Christopher Bucklow
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Christopher Bucklow, also known as Chris Bucklow (born 1957 in Manchester is an English photographer. He lives and works in London.
Bucklow is best known for his Guest series. It establishes a cast of characters drawn from his circle of acquaintances. Unlike conventional photography, each image is unique and unrepeatable. The process Bucklow uses creates an unusually intense quality of light, and the images are formed using sunlight with a technique similar to the pinhole photography developed in the late nineteenth century. He begins by making a life-sized silhouette drawing from the sitter's shadow on a sheet of aluminum foil, which is then penetrated with thousands of pinholes within the outline of the shape. These pinholes act as the camera's lenses. Using a large homemade camera, he then places the foil on top and loads color photographic paper at the back. Sunlight is then allowed to shine through, recording many images of the sun and sky simultaneously, thus forming the shape of the figure on the paper behind. Bucklow achieves variation in the different works depending on the intensity of the sunlight, the time of day, and the duration the pinholes are exposed to the light.
[edit] References
- Bucklow, Christopher, Guest, New York, PowerHouse Books, 2004.
- Wood, John (ed.), Flesh and Spirit, Brewster, Mass., An art publication of Leo and Wolfe Photography, Inc., 2004.
