Floris Neususs 'Gewitterbild, Kassel, 1984' shown here is amongst the work exhibited at teh Shadow Catchers exhibition. The image was formed by placing a piece of photographic paper on the ground in a garden during a thunderstorm. The lighting exposed the paper and made the print. Floris Neususs at Shadow Catchers
Susan Derges ('River Taw (Ice), 4 fenrary 1997' above) 'used the landscape at night as her darkroom, submerging large sheets of photographic paper in rivers and using the moon and flashlight to create the exposure. Within seeming chaos, Derges conveys a sense of wonder at the underlying orderliness. She examines the threshold between two interconnected worlds: an internal, imaginative or contemplative space and the external, dynamic, magical world of nature. Her works can be seen as alchemical, transformative acts that test the threshold between matter and spirit.' V & A
Susan Derges video and Susan Derges work
The Shadow Catchers exhibition is on at the Victoria and Albert Museum until 20th February. The exhibiton explores camerless photography through the work of Adam Fuss, Floris Neususs, Suan Derges, Pierre Cordier and Gary Fabian Miller.
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