Elemental #293: Happenings on the water I , River Chess, 2020

Series from the Pandemic Years.

Limited Edition of 5 of a series of 2.

Using a 14 month film process.

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** Site of Photograph **

River Chess intersecting Sarratt Bottom Nature Reserve, Chess Valley, Hertfordshire, southern United Kingdom.

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** Found Materials at location **

River Chess chalky water, floating watercress, loamy and clay soil, local rock minerals, reed fragments.

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How do I do this??

Minute amounts of water, windfall samples - organic and mineral - are collected from the very landscape depicted within each picture - and chemically bonded with the film over 9 to 24 months. The result: a developed film and unedited, printed images that are somewhere between a classic photograph and a totally abstract image, depicting the interaction between fundamental chemical elements present at each place & time, representing a more visceral and literal experience of being present in landscapes in a constant state of natural or unnatural flux.

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(C) Copyright 2020. All Rights Reserved. Process Patent Pending.

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******** Next Exhibition! ********

Keep watching for news on the next years upcoming exhibitions!

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Saatchi Gallery: Buy this and other limited edition artworks from:

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