Hitmen & Harlots Exhibition
re-post from current exhibition I have work in in Brooklyn, NY
© Mensajero de la Muerte, Diana More Photography, 2012
Hitmen & Harlots Group Exhibition
Private View Aug 10th, 2012
Eight of Swords
Brooklyn, NY☠ & ❤
The Original Zombie, Group Art Show
repost from the last exhibition I was a part of in Brooklyn, New York
© la virgen, Diana More, 2012
Just In Time For Easter… “The Original Zombie” Group Art Show, April 5th - May 11th 2012 at Eight of Swords Tattoo in Brooklyn, New York.
Brooklyn Vs Hackney Private View
Thurs May 3rd, 2012
Hackney Picture House
London
(Source: dianamorephotography)
Brooklyn Vs Hackney Private View
Thurs May 3rd, 2012
Hackney Picture House
London
Brooklyn Vs Hackney Private View
Thurs May 3rd, 2012
Hackney Picture House
London
(Source: dianamorephotography)
Brooklyn Vs Hackney Private View
Thurs May 3rd, 2012
Hackney Picture House
London
RIP MCA
you will be greatly missed
Van Dyke Printing
For the past 7 or 8 years I’ve been shooting mainly digitally, which has meant spending a lot of time at my computer. As much as I love my Mac, I miss film but more than that I miss printing.
Last fall I was living in Brooklyn and spent a lot of my time shooting the neighbourhood and Coney Island. The look and feel of Brooklyn drew me towards Van Dyke printing, an early photographic printing processes named for its similarity in color to that of a brown oil paint named for Flemish painter Van Dyck.
Getting the chemicals was easy enough but actually mixing them and then finding a reliable light source proved to be a bit trickier than I’d expected. A few of the chemicals are quite corrosive and most required special handling. Using the sun as a light source in London was never going to happen. So after a very extensive search and a few very expensive options I finally found a cheap floodlight balanced on a chair that was balanced on a box with a shoe rack to hold the prints would do the trick. I had to keep the prints off the ground as my first attempt caused the floor to melt from the extreme heat generated by the light.
There was no need for an enlarger as Van Dyke prints are contact prints. Meaning you place the negative, in this case a 5” sq neg, directly on top of the paper you have coated in UV sensitive chemicals and sandwich it between glass. .
I hadn’t been in a darkroom for a long time but it all come back rather quickly and I really enjoyed the processes. Despite the unpredictability.
I stayed up till 4am the morning of the exhibition, printing like mad. I hope you enjoy the results.
- Diana More
The exhibition is on at the Hackney Picture House, London May 3rd - 23rd, 2012 11:30am to 11:30pm daily.
and here’s one more reason to come to the after party, I’ll also be showing a few of my pieces from The New York Project Exhibition too
Simon Trolley
newly add to the bill, film screening at the after party Thurs May 3rd, starting 9:30pm
20 years of Punk (1991 – 2011) approx 2hours Simon Trolley
some good old punk rock! A compilation of punk gigs Simon has shot over the past 20 years in New York and London including Napalm Death, Angelic Upstarts, Poison Idea, The Oppressed to name just a few. Including excerpt from Stokey Punks (1995), An insightful and personal look at the punk scene in the London borough of Stoke Newington in the mid 90s. Including short interviews about the scene and live footage of Coitus, Dread Messiah and Suicidal Supermarket Trolleys. A documentary that could only be made by someone living it.
another reason to get there on time! Not just free booze!
