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The Palace Art Fair and the New York Affordable Art Fair
Just a quick note to say that I will be exhibiting recent work at the Palace Art Fair, London, from 7th to 10th October 2010. Housed in the splendid surroundings of Fulham Palace, and arranged by the organizers of the Brighton Art Fair, it promises to be a great event.
I’m also excited that some of my work, the Pinhole Impressions series, along with 43 Gardeners’ Hands, will be at the New York City Affordable Art Fair this weekend, represented by Will’s Art Warehouse.
Tulip petals and Miscanthus sinensis. New work at the Palace Art Fair
Images from the Manton de Manila series. New work at the Palace Art Fair.
Clouds - New work at the Palace Art Fair
Exhibition of Pinhole Impressions photographs, Costa de la Luz series – at Los Balcones del Califa, Vejer de la Frontera, Spain – from 19th February 2010
At the same time I was taking the Pinhole Impressions monochrome series (see previous post), I was also photographing the dramatic coastline near Cape Trafalgar, Andalucia, in Southern Spain. This time vivid colour images were produced, using the same pinhole camera.
Around 12 images from this set will be exhibited at Los Balcones del Califa, in the hilltop town of Vejer de la Frontera, Cádiz. The gallery is situated only a few kilometres from the beautiful Cape Trafalgar and the town of Conil, where the photographs were taken. There will also be a limited edition book produced to illustrate the exhibition. This will be available from the 19th February.
Los Balcones is part of La Casa del Califa hotel and the exhibition runs from 19th February 2010, with a private view and will carry through until after Easter. The exhibition is being curated by James Stuart, MD of Grupo Califa.
Location: La Califa, Plaza de España, 16, Vejer de la Frontera, 11150 Cádiz. tel: 956 447 730
Pinhole Impressions 24 - Cala Puntalejo, Conil, in the south of Spain
Pinhole Impressions 42 - Cala Puntalejo, Conil, in the south of Spain
Pinhole Impressions 25 - Cala Puntalejo, Conil, in the south of Spain
Pinhole Impressions 27 - Cala Puntalejo, Conil, in the south of Spain
Pinhole Impressions 26 - sunset at Puerto de Conil, in the south of Spain
Pinhole Impressions 50 - Cala Puntalejo, Conil, in the south of Spain
Vistas and Views Exhibition – Will’s Art Warehouse, 30th January 2010 until 26th February 2010.
In November 2007 I started experimenting with film again, after a break of several years. More specifically, I was testing a pinhole camera. Digital had become very much the norm for commercial work and I just had a hunch about the effects that I could achieve using really simple equipment.
The black and white photographs I took at RHS Wisley through the winter of 2007 and 2008 evolved into a project I called ‘Pinhole Impressions’. They illustrate trees and the effect of wind as the leaves begin to fall. This series of images has just gone on show at Will’s Art Warehouse, London, as part of an exhibition called Vistas and Views. The work has been included with that of five other artists, who produce landscape work in various media – Nick Andrew – Nicole Etienne – Elaine Jones – Jonathan Pocock – Amanda Ralfe and Sarah Ross Thompson.
The two Tilia Tomentosa or Lime trees were the first taken in the series and have always been my favourites. I have been asked several times how difficult it was to blur the clouds in Photoshop. The answer is always met with disappointment when I say the images were shot in camera with no trickery – it was a genuinely windy day! The only enhancement is good old fashioned dodge and burn – but on my computer, not in the darkroom!
The Pinhole Impressions series, numbers One to Six, were previously exhibited in the International Garden Photographer of the year Exhibition at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 2008 and at Wakehurst Place in 2009.
Will’s Art Warehouse – 180 Lower Richmond Road, Putney, London SW15 1LY England t: +44 (0)20 8246 4840
Pinhole Impressions 2, Tilia Tomentosa at RHS Wisley
Pinhole Impressions 4, Acer Henryi at RHS Wisley
Pinhole Impressions 3, Tilia Tomentosa at RHS Wisley
Pinhole Impressions 6 - Fagus Sylvatica Pendula at RHS Wisley
Pinhole Impressions 5, Poplar at RHS Wisley
Pinhole Impressions 1, Poplar at RHS Wisley