Love Art London

Richard Learoyd is a photographer. But not your average photographer. We like to think of him more as a magician, an alchemist or as he’s been dubbed since the recent V&A exhibition, a shadow catcher. It’s Richard’s technique that makes his practice so special - he produces life sized images without using any kind of negative, transparency or intermediate material whatsoever. Instead he focuses light directly onto a sheet of positive photographic paper using a custom-made Bertha-like contraption (acting as a camera of sorts) to create the image. That’s it. And because there is no intermediary surface involved, such as a negative or a slide, there’s also no means of reproduction - every single work produced is unique, just like a painting. Richard will be talking us through his practice and showing us what exciting things he’s currently working on. You’ll never look at your shadow in the same way again. Utterly fascinating.

This event is for Members Only (15 places)

http://www.richardlearoyd.com/