New Exhibition

 Opening Saturday June 13th. At The Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth, Powys is an exhibition titled 'Impressions of an Ancient Landscape. Features work made in the woodlands around the ancient Cistercian Abbey site at Strata Florida, Ceredigion.

Strata Florida, 2004

I have photographed there before for my 'Wildwood' exhibition and book, but have been invited to make more work there for a forthcoming book and this exhibition. 

Strata Florida, 2004

The original work was in colour and printed as Crystal Archive, chromogenic prints. For the new work, as as a foil to the older work and to bring a new perspective on the location, I photographed in B&W and decided to make platinum prints of the images made. 

Strata Florida, 2026

Working in a very different way meant that I was looking at the woodland in a different way too, and hoping that the juxtaposition of the two styles of photographs shown together will also allow the viewer's minds to wander and gain a new perspective on the particular location.                                                                                                                                                       

Strata Florida, 2026

All these photographs were made using a 10" x 8" camera. The original colour prints made in 2004 were enlarged to about 4 feet wide for that particular exhibition. The current prints are 20" x 24". Platinum printing is a contact printing process so the platinum prints are 10" x 8". 

To see videos of my platinum printing techniques, visit my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@pete-davis-photography/about