To a large extent the inspiration for this work is drawn from the first photographs – those of Henry Fox Talbot and Niepce as well as the subsequent work of the photographic pictorialists of the late 19th/early 20th centuries – Steichen, Steiglitz and Langdon-Coburn to name but a few. I have come to this from a 21st Century perspective and so have had the privilege of being able to integrate modern perspectives and digital techniques into the production of my photography.

The main process I use for these images is Gum Bichromate. Gum Bichromate is possibly one of the simplest photographic process to get a result but probably one of the most difficult to get a good result and near impossible to get a consistent result. However it’s appeal is that it is one of the most flexible processes there is. It uses a combination of gum arabic, ammonium dichromate and pigment. This mixture is painted onto paper, contact printed and developed in water.

These are a set of Archival Pigment Prints from scans of the originals. Each image is printed at a size of 9" x 9" (approx. 23x23cm) onto Hahnemuehle Museum Etching and mounted. Limited to an edition of 25. Signed, numbered and blind stamped.