All the live murmur of a summer’s day – Malcolm S. Dobson

The exhibition will feature cyanotypes, using plant material and film negatives, evocative of the abundance of summer vegetation and the nostalgia of summer holidays.

From the artist: I have been exploring cyanotypes since 2020, when Covid lockdowns pushed me into exploring art practices that used very little resources. The history of the cyanotype process, its simplicity – using the reaction of chemicals to UV light – and the resulting intense blue all attracted me. Recently I have been using film negatives, both my own photographs from the 1960s and 70s, and found negatives; they have a certain nostalgic appeal and in the case of the found negatives a touch of melancholy – who were these people? what are the stories behind the pictures?