Artwork description:

This image is one of my very old favourites from back when I was still studying photography. It was back in 1997 and I was back in Norway on holiday and had gone to visit a small town further out on the coast. The drying of fish in this fashion is an old tradition on Norway so it's not an unusual thing to see, whether nailed to a wall like this or on purposefully built racks. I found this one very striking however, on the side of a bright red boathouse down by the shore - which lent itself to a very impactful composition. Quite simplistic - almost minimalist - and exaggerated by the use of negative space - this suited the square format of my old trusted Bronica SQai 6x6 format camera perfectly. It was analogy shot on 120 format negative film - my favourite Fuji NPS - and then later digitalised.

As it happens a large percentage of the Portuguese national dish "Bacalhau" or "Bacalao" is made from Norwegian dried cod (Tørrfisk) and when visiting Portugal I love to go to one of the local eateries/cafes for a Bacalhau - usually part of the menu of the day.

A print of this image used to live in my commercial portfolios for many years and was always always very well liked, especially by graphic designers - probably because of its very graphic impact look. I then kind of forgot all about the image when creating limited edition print collections, so the re-discovering and preparing of it as an artwork now has been quite exciting and I hope you will like it.


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Beautifully Giclée printed on Hahnemuhle Pearl paper - a slightly textured 285 gsm. semi-gloss paper which holds more detail with punchier colours than a matt paper, whilst maintaining a illustrative/ painted feel.

Technology: Epson UltraChrome HDR Wide Gamut Inks with archival life expectancy: 40 years daylight, 200 years in dark.

All prints are professionally printed to ensure the absolute best quality and consistency. I pride myself in strict quality control, hence I only use top professional printers based here in London, that I am content use very strict colour consistency checks and use the very best of printing techniques available. This of course greatly increases production costs, but give me and my customers the peace of mind that I deliver a supreme quality artwork.

Materials used:

Hahnemuhle Pearl - 285 gsm. semi-gloss finish.

Tags:

#red #traditional #coastal #graphic #wall #norway #pop #striking #minimalist #scandinavia #impact #saturated #dried fish #bacalao #bacalhau