Photogravures are made by hand, from polishing the copper plate to pulling a print from the etching press. It is a time consuming and unforgiving process, but I favor a slower approach to image making. As in cooking, it is a way of putting my soul into what I do.
It is hard to describe the emotion of pulling my first gravure, in a little garage on a winter night in Spain, about 12 years ago. I knew that moment that I was hooked to the process, and that months of struggling with all the variables that gravure has were worth it.
Since then, I have refined my work by only pursuing images that resonate with the gravure process. And in every plate I make, I have the expectations of the very first experience."
Scott Nichols Gallery is please to announce The Winter Solstice a collection of photographs celebrating the changing of the season and the festivities associated with this time of the year. Cultures from around the world have interpreted winter as the season of rebirth and the end of the harvest. Over the centuries we have changed and redefined the meaning of wintertime.
Howard Bond, Ontario Farm, 1981
Featuring photographs ranging from the vintage to the contemporary, and landscape to documentary, The Winter Solstice explores the rich and complex history humanity has shared with the wintertide. Images of snow, people keeping warm to stave off the cold, and wintertime frolicking not only show a view beyond the shores but a collection of shared experiences.
Featuring photographs by Edward Weston, Brett West...