Sea Horse & Scissors

Combination of copy camera, infra-red film and pyro development. The Pyro developer extends the tonal range and image detail. 50 negatives all individually shot with the copy camera to make up all the elements of the border and main image. A number of large ruby Lith masks cut to expose the different elements of the final image. Creating a large-scale collage image from multiple negatives, contact printed also with photogram texture.

Combining, layering and collaging imagery. The final composite image is produced with numerous layered masks. Each large mask has multiple negatives attached and those are exposed or masked depending on how the masks are layered on top of each other. This allows for each element of the piece to be exposed to the correct density and layered on top or beneath other elements.