Portfolios
Darkroom Prints
Each image in these galleries is a scanned copy of a unique silver gelatin print, produced by hand in the darkroom from a photographic negative. They are arranged in broadly-themed portfolios.
Many of the images are available for purchase, framed or unframed, mostly as 10” x 8” fibre-based prints, carefully toned with selenium to enhance their archival quality. Explore each portfolio to see the full story behind the images and discover prints that may become part of your collection.
The slightly cryptic gallery headings are drawn from the titles of songs that have featured through the years since I first set out as a teenager armed with a secondhand film camera at a concert.
In the City: Urban Images
“In the city there’s a thousand things I wanna say to you” The Jam (1977)
Wild in the Country: Landscapes
“Go wild in the country, where snakes in the grass are absolutely free” Bow Wow Wow (1982)
People Watching: Portraits & Streets
“I people watch on the way back home. Everybody on the treadmill, runnin’ “ Sam Fender (2024)
Sea Fever: Marine and Seascapes
“I must go down to the seas again for the call of the running tide” Composer: John Ireland (1913). Words: John Masefield (1902)
Whole Wide World: Travel
“I’d go the whole wide world just to find her”. Wreckless Eric (1977)
Tranquil pools of slow-moving water moments from the power and drama of huge waterfall make a fascinating contrast. The Dettifoss falls, one of the biggest in Iceland, can be seen producing rising spray behind this shallow pool.
Image size 9” x 6.75” on 10” x 8” paper. Mounted size 14” x 11”.