LIMITED EDITION PRINTS FOSSILISED FOOTPRINTS
I take photographs mainly using my old analogue medium format film camera, a Mamiya RB67 and occasionally a 35mm Pentax K1000. I use film cameras as the limited number of negatives seem to parallel my slower more meditative explorations. The permanent impression created in a photographic negative also captures a moment in time when the medium and environment interact in a very material way, like a fossilised imprint.
BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY
Black & white offers an experience of a nature-based image on a level other than realism. For me, it feels like a passage into archetypal and subconscious themes. The black and white origins of photography may also evoke ideas around the passing of time, resulting in a vintage feel to prints. This may be amplified by the visible grain characteristic of the some of the films I use.
ARCHIVAL PIGMENT INK FINE ART PRINT 
WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE WHEN ORDERING A LIMITED EDITION PRINT
A fine art giclée print on museum grade Hahnemühle paper of archival quality. The photographic image is printed to the edge of the paper {‘full bleed’ i.e. no border} with my stamp & handwritten details on the reverse side. Each edition is limited to 75 prints available to buy unframed. The size of each image can be viewed within the shop.
THE JOURNEY FROM NEGATIVE TO FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT
A print always begins it’s life as my photographic negative. To transform the image into a digital form, I send individual negatives to be scanned by a professional photographic lab. Once returned I inspect the digital representation and undertake minimum tonal level adjustments to mirror the warmtone of a darkroom paper. I entrust a fine art printers based in Chesterfield to produce the final archival pigment ink print (a process otherwise known as giclée). I choose the Hahnemühle range of professional Fine Art papers for their beautiful texture and museum quality. Dependent on the subject matter of a photographic image, I currently select either Photo Rag 308 cotton based paper or William Turner mould-made watercolour paper from the Hahnemühle range.