From the first experience of seeing an image appear in the developer to the present day it still delights every single time. The simplicity, subtle possibilities and tactile nature of wet process is a welcome escape for the normal digital deluge we live today. Our big darkroom was at one time the main black and …

“Is that all ?” Steve asked after the quiet snick of the leaf shutter in my 300mm 8×10 lens indicated another exposure was made.   With all the setting up, loading each individual film holder and just the sheer size of the camera it can seem like an anticlimax.  Making portraits has always daunted me, …

Brian, Michael and I have just hung an exhibition for a project we’ve been working on this year. A collection of images captured over 6 months of intermittent visits to the last site of the CMI Horsham Foundry after its closure in 2012. The Foundry had operated continuously for 140 years on various sites, under …