SIX DEGREES OF FREEDOM

Six Degrees of Freedom is a response to looking at the late seascapes of the painter J.M.W. Turner, and to the challenges photography faces in expressively rendering the sea.

The project involved attaching a pinhole camera to navigation buoys in the Solent, and making exposures ranging from two minutes to an hour.  The channel flows around Cowes, the town of my upbringing, and an area in which Turner produced several seascapes. It is famous for the strength of its tides and currents.

The project creates an interplay between control and chance. The aspects of control include the selection of the buoy, the choice of the time of day to make the images and the duration of the exposures. There is chance, however, in is the unpredictable movement of the buoy. The resulting photographs are renderings of the sea and sky, directly produced by the six directions of movement that affect a buoyant object.

Edition information:

All ten seascapes from the project are available as limited edition prints.

40” x 32” 24” x 20” 9.5” x 7.5”

photographic prints, edition of 5:  photographic prints, edition of 20: photographic prints, edition of 50:

£900 £400 £100

Prints are signed and numbered archival giclée on Hahnemuhle Studio Enhanced Matt paper.
Signed certificate of details and edition of print included.
Prints are signed in pencil on the reverse.
Discounts available on sets.
Prices do not include framing.

Artists book in archival box, edition of 50:     £275

Includes limited edition 9.5” x 7.5” print of buyer’s choice.