“Dermis” An Exhibition Articulating the Textures and Character of Age and Skin Through Nineteenth Century Photographic

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Date: 04 May - 13 May 2016
Venue: F Block Gallery, Bower Ashton Campus, UWE Bristol
Time: 09:30 - 16:30 Monday to Friday

“Dermis” presents a selection of works prepared by Centre for Fine Print Research student Peter Moseley as part of his practise-based PhD project. Supervised by Professor Stephen Hoskins and Dr Shawn Sobers this exhibition is part of the culmination of Peter's PhD study at UWE Bristol into Photographic portraiture and the meaning and crafting of 'style': the aesthetics and syntax of photomechanical processes for the production of continuous-tone 'fine-prints'.

Exhibition content

The exhibition reflects upon the resonance of skin, making the physicality of older people more accessible, their variety more curious, their experience more evident, their skin and bodies sources of phenomenological enquiry and sensuous interest.

The images are realised through nineteenth-century photographic processes, including photogravure, platinum, cyanotype and carbon-transfer contact-printing techniques. The materiality and tactility of the prints complement the skin textures and 'presence' of the subjects.

Information about early photographic processes

Early photographic processes offer many opportunities for creativity and interpretative reading. Each process characteristically facilitates or inhibits possibilities for surface texture and relief, image density, tonal range, colour and brightness; they have, in short, their specific feel when performed as works on paper.

Cost: Free
Contact: Joanna Montgomery
Telephone: +44 (0)117 32 85864
E-mail: cfprinfo@uwe.ac.uk

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