The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons bears witness to the long life that DeCosse has shared with Florence, Italy, where year after year he has searched out visions to be captured under natural light by his camera.
In a traditional Tuscan home there is often a table arrangement or centerpiece made of the harvest and bounty of simple, earthy fruits and vegetables, and lovely flowers. These are his subjects, one more loving than the next.
The images are in color, 16 x 20” and larger. They look almost like paintings—because they almost are. Each one is unique, a print produced by master printer, Keith Taylor, in the handcrafted gum-dichromate process — a delicate, painterly medium unlike any other.
Although gum-dichromate printing is most identified with photography’s “old masters,” including Edward Steichen and the Photo-Secession circle, DeCosse has reinvented and refined the medium in ways that make it uniquely his own.
Winter Pine Nuts
Winter Lemons
Winter Lemons, Nuts and Leaves
Tuscan Centerpiece
Three Pomegranates
Summer Onion
Springtime Artichokes
Primavera Toscana II
Primavera Toscana I
Pomegranates with Leaves
Plate of Pears
Olive Branch
Pear Triptych I
Pear Triptych II
Pear Triptych III
Grape Harvest
Caravaggio Primavera
Caravaggio Harvest II
Autumn Quince
Autumn Porcini
Autumn Pomegranate and Leaves
Autumn Plum
Autumn Oranges
Artichokes and Marguerites
