Image DAY 79 GALLERY OF INSPIRATION

As One

BY MARK TANNER

This surreal image is part of a series called Form and Atmosphere, in which a very fine line of focus achieves a sense of depth and atmosphere. Using the shift and tilt functions on a 4 × 5 view camera, you can tilt the lens and the film planes in opposite directions to gain a very narrow line of focus and blur the rest of the image.

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Mark Tanner is a photographer in the Los Angeles area. While he earns a living shooting advertising and editorial assignments, his passion lies in creating ...

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