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Pinhole Photographs created to feature in the book

Pinhole & Solargraph Photographs of the Medway Towns & Estuary

The following Pinhole Photographs, Solargraphs and Films were created mostly during over the spring and summer of 2011 whilst canoeing on the River Medway estuary. There will be more images added over the next month, this is a work in progress.

The square photos were made using the lensless wooden box and the rectangular photos with the converted 1950's Box Brownie. No film was used; all photos were made straight onto Ilford Multigrade and Harman Direct Positive glossy photographic paper and feature (along with the Solargraphs) in the Limited Edition book 'Pinhole & Solargraph Photographs of the Medway Towns & Estuary' which you can buy via the Paypal link at the bottom of the page.

 

Wreck; Hoo Ness Island (25 seconds exposure)

 

Hoo Ness Fort (4 minutes exposure)

 

Composite of Hoo Ness Fort (various exposures, from 25 seconds to 5 minutes)

 

Darnet Fort (12 seconds exposure)

 

Graves, Deadman's Island (30 seconds exposure)

 

The Upper Medway, from Rochester Castle (14 seconds exposure)

 

The Sun's path over Riverside Country Park, Rainham, from Nor Marsh (3 week exposure)

 

The Sun's path over the Medway Towns, from Frindsbury (8 month exposure)

 

The Sun's path over the Great Lines, from the Brook Theatre (6 month exposure)

 

Here is a short film made whilst making the Solargraphs

And here are four more films I've made about the River Medway

The next to last stage of the project sees the image negatives destroyed. The film footage was wiped as soon as the films were made. This is all to ensure that there's no collection of work hanging around afterwards to attract collectors, so in turn I'm never tempted to become what I dislike - an artist who creative direction is guided by what sells.

 

Here you can buy a copy of the Limited Edition book via Paypal. This first batch is marked 'A' and there have only been 20 books produced (10 blue cover, 10 orange). Each is numbered. If you'd like to buy it at your local bookstore instead (at an inflated price, they add their commission), the ISBN number that you'll need to give them is 1-905522-37-1

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And here you can buy a copy of the Special Edition book via Paypal. There have only been 10 books produced. Each is numbered, signed and comes with a hand printed pinhole print of a Medway Estuary scene, mounted on elephant dung or banana leaf paper.  Regretably these books cannot be brought anywhere but this website.

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