD BOOK ( EXPOSITION: 3 - THE BLACK MODELS" ) HE COMBINED
OTHER GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS, SUCH AFRICAN SYMBOLS,
FRAGMENTS AND LANDSCAPE PICTURES.

WITH THE 4th BOOK KINGDOME 19 USES FOR THE FIRST TIME
THE ANCIENT LATIN LANGUAGE.
"ARRESTED" ALSO SHOWS THE SELF PAINTED CATHEDRAL -
A BEGINNING OF MORE ARTFUL PAINTINGS.

...AND "UNIVERSAL" INCLUDES MORE GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS
AND FRAMES THAN ANY OTHER
KINGDOME 19 BOOK BEFORE.

IT WAS ALSO THE START OF "UNIQUES" SPLITTED IN 2 OR 3 PARTS:
( FOR EXAMPLE THE UNIQUE # 2432 "SOME LIFES ARE BETTER LEFT UNTOUCHED"
IS ONLY PART 1 OF THREE:
"SOME LIES ARE BETTER OFF BELIEVED"
AND "SOME WORDS ARE BETTER LEFT UNSPOKEN" )

IN THE 6th BOOK "WICKED DREAMS" KINGDOME 19 SELECTED PHRASES OF WELLKNOWN
( AND RARE ) ELTON JOHN SONGS.
OVER 80 SONGS WERE THE BASIC FOR THE UNIQUES.

IN THE LATEST BOOK "CONVICTS" YOU FIND ONLY THE ANCIENT LATIN LANGUAGE.
KINGDOME 19 PAINTED OVER 100 DIFFERENT THINGS
FOR THE 100 HANDCRAFTED UNIQUES.


HE WORKS WITH 100-YEAR-OLD TECHNIQUES ON FIBREBASED
PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER AND MIXES THE SEPIA TONERS HIMSELF
ACCORDING TO AN OLD RECIPE.
EACH FINISHED PHOTO ( K19 UNIQUE ) IS UNIQUE UNTO ITSELF.
THERE ARE NO COPIES.



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