Nick Simpson Art
London based artist, Nick Simpson is celebrated for his fictional series entitled The Bumforth Man Collection. The series consists of archival prints inspired by a mythical story concerning a quantity of glass photographic plates discovered in an old oak chest on the Bumforth Manor estate in rural England, the family home of the Gascoigne-Simpson's for over nine generations. These plates, which had laid gathering dust for over a 100 years, were supposedly the work of Simpson’s great grandfather, Samuel Heracles Gascoigne-Simpson, a disciple of William Henry Fox Talbot, commonly considered to be the father of photography. To bring this story to life, Simpson starts by building a set, authentically styled and dressed to re-create the Victorian photographic salons of the late 1900s. This becomes the stage upon which he places his eclectic choice of models and actors, all following his original tight narrative to create a richly detailed tableau. The scene is then captured in a single sitting using an original 1867 Petzval lens mounted on a mahogany plate camera. Hand painting, scratching and distressing the plates add a patina, further adding to the illusion of historical provenance. Nick Simpson previously worked as a commercial photographer and creative director, before embarking upon a full-time career as an artist in 2011. He has exhibited extensively in the UK, but this will be his first exhibition in the USA.
2010s Contemporary Nick Simpson Art
C Print, Archival Paper
2010s Contemporary Nick Simpson Art
C Print, Archival Paper
Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Simpson Art
C Print, Archival Paper
2010s Contemporary Nick Simpson Art
C Print, Archival Paper
2010s Contemporary Nick Simpson Art
Archival Paper, C Print
2010s Victorian Nick Simpson Art
C Print
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nick Simpson Art
C Print, Plexiglass
1960s Modern Nick Simpson Art
C Print
Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Simpson Art
Archival Paper, Polaroid, Color, C Print, Photographic Paper
1970s Modern Nick Simpson Art
C Print, Color
Early 2000s Contemporary Nick Simpson Art
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
Stefanie SchneiderPlay among the Stars (Till Death Do Us Part) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Women, 2005
2010s Contemporary Nick Simpson Art
Luster, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Pigment, A...
1960s Modern Nick Simpson Art
C Print, Color
1960s Modern Nick Simpson Art
C Print, Color
1990s Contemporary Nick Simpson Art
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
1960s Modern Nick Simpson Art
C Print
20th Century Nick Simpson Art
C Print
2010s Contemporary Nick Simpson Art
Photographic Paper, Polaroid, C Print, Black and White, Archival Paper
2010s Modern Nick Simpson Art
Archival Paper, C Print
2010s Modern Nick Simpson Art
Archival Paper, C Print