A selection of work taken recently for the RHS at Wisley.
Main house and laboratories
Herbaceous borders, Battlestone Hill
Canal with laboratories in background
Glasshouse Borders
Glasshouse Borders
Glasshouse Borders
RHS Wisley
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Two new exhibitions: Shades of Winter at Fulham Palace, and Red Dot at the Association of Photographers Gallery
There are two new exhibitions where I have photographs on display, both in London. The first, Shades of Winter, is a joint exhibition at Fulham Palace, with photographer Caroline Ames. I have 10 of the Pinhole Impressions series on display (see previous postings) and Caroline has 10 photographs of Fulham Palace, taken last winter. A large version of 43 Gardeners’ Hands is also on display. This runs from 24th November 2010 to 27th February 2011. For more information and travel details, see the Fulham Palace website.
Pinhole Impressions 6 - Fagus Sylvatica Pendula
The second exhibition is the Red Dot charity auction at the Association of Photographers Gallery, where I have two images on display. This is an annual event where silent bidding starts at £40 for all prints. All profits from print sales will be donated to the charity Photovoice, a multi-award winning charity based in London. Its mission is to bring about positive social change for marginalised communities, providing them with photographic training with which they can advocate, express themselves and generate income. You can view all images online, or see the images on display at the AOP gallery from 1st December 2010 to 13th January 2011 – Opening hours: Monday – Friday, 10am – 6pm. Visit the website for travel details.
Reflections, Grand Union Canal, on display at the Red Dot exhibition.
Cape Trafalgar, Spain, on display at the Red Dot exhibition.
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