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Elaine Irwin Mellencamp with surfboard; Pirelli session for the 1998 Pirelli
By Bruce Weber
Located in London, GB
This is the original test print for selection to the 1998 Pirelli Calendar, shot by Bruce Weber. It's a very rare as it shows Elaine Irwin in her natural beauty before any retouching...
Category
1990s Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital Pigment, Black and White, Pigment, Photograp...
Milla Jovovich, Nude portrait, Pirelli session (1997) for the 1998 Pirelli Cal (
By Bruce Weber
Located in London, GB
The 1998 Pirelli Calendar was photographed in Miami by Bruce Weber.
Milla Jovovich was among the many iconic models photographed for the series entitled: "Women that Men Live For". T...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Digital Pigment
Shalom Harlow in lace dress - Pirelli session (1997) for the 1998 Pirelli Cal
By Bruce Weber
Located in London, GB
The 1998 Pirelli Calendar was photographed in Miami by Bruce Weber.
Shalom Harlow was among the many iconic models photographed.
“Bruce Weber is a photographer and filmmaker best kn...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Digital Pigment
Shalom Harlow; Topless in army outfit - Pirelli session (1997) for 1998
By Bruce Weber
Located in London, GB
The 1998 Pirelli Calendar was photographed in Miami by Bruce Weber.
Shalom Harlow was among the many iconic models photographed.
“Bruce Weber is a photographer and filmmaker best kn...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital Pigment, Black and White, Photographic Film
Shalom Harlow - Nude in army outfit - for the 1998 Pirelli Cal, Model portrait
By Bruce Weber
Located in London, GB
The 1998 Pirelli Calendar was photographed in Miami by Bruce Weber.
Shalom Harlow was among the many iconic models photographed.
“Bruce Weber is a photographer and filmmaker best kn...
Category
1990s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White
Ephemeral #1, Sand Dunes landscape, Silver Gelatin Print, Unframed
Located in London, GB
"The dunes change with the wind, but the desert remains the same." - Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist
Print info:
Ephemeral #1, Sand Dunes, Morocco, 2006 #landscape, Silver Gelatin Pri...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Traffic Island, "Wandsworth Roundabout", London, (Signed Print)
Located in London, GB
"Brian Griffin turned the tables on commercial assignment portraiture with a style all his own. When Margaret Thatcher came to power in 1979, business was empowered and labor was bel...
Category
2010s Surrealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Phot...
$3,865 Sale Price
35% Off
Beadnell, 'Ice Cream Van', England - Black and White Print, Photogravure
Located in London, GB
Beadnell, England, "Ice Cream Van", from the 'East of Eden' series, 2020
Photogravure; Charbonnel Ink on Archival Somerset Satin Paper Photogravure,
14.85 x 21 cm,
Edition of 2/5 + 2APs,
Signed and numbered. Sold unframed but framing available if requested - please enquire or purchase unframed print
David George's interest in British landscape began under the tutelage of John Blakemore at Derby University and continues to be a major part of his practice, now mainly concerned with ideas of classical and romantic visual semantics in the contemporary British landscape.
His work looks at the decline of traditional industries, incorporating his interest in 19th century European landscape painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photo...
Hartlepool Power Station with Greyhounds, England, Photogravure Print (unframed)
Located in London, GB
"It was very strange and magical for my dogs to suddenly and instinctively to become an integral part of the landscape. I suppose that’s what hunting dogs do." - David George
David George's interest in British landscape began under the tutelage of John Blakemore at Derby University and continues to be a major part of his practice, now mainly concerned with ideas of classical and romantic visual semantics in the contemporary British landscape.
His work looks at the decline of traditional industries, incorporating his interest in 19th century European landscape painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...
Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, Unique with Gold Paint, For Pirelli 1998, Custom framed
By Bruce Weber
Located in London, GB
The Pirelli Calendar, known and trade-marked as "The Cal", is an annual trade calendar which has been published by the UK subsidiary of the Italian tyre manufacturing company Pirelli...
Category
1990s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Gold
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...
Category
2010s Tonalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin, Archival Paper
The Flow of Light under Water
Located in London, GB
THE FLOW OF LIGHT UNDERWATER 2019 Being fascinated with light and water led me to explore how light travels in the sea - often caught on the backs of fish as they dart and swerve int...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogram
$9,820 Sale Price
20% Off
The Self Representation of Light #412, 2 x Luminograms as one work
Located in London, GB
It's really majestic piece. It's grand in size and its got a very beautiful and impressive contrast in shades.
This piece is something very special... two Luminograms in one work of...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography
Materials
Black and White, Photogram, Silver Gelatin, Glass, Oak, Archival Paper
$4,413 Sale Price
20% Off
Near the Church - abstract black and white landscape depicted in the Luminogram
Located in London, GB
NEAR THE CHURCH, 2016
Unique Luminogram Silver Gelatin Print, Framed; Framing options available, also can be shipped unframed if preferable
Framed; museum mount board, white metal fr...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogram, Silver Gelatin
Joe Jackson; Look Sharp, 1979, Vintage Gelatin Silver Print, winklerpicker shoes
Located in London, GB
Brian Griffin
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp, 1979
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print, Framed; museum mount board, antireflective art glass, oak frame
Image size; 11 4/5 × 15 7/10 in 30 × 40 cm...
Category
1970s Symbolist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin, Bromoil, Black and White, Photograph...
Rocket Man, Dungeness, Kent, 1979 / Howard Jones - Crossed That Line 1989
Located in London, GB
“It was shot on a grey misty day on Dungeness Beach in Sussex. Charlie Wood lit the sky rocket and stood to attention, and I fired the flashgun that was stuffed into his trousers to ...
Category
1970s Symbolist Figurative Photography
Materials
Wood, Archival Pigment, Black and White, Photographic Paper, Photographi...
Flowers, The Self Representation of Light, Unique Luminogram, Drawn by Light
Located in London, GB
#473 FLOWERS, 2016
Luminogram, Silver Gelatin Print
Print size: 30.5 x 40.6 cm
Framed: 49 x 58 cm
Frame with the classic museum style mount board and black frame/ Print can be shipped unframed - options available with more shipping prices available - please message us for more info/
This is a Unique piece
Series: The Self Representation of Light
Signed and dated in pen on verso, Certificate of Authenticity provided
The Luminograms are made from the most simple of procedures - directing light onto silver gelatin photo paper. However, it is that simplicity that allows Jackson to adapt his own way of thinking into the making of the finished piece. As he says, it's as close as he can get in photography to painting.
"I don't really see photography and pottery or painting or music to really be different to each other. Some are more immediate, some are more subtle. Music seems to be able to control emotions, photography seems to create a satisfying pleasure from just a tonal flat surface. Same with painting. One of the biggest mysteries for me is why all these things manage to control us in some way." - Michael G Jackson...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogram, Silver G...
#396, The Self Representation of Light, Unique Luminogram, Drawn by Light
Located in London, GB
#396, 2016
Silver Gelatin Luminogram Print, Framed (classic museum style white book mount board and black frame)
Image size: 40.6 x 30.5 cm
Framed: 58 x 49 cm
Unique
Series: The Self Representation of Light
Signed and dated in pen on verso
© Michael Jackson
The Luminograms are made from the most simple of procedures - directing light onto silver gelatin photo paper. However, it is that simplicity that allows Jackson to adapt his own way of thinking into the making of the finished piece. As he says, it's as close as he can get in photography to painting.
After moving to Wales in 2007, Michael Jackson spent the next eight years creating an extensive study of a single local beach - Poppit Sands. After years of examining the beach, he realised that in effect he was studying himself and his reaction to the beach - rather than the physical landscape. He then started looking at the beach as simply a way of dividing up the camera frame - the lines and curves and focal points. It was during the long period of producing Poppit Sands prints in the darkroom that he discovered how to start making luminograms.
"I feel strongly that the luminograms represent a form of moulded light. You use your process to direct and mould the light and the paper receives it in its own magical way and translates that into a form that seems fantastical but also it has one foot in reality. The piece itself so often seems like a photograph of a sculpture, when it fact it is neither. I imagine that I am taking something that you cannot feel and I am making it appear in a seemingly three dimensional form that is balanced and controlled. Just like sculpting clay." Michael G Jackson...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogram, Silver Gelatin
Under and Above, New York City, "Brooklyn to Manhattan journey on the subway..."
Located in London, GB
UNDER AND ABOVE, NEW YORK CITY, 2021
Unique Silver Gelatin Print, Selenium toned; This is a mixed process print using luminogram, photogram and other darkroom techniques – all cameraless, two unique prints mounted on Aluminium Dibond.
Currently, this piece is mounted only but will be framed further with hardwood black frame and finish with antireflective UV protective art glass - please see further images for referrals regarding the framing.
2 x Prints as One work of Art: 80 x 50 cm
Framed 82 x 52 cm approx./ 32 x 20.5 inches approx.
Unique Work
Series: New York City
Signed by the Artist on verso and provided with signed and stamped Certificate of Authenticity
© Michael G Jackson...
Category
2010s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Glass, Wood, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin, Photogram
ATO>MIC #9, Unique Silver Luminogram Print, "Atomic like Explosion or Moonscape"
Located in London, GB
ATO>MIC #9, 2020
Unique Gelatin Silver Print/ Luminogram and Photogram technique, Printed on tea infused fibre based paper, Framed
23 x 18 cm print size
38 x 35.5 cm framed
Unique
Series: ATO>MIC
Signed and dated in pencil on print's verso
© Michael G Jackson...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Photogram, Silver Gelatin
ATO>MIC #10, Unique Silver Luminogram Print, Abstract geometry in warm tones
Located in London, GB
ATO>MIC #10, 2020
Unique Gelatin Silver Print/ Luminogram and Photogram technique, Printed on tea infused fibre based paper, Framed: custom made frame with anti-reflective art glass
Print size: 23 x 18 cm
Framed: 38 x 35.5 cm
Unique
Series: ATO>MIC
Signed and dated in pencil on print's verso
Certificate of Authenticity provided
"At first glance the viewer may only see geometric spherical shapes with added lines and rectangles on tea toned Silver Gelatin paper. "The supremacy of pure artistic feeling" rather than the visual depiction of objects assign to the art movement of Suprematism comes to one's mind. Similarly, like a giant of abstract art Kasimir Malevich, Jackson wants the viewer to look further, deeper than one might usually.
The feeling of 'sensation' of the ATO>MIC prints, the sharpness of the forms, the intensity defying its size to condensed 9 x 7 inches' paper, make it all the more dramatic to look at. It takes the viewer to another level of fantastical world of creation."
Beyond these flat forms of two dimensional ‘lumino-graphic’ works on paper, the purest form of photography (‘light drawing’) lays a visible path to three-dimensional imaginary world, realised in precise composition, rhythm and warm earthy tones of these works.
It’s up to the viewer to decide what they prefer to see and take with them.
As Wassily Kandinsky once said; “Imagination is what allows your mind to discover.”
About the Artist:
Michael G...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin, Photogram
Black and white landscape print of The Isle of Harris in the Hebrides Scotland
By ALEX BOYD
Located in London, GB
Toe Head, The Isle of Harris, The Hebrides, Scotland by Alex Boyd
Series: No Innocent Land
This image, made on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides shows the hill of Ceapabhal on the Toe Head peninsula.
Print details: © Alex Boyd, Courtesy MMX Gallery
Archival Pigment Print from the Wet Plate Collodion, Artist Proof, Hand Signed by the Artist
Image: 82 x 58 cm
Frame: 116 x 91 cm
Frame; Original Frame, slightly distressed from being vintage out of the Scottish castle; the print accompanied with the mount board and finished with antireflective UV protective AR art glass
Shipping worldwide; the framed print would be crated and shipped by professional shipping company, Free delivery in London postcodes and in a selected areas in the UK. Free pick up from the gallery.
About the Artist: ALEX BOYD
Alex Boyd's images represent a major addition to the tradition of modern landscape photography" – Robert Macfarlane, Author
Alex Boyd is a landscape and documentary photographer, printmaker and writer. His work is primarily concerned with the Scottish landscape. As a photographer his work examines the role of early Scottish landscape photographers, often using antique processes such as the Victorian wet-plate collodion process using antique cameras in mountain environments.
He is best known for his conceptual and figurative landscape photography which explores concepts of Scottish identity through historical and contemporary romanticism, neo-romanticism, Romantic nationalism and Spirit of Place. His work is largely concerned with depictions of the Celtic landscape, conservation and remote places, and is often characterised by its stark, poetic and introspective qualities. In 2019 he was awarded a Daiwa Foundation Scholarship to work and photograph the mountains of the Japan Alps centred on Mount Yari as well as shortlisted for the Hariban Award. He was the Mountain Photographer of the Year at the Kendal Mountain Festival in 2013, the UK’s largest mountain festival. His work on the Cuillin mountains on the Isle of Skye as the Royal Scottish Academy’s artist in Residence is in several National Collections. His work has been widely exhibited internationally with solo exhibitions at the Scottish Parliament, as well as group exhibitions at the Royal Academy, Royal Ulster Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy.
His work is held in the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland, The Royal Photographic Society, the Royal Scottish Academy, the V&A in London and the Yale Centre for British Arts in the USA. His first book St Kilda – The Silent Islands was recently shortlisted for a Saltire Award. His second book The Isle of Rust, a collaboration with writer Jonathan Meades was, like his first book, named as a photography book of the year by The Scotsman.
He is a Fellow of the National Library of Scotland, The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, and the Royal Society of Art. He is currently working on a PhD on Scottish Photography at Northumbria University, a selection of new books on The Faroe Islands, The Outer Hebrides. A collection of his Scottish and Irish collodion work is due out in 2021 as well as a solo exhibition ‘Hesperus’ at Stills, Scotland’s Centre of Photography, in June 2020.
A contributing Arts Editor for The Island Review, Boyd has also written for Art North, The Modernist, Earthlines and many other publications.
WORK REPRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING COLLECTIONS:
The National Galleries of Scotland, The Royal Scottish Academy, The Royal Photographic Society, The National Media Museum, The University of Glasgow, St Andrews University, North Ayrshire Council, Dumfries & Galloway Council, The Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, The University of the Highlands & Islands, Highland Print Studio, Cape Farewell, The Scottish Maritime Museum, NHS Greater Glasgow & New South Glasgow Hospitals, BC Partners, Cigna, The Yale Center for British Art, The V&A
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NO INNOCENT LAND
The series 'No Innocent Land' is a journey across the islands of Scotland using an antique process to document the dramatic landscapes of Scotland.
Using a 100 year old camera...
Category
2010s Romantic Black and White Photography
Materials
Wood, Giclée, Archival Paper, Black and White, Archival Pigment, Glass
$6,561 Sale Price
20% Off
Kabool, ‘Avenue of Trees’, Horse Exit, Black and White landscape and a stallion
Located in London, GB
Kabool, 'Avenue of Trees’, 2001 by John Reardon
Edition of 2/10
Silver Gelatin Print, The framed print has been sold so we are happy to offer now unframed print for the suggested pri...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, B...
Dubawi, ‘Striped/ shadows', Abstract Black and white horse portrait photograph
Located in London, GB
Dubawi, 'Stripped’, 2001 by John Reardon
Edition of 15
Silver Gelatin Print, Mounted on Aluminium, Custom framed, UV protective Museum AR Glass
This piec...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, B...
Singspiel, Running Stallion, Champion Equine Black and White Photograph
Located in London, GB
Singspiel, Stallion Portrait 2001 by John Reardon
76 x 51 cm
Edition of 5 only
Silver Gelatin Print, Mounted on Aluminium, Custom framed, UV protective Mu...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Wood, Glass, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Photog...
$4,921 Sale Price
25% Off
Cape Cross - Hoof, Horseshoe, Stallion - Silver Gelatin Print, Mounted + Framed
Located in London, GB
Cape Cross, ‘Hoof’, 2001 by John Reardon
Edition of 2/7
Silver Gelatin Print, Mounted on Aluminium, Custom framed, UV protective Museum AR Glass
This pie...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, G...
Xaar - Tail, Stallion Detail horse abstract, Silver Gelatin Print on Aluminium
Located in London, GB
Xaar, ‘Tail', 2001 by John Reardon
Edition of 7 (2/7)
Silver Gelatin Print, Mounted on Aluminium, Custom framed, UV protective Museum AR Glass
This piece...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, B...
King's Best - Neck, Stallion detail / abstract horse portrait
Located in London, GB
King's Best, ‘Neck’, 2001 by John Reardon
Edition of 7
Silver Gelatin Print, Mounted on Aluminium, Custom framed, UV protective Museum AR Glass
This piece is part of : (after) Whist...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Glass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photogra...
Mark of Esteem, Silhouette - Portrait of Stallion, Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
Mark of Esteem, ‘Silhouette’, 2001 by John Reardon
This Print is part of the Hermès Collection of Contemporary Photographs since November 2023
A few mor...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Photographic Film
$6,342 Sale Price
20% Off
Twilight's #09 - Witches Sabbath - Black and white print of fir trees
Located in London, GB
A group of moss draped fir trees dance together as if they were a coven of witches weaving incantations...
"When your eyes have little information, your imagination takes over and fills in the gaps."
- Jasper Goodall...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Black and white Moonlight behind the trees and path in the forest at night
Located in London, GB
Original title: Silver Path, Twilight #35 by Jasper Goodall
A silver path winds its way through twisted, towering beech trees; an invitation to step int...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Twilight #19, Gathering - Silver Birch Tree - Black and White Landscape Print
Located in London, GB
A stand of spinous silver birch gather, shining white against the inky night...
Over a three-year period, Goodall has visited areas of British forest and moorland to make images that he refers to as being 'more akin to fairytale than documentary'. There is indeed an unreal quality to the images, and this is perhaps a result of using artificial lighting; it reminds one of those spooky, unnaturally lit forests we see in the movies. In the absence of any natural illumination (save for a few that include the moon), scenes are lit as if they are in a studio setting. This results in imagery that feels eerily unfamiliar; transporting the viewer from the recognisable landscape into a kind of liminal netherworld - it's the landscape, but not as we are used to seeing it.
Goodall responds to this observation by speaking about the possibility of the darkness being seen as a metaphor for the unconscious mind; the 'light' of consciousness illuminates the known forms of tree and rock, but beyond these certainties lies the unknown.
When your eyes have little information, your imagination takes over and fills in the gaps."
- Jasper Goodall...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Ancient #02, Beech Pollard; Black and White Tree Landscape
Located in London, GB
An immense beech pollard, cut in its youth hundreds of years ago, has developed dozens of thick branches from its spiralling trunk. One in a line of several very old beeches in Sussex woodland that may have marked a boundary or a long forgotten track.
Artwork info:
Archival Pigment Print, Edition of 8 +2AP
This print is unframed but can be mounted on Dibond upon request (price upon application) and further framing options are also available - Please contact us at MMX Gallery for more details or purchase here the unframed print.
About the Artist:
Born in Birmingham in 1973, Jasper Goodall...
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Portrait of tree stiletto in the forest at night
Located in London, GB
'Wild Night' is s series inspired by the Swedish Tradition of Årsgång. Translated as ‘the omen walk’, it is traditionally performed on new years eve or the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
#112, 1970s Nightclubs of Chicago South Side - Rare Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
“I walked into a timeless place … full of supporting actors and actresses of every conceivable role,” Abramson wrote in Light: On the South Side, published by Chicago’s Numero Group in 2009.
“Brassai, who photographed nocturnal Paris around 1930, had always been one of my favourite. Having seen, his pictures and, later, read about his experiences, I was fascinated by the implied romance with which he viewed his photography. (…)
When I photographed on the South Side, especially in Peppers Hideout, it was very much in recognition of a Brassai–type world. Whether it be ambiance, gestures, or dress, there seemed to be a direct correlation with the Parisian bistros and dance halls that Brassai had photographed.” - Michael Abramson, “Black Night Clubs of Chicago’s South Side”, May 1977.
Print details: © Michael L Abramson, Untitled #112, CA. 1974 -1977
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print, in custom made frame
Image size: 20.5 x 30.5 cm, Printed on 11 x 14" paper (27.9 x 35.4 cm), white border
Series: 1970s Nightclubs of Chicago South Side
Stamped; "Provenance Authenticated by Michael L Abramson Estate, 2011" on verso
Frame: 38 x 48 cm (Custom made classic hardwood frame, stain in black, museum mount board and antireflective UV AR protective art glass)
All prints from 1970s South Side Chicago series are available for purchase as the singular works or as the group of images - please view a selection on 1stDibs and the gallery storefront.
All works are Vintage Silver Gelatin prints made by the photographer at the time there were taken.
All prints can be purchased in bespoke hardwood frames, museum mount board and anti-reflective UV protective Art Glass. If you wish to ship or purchase unframed prints, we are happy to arrange that for you.
About the Photographer:
Michael L Abramson was born in New Jersey in 1948, the late American photographer graduated with Master of Photography from Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago in 1977. His work was regularly featured in Time, New York Times, Newsweek, People, Forbes, Harpers, Wall Street Journal and other popular American and international magazines.
He was a highly sought after commercial portrait photographer and photojournalist. His subjects comprised celebrities, prominent stars from sport, politics and the entertainment industry included Bill Clinton, Steve Jobs, Steven Spielberg, Michael Jordan, Oprah Winfrey and many more.
Yet it was his 1970s series documenting the Chicago South side club scene that made Abramson’s name. Influenced by Brassaï’s photographs of the 1920s Paris, Abramson caught the stylish nightlife of the funk and soul era in full, alluring swing.
His work was exhibited frequently since 1978, including a solo show at Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, in 2014 and in the same year the group show on American Photography since 1950 at Madison Museum of Contemporary Arts (US).
Following Abramson’s death in 2011 a new book entitled Gotta Go Gotta Flow: Life, Love, and Lust From Chicago’s South Side was released by Chicago-based Chicago City...
Category
1970s Performance Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
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...
Category
1970s Tonalist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Landscape around the Marcel Mine, Radlin - Industrial - Rare Vintage Print
Located in London, GB
THE LANDSCAPE AROUND THE MARCEL MINE, RADLIN, 1978
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
47.5 x 32.5 cm
Series: Silesia
Signed, titled and dated on verso; Artist's stamp
Using a basic 35mm Exa 500 camera, Cała managed to produce images of lyrical beauty, emphasised by a dark graphic printing style that gave the landscape an apocalyptic, otherworldly look.
More print information: A little tape marks in the back corners of the print. Nr 61 noted in the middle on the back of the print. The front of the photograph in a very good condition. Hand printed by the photographer on gloss paper. A rare vintage gelatin silver print from the Silesia series.
Michal Cala was born in Toruń, Poland in 1948 and studied aircraft construction in Warsaw at the University of Technology in the early 1970's. From 1974 to 1983 he worked as an engineer in various companies in Silesia, and began photographing in the area. In 1977, he moved to Tychy in Upper Silesia, where he co-founded the photographers' association KRON and become a member of the ZPAF - the Union of Polish Art Photographers.
Publications on his work include The Anthology of Polish Photography 1839 - 1989, The Masters of Polish Landscape...
Category
1970s Photorealist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$1,448 Sale Price
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#19, 1970s Nightclubs of Chicago South Side - Rare Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
A camera is a window through which a photographer interacts with the world, and it's up to the operator to decide whether his camera will be a barrier or a mirror between he and his subjects. In the 1970s, Michael Abramson chose the latter path when he brought his camera to Pepper's Hideout on Chicago's South Side. Following in the footsteps of his acknowledged influence Gyula Halász, a Hungarian photographer better known as Brassaï who became the pre-eminent chronicler of the Paris nightlife he loved so much, Abramson initiated himself into the nightlife of Chicago's predominantly black neighbourhoods. He was very much a part of the scene he documented on film, drinking, laughing, and dancing with his subjects into small hours and becoming as much a part of the atmosphere as the locals who frequented the same nightspots he did. - Joe Tangari (Numero Group, 2009)
This series won Abramson a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1978 and launched his career as a photojournalist. Eventually the project resulted in a hardbound book, Light: On the South Side, including the Grammy and Mojo nominated album, featuring Chicago blues...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
#114, 1970s Nightclubs of Chicago South Side - Rare Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
"Abramson comes much closer to recording the sound of these clubs than we would have any right to expect from a photographer." - Nick Hornby (London, 2009), Light On the South Side, ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Abstract fauna in black and white of Akule Hawaiian Fish Fine Art Print
Located in London, GB
"The play of water and light has fascinated me for years. From childhood I have found sunlight underwater mesmerising - be it a Cornish rock pool or The Red Sea, the movement and diffraction of light excites me. Add to that the thrill of schools of fish - specifically Akule, which are found in seas off Hawaii. I spent some time wanting to make a series of prints that captured the play of light on these fast moving fish - creating flowing abstract forms and textures." - Mike G Jackson
The goal isn't to replicate the real world - it is to show where the real world and the process meet - sometimes pushing towards the real world, sometimes pushing towards the process - but never completely at either extreme. - Michael G Jackson
Michael Jackson (b.1966) is an experimental photographer based in North Dorset, England. He studied art at West Dean College in Sussex, then apprenticed under landscape painter Christopher W Baker and later discovered his passion for photography. He moved away from working with traditional camera techniques in 2015 and is currently progressing the Luminogram process into new directions in which he has become regarded as a leading practitioner.
His work has been exhibited internationally and is part of various private and museum collections including The National Art Gallery in Washington, USA.
Selected Press:
“Mike Jackson...
Category
2010s Abstract Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver
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1970s Nightclubs of Chicago South Side - Black woman striptease dancer
Located in London, GB
"I walked into a timeless place … full of supporting actors and actresses of every conceivable role," Abramson wrote in Light: On the South Side, published by Chicago's Numero Group ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Wood, Glass, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Silver Gelatin, Photogra...
Black and white abstract psychedelic Art Print of New York City and the Hudson
Located in London, GB
The goal isn't to replicate the real world - it is to show where the real world and the process meet - sometimes pushing towards the real world, sometimes pushing towards the process - but never completely at either extreme. - (the Artist: Mike G Jackson)
NEW YORK CITY AND THE HUDSON 2020
"After spending time in New York and producing work that showed the city from the viewpoint of being on the inside, I wanted to show the city from the outside looking in. I wanted to try and capture the city and water using bold shapes - building up the scene piece by piece. Making the sky and sea from rectangles to make them a whole with the city structures." - Mike G Jackson
Unique 4 x Prints, Selenium toned Silver Gelatine Luminogram Print, Hand printed in the darkroom, Framed Dimensions: 32 x 24 inches (82 x 62 cm approx including frame); can be framed separately or in one frame upon request
Frame: Mounted on aluminium Dibond, custom made hardwood frame (framing options available upon request; colour and various material options) finish with antireflective UV protective AR Art Glass
Mounting and framing of this work will be done after the purchase so the framing options like framing colour for example can be made according to specifications of the client; matt or gloss, black, white, metallic etc
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About the Artist:
Michael Jackson (b.1966) is an experimental photographer based in North Dorset, England. He studied art at West Dean College in Sussex, then apprenticed under landscape painter Christopher W Baker and later discovered his passion for photography. He moved away from working with traditional camera techniques in 2015 and is currently progressing the Luminogram process into new directions in which he has become regarded as a leading practitioner.
Past awards and accolades include being named a Finalist for the Hasselblad Masters Award (2008, 2009, 2010) and winner of the 2013 Chris Beetles Award. His work has been exhibited internationally and is part of various private and public art and photography collections including The National Art Gallery in Washington, USA.
Michael Jackson’s Luminograms are a very special piece of photographic art. Not a photograph in itself but a creative medium of its own. Each one is meticulously crafted by Michael in his darkroom. There are many structured stages to go through before the photographic paper can be hand developed and permanently fixed. Once Michael is happy with a finished Luminogram print it’s then toned in Selenium, which not only intensifies the prints tonality, but also increases the prints archival quality. Traditional photographic darkroom printing techniques have an unquestionable pedigree when it comes to the life expectancy of a photograph.
Each Luminogram is unique and only one Silver Gelatin Print is produced of each image. The images reveal themselves with a 3D quality; viewed in the flesh the abstracted surreal forms within the paper come alive to the viewer.
Michael Jackson’s Luminograms were exhibited for the first time at MMX Gallery in 2016; The Self Representation of Light exhibition and the following year at Photo London 2017 as well as next Photo London editions. The Luminogram work was also paired with theologian Edwin A. Abbott in a book published by 21st Editions, titled after the author’s famous work ‘FLATLAND’ and premiered in November at the Grand Palais in Paris, for Paris Photo 2017. Other recent group exhibitions include Light + Metal, PhotoEye Gallery, (USA) and Unbound 7, Candela Gallery, (USA), ATO>MIC, MMX Gallery, London 2022.
“Mike Jackson...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper, Photogram, Silver Gelatin, Glass, Wood Panel, Archiv...
Abstract black and white unique print depicting New York City landscape
Located in London, GB
“Far from being an exercise in nostalgia, this analogue technique offers Jackson, as it does other artists at the cutting edge of this art movement, a path to the future.” – The Financial Times
“Mike...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Metal, Silver
$17,497 Sale Price
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Abstract Black and White Luminogram Print of Central Park in New York City
Located in London, GB
Central Park is part of a group of prints based on a visit to New York City, Because I live and work in quiet isolation and often don't meet anyone apa...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Black and White Photography
Materials
Photogram, Silver Gelatin, Archival Paper, Black and White, Photographic...
