Install day at The Other At Fair with Hayley speeding things up for me. We got in at 10am and hung these Night Swimmers. The first time I have seen the later part of the series all together on one wall. The recently published ‘Subaqueous’ took the centre space with ‘Blue Swim’ beneath. As you close in you are then beholden to it’s gold, black sister print of ‘Encircle’ hanging over your left shoulder. ‘Heavenly Swim’ gently brings your eyes back to the front, with its vivid, deep greens coming to life on the Hot Press Rag. “I See The Light’ was looking good just beneath with a new aspect ratio, printed at 17”W x 21”H.
To the right and the blues flood in from the bottom with ‘I Amphibian’, ‘The Sky Is The Limit’ and the smaller ‘Down To Earth’.
On the right return wall was ‘Grace’ I wanted people to see her and this crop was to bring you in. She is truly graceful and brings her fresh look of life into any space. I also showed mounted prints of Grace at 16”W x 9”H along with 5. others from the ‘En Route’ series.
‘The Wave’ below is supporting and exhilarating. Wide and wild in a strong white frame. I could have filled the whole booth with this photograph. It looks fantastic when it’s big on the wall.
‘The Sea Beneath’ is the same. We fitted its big white frame on to the floor, completing the movement from the pounding heart beat of Grace through the ocean waves the into calmness of the English Channel on a good day.
I made a frame from some old walnut, 18” x 18” and then printed ‘Twilight Euphoria’ This sat, squared, on the floor together with ‘Flow X’ from the RH.COM series.
We met some fantastic people over the 4 days of The Other Art Fair. A big thank you to everyone who stopped by for some enlightening conversation. Your thoughts and wisdom very much appreciated.
It is so nice as a photographer in the digital age, to get the chance to step back from the computer screen and see the work printed and come to life on a big wall. To be able to share those initial reactions with so many people is a rich asset.
There is a long process in doing the art fair. The choices between showing an exhibition or a fair, or both. Selecting the photographs, the print sizes, the matt cutting the framing the financing, the resizing, the crazy amount of hours that goes into getting these images organized and released for every single format imaginable, online. It’s a lot of work and my thanks again to all who took part, it means a lot.
It would be nice to exhibit again soon. Perhaps for a bit longer. And BIGGER !
