The idea behind these images came from a nightclub I frequented in North Shields. It was a bit of a dump, but, it’s where I seen my first stripper.
As I remember it, I was only eighteen at the time and full of drink. As I watched her plying her trade, a fight broke out. Chair’s tables flying everywhere, but not me, I didn’t move as my eyes were fixated.
Well that’s how I remember it. Funny how events change over time, what seems true to you now is not so for others. Its strange how recollection changes from person to person. I suppose it’s how we hold events in are memory, that defines our unique recollection. I, remember the stripper, but there will be them that only remember the fight. Unlucky them.
Hope you enjoy my recollection of that night, I still do.
This selection of prints is from a process called Cyanotype printing.
The process was first introduced by John Herschel in 1842, and is still in use today. It’s also known as the blueprint process and the non-silvering process.
The process is simple; after you’ve impregnated the paper with chemicals, you then add an image, from an acetate or go totally with nature and use organic substances like foliage or flowers. Expose this to ultra-violet light, from a light box or even direct sunlight. Hold in the light for about thirty min’s. then wash it in water to set (in a darkened room.) Hang to dry, all done, Fantastic
