Artist statement:
I work at dusk, the edge of the day when the intense colour of the twilight sky mixes with the artificial lights of the night, where the play of light, people and landscape converge in time and space to create an elusive and ephemeral piece of theatre.
Of late I’ve produced a series of photographic works exploring the idea of the ‘periphery’ – the marginalised and the fringe dweller by use of theatrical tropes that deal with tribalism within the suburban realm.
It is the normally unseen that continues to attract me. After all it is the basic voyeuristic nature of the medium (to peer into the lives of others) that has always occupied a prominent place in photography.
Also known as Giclee prints or bubble-jet prints, pigment ink-jet prints are generated by computer printers from digital or scanned files using dye-based or pigment-based inks. A series of nozzles spray tiny droplets of ink onto the paper surface in a precise pattern that corresponds to the digital image file. In dye-based prints the ink soaks into the paper, whereas in pigment-based prints the ink rests and dries on top of the paper surface.
Whilst the term is broad, pigment ink-jet prints have come to be associated with prints produced on fine art papers. They are the most versatile and archival method of printing available to photographers today. A wide variety of material on which an image can be printed with such inks are available, including various textures and finishes such as matte photo paper, watercolour paper, cotton canvas or pre-coated canvas.
