Digitally merged photography, printed on Foamex and cold laminated
Series of three images, each 591mm x 591mm
Exhibited at the Exeter Community Centre Summer Show, June 2015 to January 2016.
Available for purchase as archival quality prints and greetings cards
I was preparing to take a photograph, when I caught a flash of deep orange as my finger momentarily touched the camera lens. It led me to wonder whether I could capture somehow not just objects or people touching each other, but the sense of touch itself. Experimenting with finger and hand, obscuring more or less of the lens, nearer or further, sometimes cupping the lens, I took twelve photographs. None is a block of solid colour, but each finely graded reflecting the sensory patterns in the skin. Some are intense warm oranges or hot reds and pinks; others are light cool whites shading to cold steel greys. I arranged the twelve Touches into a grid of four by three, just touching each other, neurons firing as they come close. And twice more, to produce a series of three images: Alight, Unless, and J’adoube. The images in the series may be viewed individually. Together they form the Touch:Triptych. We all needs must live lightly on this precious planet.
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Unframed archival quality prints and greetings cards are available to buy.
Alight, Unless, J’adoube
details from Alight as cards only
Please get in touch if you are interested in purchasing the prints on Foamex or other material.
Images
A. Touch-Triptych
