night photography

Islington Exhibits sneak preview

The programme launches 15th July!  Here’s a picture of a test image earlier in the week:

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Chasing Shadows – wisteria wall (test – time based installation)

Visit Unit 38, Hornsey St, London N7 to see the end result. 10am-6pm, every day.

Chasing Shadows is part of Islington Exhibits, an initiative to unlock hidden venues in Islington and give artists and craftspeople a space to display their work. It takes place on 15-31 July 2013.   Visit www.islingtonexhibits.com for more information and the full programme of exhibitions and events.

Islington Exhibits is produced by Rowan Arts with support from Cripplegate Foundation, Arts Council England and Islington Council.

Islington Exhibits 2013 Awards Announced!

The Awards for Islington Exhibits 2013 has been announced.  To see the full line up click here and here

Here’s another image that I’ll be showing:

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Chasing Shadows – shutters

To see the rest of the Chasing Shadows series click here

blurry scented goodness

taken somewhere along Amhurst Road, N16 I think; this plant had the most amazing smell.  shot on my rubbish mobile.

Amhurst Road, N16 020411

blurry goodness

the night of the first cherry blossom – i have no real idea why…

the shots are all a few seconds, during which the wind shakes the trees. the camera’s handheld, so my movement’s recorded also.

nightshoots 130311-0087 Leswin Road, N16

nightshoots 130311-0068 Leswin Road, N16

nightshoots 130311-0093 Hollar Road, N16

Love and Death (part 3)

Corner at the back of Butterfield Green (off Howitt Close, off Allen Road, N16 – listed on Google Maps as Factory Road/Spenser Grove)

Love and Death (part 3)

Good shadow courtesy of Andy Lowe

Love and Death (part 3)

Original photograph from this table is sad because no one is sitting at it (F-CNV00079 – image #13)

Meanwhile, in the alley behind The Auld Shillelagh part 2 is long gone,   but in the alley behind Gibson Gardens part 1 is still going strong:

Love and Death (part 1) at 11 weeks

with Inga Tillere

More long exposures at night

Tyssen Road, N16

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nightshoots261110-0033 Tyssen Road N16

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over exposing plants at night

Evering Road, N16

this is what happens when you stand under a streetlamp, set your white balance to auto, and massively over expose the photo

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nightshoots201110-0006 Evering Road N16

 

Chasing Shadows in a Puritan Age

Friday is Art Day on FIPA!

Freedom in a Puritan Age is an online journal that publishes articles on the subject of liberty in contemporary society.  They’re kick-starting their weekly Arts section (which will include T S Eliot prize winning poet, George Szirtes) with, err, me!  Brilliant!

take a look here

Chasing Shadows

Chasing Shadows – house

Chasing Shadows at Candid Arts Trust

I’m exhibiting Chasing Shadows at the Candid Arts Trust Mixed Media Show from 15th-20th June 2010.  From 12-6pm daily at 3 Torrens St, London, EC1V 1NQ

Here’s a flyer for the show:

Candid Arts Trust Mixed Media Show 150610-200610

And, amongst loads of other stuff including sculpture and illustration, here’s what you can go see in the flesh:

Chasing Shadows - steps

Chasing Shadows - window

Chasing Shadows - leaves

Chasing Shadows - fence

Chasing Shadows - shutters

All works for sale! for more info please feel free to get in touch

Chasing Shadows exhibition!

7 images from Chasing Shadows are on display at the Acoustic Cafe, Newington Green, London N16.

All works are for sale – contact me for more information: www.njmaskrey.com

Chasing Shadows - shutters

Chasing Shadows - shutters

Chasing Shadows - fence

Chasing Shadows - fence

Chasing Shadows - cables

Chasing Shadows - cables

Chasing Shadows - leaves

Chasing Shadows - leaves

Chasing Shadows - window

Chasing Shadows - window

Chasing Shadows - steps

Chasing Shadows - steps

Chasing Shadows - wire

Chasing Shadows - wire

Chasing Shadows is a night journey – a sleepwalk through a silent world bereft of people.  As the quality of evening light transforms the everyday into a dreamlike state, familiar urban landscapes disappear underneath resilient vegetation.

Long exposure night photographs are hand printed using a lith technique (an alternative wet printing process) to create a degraded aesthetic closer to illustration than photography.  The very nature of the process ensures that each image is visually unique, and in this instance the choice of a now discontinued fibre based paper enforces a single edition body of work.