The 4×10  Collection

4×10 Panoramic Collection: Precision, Elegance, and Cinematic Visual Storytelling

The 4×10 Panoramic Collection presents a rare and compelling vision of the world—intimate in scale, yet expansive in scope. Captured using large format film, each image reflects meticulous craftsmanship, where precision meets poetic expression. The 4×10 aspect ratio offers a unique visual experience: a wide, cinematic frame that retains exceptional detail and tonal richness, drawing viewers into a finely balanced composition. This format lends itself beautifully to landscapes, coastal scenes, and architectural studies, where subtle shifts in light and texture are rendered with striking clarity. Unlike broader panoramas, 4×10 invites a slower gaze, encouraging reflection and appreciation of the nuanced interplay between subject and space. These photographs embody a quiet elegance and timeless quality, turning each scene into a meditative visual journey. The collection is a tribute to the art of seeing—careful, deliberate, and deeply connected to the land, the light, and the moment.

The entire collection was captured on film using a Shen-Hao HZX810-IIA Classic 8×10″ large format film camera with a 4×10″ film back. This is a single shot image with a pleasing aspect ratio.

The scenes were shot in South Africa, with the desire to capture beautiful images of other Southern African countries in both landscape and portrait format.