Both Ends of the Spectrum
Talk by Ray Spence
Part of the Responding to Light photography events collection.
Saturday 16 September 2023, 2pm - 3pm
£8
Venue: MAKE Southwest
Suitable for: Adults
A talk looking at the processes of wet plate collodion and digital infra red, with Q+A.
The first is an analogue process invented in 1851. Itinvolves creating sensitised glass plates which respond mainly to the blue and Ultra violet end of the electromagnetic spectrum. The latter involves the modification of a modern digital camera making it more sensitive to the red and infra red end of the spectrum. Each process has its own aesthetic which will be discussed in the talk.
Ray Spence FRPS
Ray Spence is a photographic artist who has had a long career as a lecturer, author and exhibitor. Originally a microbiologist, much of his work relates to natural forms, animal, plant and human. Ray uses a variety of photographic processes to achieve his concept of the meaning of the objects he finds and collects. This ranges from early Victorian processes to contemporary digital work. Process and concept are therefore inextricably linked. Ansell Adams once compared the photographic negative to the score in music and the photographic print as the performance. Ray’s work is distinctive in its creation and and its eventual exhibited form.
This event is part of a programme of talks and workshops around the exhibition Responding to Light: the diversity of modern photography, at MAKE Southwest, 16 September - 4 November 2023.
The exhibition will showcase some of the huge range of techniques, subjects, and skills associated with contemporary British photography, including digital and analogue technologies, in large and small scales, 2D and 3D forms.
There is an extensive programme of events around this exhibition, including talks and masterclasses with most of the exhibitors. Please see our other events.
Please note, we have a specific cancellation policy for all events associated with this exhibition due to the distances speakers will be travelling. View cancellation policy HERE.