Artwork description:

Barbed wire is a recurring subject matter in my work. A common and mundane feature of our urban and rural landscape, but possessing both an aesthetic beauty and functional simplicity. A way to shape and control the world around us and those we wish to keep captive within or to exclude from personal space. The preservation of security and a warning against intrusion or violation. A comfort and a statement of intent. Safety and the promise of pain and suffering. Twisted strands of metallic metaphorical possibility. Shot on expired medium format film, June 2017.

Archival C-Type print from a black and white medium format film negative scan. Signed and numbered on the front in the border, and coming with a certificate of authenticity.

From May 2017, my analogue photographs will be available in a total edition of 10 + 2AP. Square format prints are available in the following sizes:

1 x 36x36in print (42x42in with border) - £495.
2 x 24x24in prints (30x30in with border) - £250.
3 x 20x20in prints (22x22in with border) - £175.
4 x 14x14in prints (16x16in with border) - £125.

Sold unmounted/unframed. Please get in touch if you wish to discuss mounting and framing options, or to purchase a different size from that listed here.

Unmounted C-Type prints are produced using a traditional photochemical process, with true photographic paper exposed from the digital scan and then developed. The gallery-quality archival paper used is selected by me as appropriate to the particular photograph from papers manufactured by Fuji, Kodak and Ilford. All prints come with a wide border for easy mounting and framing.

Additional images simulated and for illustration purposes only.

Materials used:

Gallery-quality archival photographic paper

Tags:

#barb wire #black and white #texture #monochrome #england #rural #british #metal #film #wire #medium format #english #analogue #fence #britain #surface #lancashire #sinister #film photography #twisted #barrier #safety #120 film #barbed wire #analog #malevolent