Offerings a unique twenty-first century insight into nineteenth-century photographic methods, artist Walter Hugo captures portraits of a new generation of London's creative leaders via a giant 'camera obscura', fixes them in silver nitrate and develops on glass plate - a 'positive' rather than a 'negative', and each a true one-off. His methods and artworks are shown here in image and film.
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Process Film
This process film shows the entire process of artist Walter Hugo photographing twenty-first century London via nineteenth-century methods.
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Process Film
This process film shows the entire process of artist Walter Hugo photographing twenty-first century London via nineteenth-century methods
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Portrait Gallery
View a gallery of artist Walter Hugo's glass-plate 'Positives', each a one-off portrait of a leading London creative
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Process Film
This process film shows the entire process of artist Walter Hugo photographing twenty-first century London via nineteenth-century methods for his portrait series Reflecting the Bright Lights: Capturing a Moment with Silver Nitrate
Reflecting The Bright Lights
This process film shows the entire process of artist Walter Hugo photographing twenty-first century London via nineteenth-century methods for his portrait series Reflecting the Bright Lights: Capturing a Moment with Silver Nitrate
This image gallery showcases a selection of artist Walter Hugo's glass-plate 'Positives', each a one-off portrait of a leading London creative taken as part of the ongoing series Reflecting the Bright Lights: Capturing a Moment with Silver Nitrate