Danskoy Crematorium, Moscow. 1995 Platinum-palladium print on vellum from 8×10 inch negative Perhaps by way of pausing with my rambling thoughts about the relationship between the Fayum portraits and not just my own portrait work but photographic ...
Geoffrey Frosh, photographer 8×10 inches, platinum-palladium print on Fabriano 5 In a recent interview with photographer, printer and blogger, David Chow, he asked How do you normally approach taking a portrait of someone? A number of specific ...
Sebastian Mera, Duckspool. 1989 8×10 inches, platinum-palladium print on Fabriano 5 Here’s something else about the Fayum portraits – they were intended as a part of a process, a becoming. The person, (in almost all cases, as far as I ...
At the Royal Ontario Museum, photos document Cambodia’s record of horror.
Allan Jones. 1992 Platinum-palladium print from an 8×10 negative Allan, a painter and dear friend, wrote me in an email: “I feel as if painting is becoming part of my body … i get stopped often -now – sometimes and feel what i ...
Rachel and Kiran, Dawn. Venice, April 2010 from 8×10 negative From Euphrosyne Doxiadis’ ‘introduction’ in The Mysterious Fayum Portraits, Thames and Hudson, 2000: “The viewer becomes involved in direct communion with the ...
Lizzie Motlow, Cheyne Street, Edinburgh. February, 1986. A few days after the Challenger Space Shuttle Disaster. My friend and fellow photographer was visiting from the USA, when we saw live footage of the disastrous mis-launch. The accident affected ...
Clive Strutt, South Ronaldsay, Orkney. June, 1983 platinum-palladium print from 8×10″ negative A dear friend, with home I shared many eccentric moments, Clive is a (I think wonderful) composer. He still lives in Orkney. As I consider the ...
Victoria Rivera, Coyolillo. Honduras. 1995. platinum-palladium print. 8×10 inches And then, the Fayum portraits are not distinguished just by the rendering of eyes. The place at which the face looks is, I think, what makes them feel timeless; a ...
Kiran. Cortona, Italy. 2010. scan from 8x10in negative All the Fayiumi portraits are, of course, defined by the compressed space of the mummy casing. Strange illusions arise from this: despite a slight reduction in size, the ancient portraits seem ...