Print Sales is proud to present an online exhibition of new work from acclaimed photographer Simon Roberts, whose photography is renowned for exploring notions of landscape. He explores the ways in which it is depicted, utilised, commodified, and interpreted. The Celestials reflect upon his experience of the Covid-19 lockdowns, as well as concerns of the time such as climate emergency, our relationship to the natural world, and to one another. As a result of the immobility induced by the pandemic the skies were clearer, bluer.
The startling shade of ‘Prussian Blue’, unique to the cyanotype, imbues The Celestials with an otherworldly, dreamlike intensity. The images were created by first treating watercolour paper with a solution of iron salts, then layering multiple photo negatives together on the paper before exposing it to sunlight.
Find out more about Simon Roberts, and view the full collection here.
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"The earth was breathing again and like many people, I saw this a sign of hope and of the changes we desperately need to make. Nonetheless, I struggled with the new 'normal,' and looked upwards, searching for some sort of divine order, perhaps, in the chaos and absurdity." - Simon Roberts
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“For me, this degree of abstraction speaks of the essence of what we went through in lockdown: our altered states and perspectives, collective uncertainty and deepening awareness of the interconnectedness between us and the natural world.” - Simon Roberts
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Find out more about Simon Roberts, and view the full collection here.
Contact printsales@tpg.org.uk for further information, and to see an example of a framed print.
