Images from the ‘Unstill Life’ series have just been selected for the Silvershotz Folio 2011. Silvershotz is an International Journal of Contemporary Photography based in Australia and the UK and produce a high quality coffee-table style journal.
To see more of the series go to www.chrisspackman.co.uk
Posted by averylongexposure on September 2, 2011
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Posted by averylongexposure on September 1, 2011
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'19 August 2011 - 26 August 2011' from the series 'Unstill Life'
More of these images can be seen on my website at www.chrisspackman.co.uk. They involve continuous long exposures lasting several days or weeks using an analogue large format camera.
Posted by averylongexposure on August 29, 2011
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Posted by averylongexposure on August 19, 2011
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Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
I have long been a fan of Hiroshi Sugimoto’s work. Not only is it brilliantly conceived but the technical ability and craftmanship is truly impressive. I saw some of his work last year at the PhotoEspana festival and have been really looking forward to his exhibition of works at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh. Exhibited there are prints from his ‘Lightning Fields’ series and prints made from original early negatives created by photography pioneer, Henry Fox Talbot.
Lightning Fields
Talbot Negative
The images from ‘Lightning Fields’ are truly remarkable. There is something very primal about them. The patterns created by bringing high voltage static electricity into contact with film resemble many natural phenomena – river tributaries, blood vessels, plant roots. Is there a connection to how life was formed? Some of them display other patterns, resembling animal fur and complex textures. The large print sizes allow close inspection and this adds to the fascination.
Talbot too was the great experimenter and was responsible for the photographic negative. The images printed by Sugimoto are from some of Talbot’s earliest paper negatives. the images are barely visible sometimes but they are there like ghosts of the past, brought to life.
All in all this exhibition was well worth the long journey.
Posted by averylongexposure on August 19, 2011
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Although I am still committed to experimenting and pushing the limits of analogue photography I do still use digital cameras and get out and cover events. One event that I have photographed over the last couple of years is the Romsey Agricultural & Horse Show in Hampshire and it is nice to see some of my images emblazoned upon the advertising banners, flyers etc.
I’ll be there again this year on the 10th September 2011, digital camera in hand.
Posted by averylongexposure on August 12, 2011
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As part of a review of the Free Range degree shows Sarah Coggles the creator of the fasion/lifestyle website Coggles.com picked out images from ‘Unstill Life’ as one of the highlights of the shows. It’s really nice to get feedback in this way.
There was also another review of some of the images in the Eye Magazine online blog.
Posted by averylongexposure on August 3, 2011
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Five prints from the ‘Unstill life’ series are due to be exhibited at the Lloyd Gill Gallery, Lee House, 13, Beaconsfield Road, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1YE.
This will be a group exhibition opening on the 22nd August till 16th September 2011, with a preview night on the 20th August.
Posted by averylongexposure on August 2, 2011
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Also following the degree show at Free Range, Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London 3 images were featured as part of a review of degree shows for Amelia’s Magazine website.
Many thanks to Amelia Gregory for her review.
Posted by averylongexposure on July 15, 2011
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Following the degree show at Free Range, Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London an image has been featured as part of a review of degree shows for Creative Review magazine’s website.
CREATIVE REVIEW LINK
Posted by averylongexposure on July 4, 2011
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