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The prints you receive are archival, chromogenic prints on a semi-matte paper with a longevity of 100+ years under normal light conditions.
The quoted dimensions refer to the paper size, and not the size of image contained within the paper. Each image is printed with a minimum 1/4" border to allow for framing, and ships with a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist.
Jo Gane
Wolvey, UK, 2007
from the series Alternative Suns
The photographs in this series were shot during many long nights in the familiar landscape surrounding my childhood home. A landscape which once contained dens made in hedgerows, nature to discover, a thousand places to explore with the innocent wonder of childhood. These areas are etched into my memory, yet made strange by the darkness of night - a strangeness that resonates with change as I become increasingly distant from this rural landscape.
Artificial lights punctuate the darkness of the landscape, imitating the natural glow of the sun during daytime, creating the atmosphere of a never-ending day. This light pollution affects the natural order of things, causing birds to sing and flowers to bloom in the middle of the night. Animals remain awake. The lights produce a gravitational effect on insects, drawing them in towards the glow.
This gravitational pull created by light, also seems to influence people as they surround their homes with security lights and live in an artificially 'safe’ atmosphere. The light creates a barrier, both actual and metaphorical, separating people from the natural environment of the countryside. This light pollution prevents people from viewing the stars, which were once used both as a method of navigation and planning the future.
Navigation is now done through the bright screens of satellite navigation systems, and by following lit-up road signs along safely illuminated, glowing roads. We have moved away from our relationship with the natural environment. Our future planning - once determined by the earth's rotation and the stars - is obscured by light pollution of our own creation.
Wolvey, UK, was photographed in an area where we used to go horse riding as children. It's a place I hadn’t been back to for a long time, and it hadn’t changed very much, although my memories of it had blurred.
I was attracted to the shadows and light cast by the security lights of the property behind me, which both reveal and obscure the landscape. It was a very bright full moon on the night this was shot, which resulted in the magical and unexpected shaft of moonlight in the top left of the image which mirrors the artificial light across the field.
Artificial lights punctuate the darkness of the landscape, imitating the natural glow of the sun during daytime, creating the atmosphere of a never-ending day. This light pollution affects the natural order of things, causing birds to sing and flowers to bloom in the middle of the night. Animals remain awake. The lights produce a gravitational effect on insects, drawing them in towards the glow.
This gravitational pull created by light, also seems to influence people as they surround their homes with security lights and live in an artificially 'safe’ atmosphere. The light creates a barrier, both actual and metaphorical, separating people from the natural environment of the countryside. This light pollution prevents people from viewing the stars, which were once used both as a method of navigation and planning the future.
Navigation is now done through the bright screens of satellite navigation systems, and by following lit-up road signs along safely illuminated, glowing roads. We have moved away from our relationship with the natural environment. Our future planning - once determined by the earth's rotation and the stars - is obscured by light pollution of our own creation.
Wolvey, UK, was photographed in an area where we used to go horse riding as children. It's a place I hadn’t been back to for a long time, and it hadn’t changed very much, although my memories of it had blurred.
I was attracted to the shadows and light cast by the security lights of the property behind me, which both reveal and obscure the landscape. It was a very bright full moon on the night this was shot, which resulted in the magical and unexpected shaft of moonlight in the top left of the image which mirrors the artificial light across the field.
