Rainshower Funningsfjordur2015
Artist statement:
Taking time out from endocrine surgery, I travelled with my photographer son to the Faroe Islands in March 2015. We witnessed the total solar eclipse on the 20th.
With consistently poor weather cycles we needed time to see the islands emerging from winter to spring. I have an affinity for the harsh North Atlantic environment, my great grandfather being a ‘Wee Free’ missionary in the Shetlands.
We returned to many vantage points keeping our lenses repeatedly free from condensation, rain, sleet, snow and salt spray. Our patience was rewarded with extraordinary fleeting light. I was captivated by the geography and weather and the people who thrive at the edge of the inhabitable world.
Colour Factory Honourable Mention recipient
Chromogenic prints are printed on paper that has at least three emulsion layers containing invisible dyes and silver salts. Each emulsion layer is sensitive to a different primary colour of light (red, green or blue). The development process converts the hidden dyes to visible colour depending on the amount of light it was exposed to. This type of paper is commonly used to print from colour negatives or digital files to produce a full-colour image. It can also be used to print black-and-white images, giving softer grain and less contrast than gelatin silver prints. Commonly known as c-type prints, chromogenic processing was developed in the 1940s and widely used for colour printing, including for domestic snapshots. While recent years have seen this process accompanied by ink-jet and digital printing technologies, chromogenic printing still remains in use to this day.
