Artist's name: Mike Sibthorp
British photographer.
"The
human form has always been a source of inspiration for artists.
The nude generates an infinite range of emotional, erotic and
creative responses informed by the experiences of the artist, the
model and the viewer and the context in which the viewing takes
place. As in my landscapes, the nude is a source of material and
offers the same building blocks of form, texture and tone, but
has the advantage of a studio environment where the additional
tools of lighting,, background and pose enable the photographer
to have complete control over the structure of the image. I am
not concerned with the personality of the model and I rarely
include faces as these are not intended to be portraits. However,
models are people and the interaction between the model and the
photographer has an inevitable effect on the images.
The nudes are made on Ilford film using a variety of formats from
5 x 4 in. to 35mm as I feel appropriate.
The nude prints are made using modern technology on Bockingford
water-colour paper and an ink jet printer with archival inks.
This produces a rich textured finish with a delicate image
quality rather like a fine etching or pencil drawing."
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