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LAB11.25 / undoing06.24 / light05.24 / What Remains09.23 / Untitled 1-1609.23 / Views05.23 / To/From04.22 / Catastrophic Failure09.21 / Cities Underneath Cities01.16 /

LAB11.25 / undoing06.24 / light05.24 / What Remains09.23 / Untitled 1-1609.23 / Views05.23 / To/From04.22 / Catastrophic Failure09.21 / Cities Underneath Cities01.16 /

undoing 06.24

These photographs were taken on the first three days of a ten day summer retreat at Vajrasana, a retreat centre in Suffolk purpose built for The London Buddhist Centre by Walters & Cohen Architects.

Soon after loading the third roll of film I came to realise that I should not be taking photographs, the point of the retreat was not to ‘do’ anything. For me photography could also be construed as ‘work’ – the one thing that we had been asked not to bring with us – and I also realised that it was a form of self- protection, a hiding place, I was safe behind my camera.

So I stopped & the retreat started…………

(Experimental printing on the risograph, using combinations of layouts, juxtapositions and overlays of 33 photographs, making each copy slightly different.)

28 x 20cm
100 pages approx
Risograph on Canon Yellow label 80gsm
Screenprinted cover on recycled card 500mic
Published 2024
Edition of 20
£20