In this strand of our work we continue to explore ways of creating images with a "painterly" quality, this time we take the images a long way from the usual conception of that which constitutes a photograph. For the purposes of this exhibition, we are quite forgiving of how we get an image, as long as we get an image that floats our boat.

It has been observed that a photograph can contain too much detail. The trappings of modern life can intrude upon a scene; electricity pylons marching across [...]

In this strand of our work we are interested in creating images of a "painterly" quality, removed some distance from the usual conceptions of that which constitutes a photograph.

We are using a combination of modern digital technology and classic lensless imaging to create multi-layered images in which the structure and form of the subject is reduced to an abstraction, conveying the mere miniumum of information required to establish a context for the viewing.

Our intention is to suppress the [...]

In the context of landscape photography, our approach is probably best characterised as "artists with cameras", a somewhat embarrassing admission for any photographer. But we find it impossible to resist bringing an artist's vision to the landscape hereabouts.

Within a twelve mile radius of where we live is a stunning variety, from exhilarating Mendip limestone uplands to broad Bridgewater Bay sand dunes, from lush Vale of Cheddar farmland to dense Vale of Avalon reed marshes.

The open landscape [...]

The photographs in this exhibition are from my personal collection and were taken between 35-45 years ago. The negatives were recently digitized and the resulting image files are now conveniently available for online display. Despite the immaturity of the photographer, the photographs are apparently of some interest simply because they are views onto the past, something we collectively seem to find fascinating. This collective fascination with old photographs has engaged at least one dramatist and [...]

"Pinhole photography is lensless photography. A tiny hole replaces the lens. Light passes through the hole; an image is formed in the camera." - Jon Grepstad

It is an intriguing fact that pinhole photographs are persistently described as "timeless", "haunting", "evocative", "ethereal" or "dreamlike". It may be that pinhole photographs possess subtle visual qualities which speak directly to our elemental visual memory.

Our visual memory is not rich [...]