“Every experience is a form of exploration. ”
– Ansel Adams
EXPLORE
Presented on a blank canvas as if a scientific study, Nicolson allows us an objective view on this stunning young Kaktus. Its rich colours are simply stunning.
Mixing past and present, memories and manipulated photographs, Dygoro attempts to explore how memories are eroded by other memories. These stunningly beautiful yet surreal photos embrace play and collage in an ethereal style.
Mastering the art of life drawing, Mitchell’s portrait of a Japanese girl lying down displays an excellent understanding of foreshortening. Inspired by a set of antique 1920’s transparencies from Japan, they are in effect images from a different era – where nudity was unacceptable in Japanese culture.
Taken at the Salisbury Plains in South Georgia Island, Darwin blocks his entire camera out with King Penguins. The result is an almost abstract pattern of white and brown fur.
With an eye of the graceful forms of the human nude, Lieberman captures the female body in full-bridge, focusing her lens on the elegant lines of the model’s hips and ribcage. In many ways, the photograph brings to the fore the more animalistic, natural and physical qualities of the human form. This, in turn, draws us closer to the natural world as symbolised by the octopus. Lieberman’s work is largely concerned with the relationship between the natural world and man, here she achieves her goal with a high level of artistic mastery.
This stunning illustration of one of London’s best-loved buildings, Battersea Power Station, is part of a series by Stephen to document some of the country’s most iconic buildings before they are lost forever due to redevelopment. Millership’s lovely illustration of the iconic building is a product of excellent draughtsmanship.
This vintage 1931 Bugatti Type 51 car was shot racing at the Goodwood Revival of 2007. The car was the premium racing car of the 1930s, succeeding the famous Type 35. Captured in black and white, with a hint of sepia, Mason almost transports us back in time as we hurtle alongside the racing car.
In this minimalistic illustration, titled Black Head, Grimwood works with a simplistic linear and colour arrangement that echoes the work of Matisse and Picasso. Strong and flat colours are set off against each other to entice and move the eye in and around the picture.
This photograph of London’s House of Parliament is shrouded in a rich fog that recalls early twentieth-century photographs of the iconic building. A sense of historic mystery is leant by the fog, which Keiditsch expertly manipulates. It is a timeless photograph that could have been shot thirty or fourty years ago.
In ‘Forgotten Decadence’, Hakker uncovers an abandoned world of palatial beauty. Rich stucco ceilings, lost frescos, ramshacked arches and worn tiled floors suggest a decadence that once was.