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Slagheaps, Silesia - Graphic Black and White Landscape, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
SLAGHEAPS I, CZERWIONKA, 1978
Unframed Silver Gelatin Print, framing options available
44 x 29 cm/ 17.3 x 11.5 inches approx.
From an Edition of 15 + 2 APs, Printed 2005, Hand printed in the traditional darkroom by the Artist (Michał Cała).
Series: Silesia
Signed and dated 2005 in pencil on verso
Shipping: The print would be shipped flat in the print box.
‘I've been photographing workers’ housing, mines and ironworks but the giant slagheaps and the surrounding landscape were always the most surreal subjects for me. The geometric forms of the slagheaps and the contours of the drying sediments created an amazing array of abstract forms. This particular image - Slagheaps I, Czerwionka - won the grand prix at the Polish Landscape...
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1970s Tonalist Black and White Photography
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Poppit Sands #19, Wales
Located in London, GB
"I went there one evening and just by chance there was a low tide. I took a batch of photos and once I developed them at home I saw a certain light and a certain type of picture that...
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