Author Topic: UK Platinum print exhibition (Read 3620 times)

DonkeyDave · « **on:** August 27, 2014, 09:50:36 AM »

Excuse the blatant self promotion but I've got a 50 image platinum/palladium print exhibition starting this Nov 8th (Saturday), details below, all welcome, there will be wine and nibbles etc

Its actually on the forest so if some FWs want to get together there is an opportunity for some photography in the am, exhibition in the pm and then maybe pub/meal after - anyone interested?

invite by donkerdave, on Flickr

gsgary · « **Reply #1 on:** August 27, 2014, 11:02:43 AM »

Good luck

Paul Mitchell · « **Reply #2 on:** August 27, 2014, 11:28:51 AM »

I've been invited by the RPS to be a selector in their Visual Art exhibition on the Saturday... will you be there on the Sunday as well??

DonkeyDave · « **Reply #3 on:** August 27, 2014, 11:46:21 AM »

I can be!

Late Developer · « **Reply #4 on:** August 27, 2014, 12:28:31 PM »

No definite plans for either the Saturday or Sunday at this point but, if you and Paul Mitchell are likely to meet up on the Sunday, please count Lara and myself as "in".

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #5 on:** August 27, 2014, 11:14:01 PM »

Very exciting news, Dave. Good luck with the exhibition.

Adam Doe · « **Reply #6 on:** August 28, 2014, 02:53:25 AM »

Congratulations. Hope it all goes well.

DonkeyDave · « **Reply #7 on:** October 10, 2014, 12:45:23 PM »

bump!

4 weeks tomorrow

5 years of work, 56 platinum prints, mounted, framed and ready to go...looks a little anticimactical

shameless self promotion off

framage by donkerdave, on Flickr

LT · « **Reply #8 on:** October 11, 2014, 08:54:59 PM »

Promote away Dave. Looks great. I'll be three on the Saturday as discussed. Looking forward to it.

LT · « **Reply #9 on:** October 11, 2014, 08:56:00 PM »

(Make that there, not three. I'm actually 43 one week before, so not that strange a thing to say, or maybe it is just weird, not sure)

mcduff · « **Reply #10 on:** October 12, 2014, 05:45:14 PM »

Dave, your stuff always looks great and I would love to see it in the flesh versus reduced down to pixels in my screen. But I am on the wrong side of the Atlantic. ;-)

Good luck it looks like it will be great to see.

Francois · « **Reply #11 on:** October 12, 2014, 09:36:07 PM »

I know. And when I think some people once planned to make a tunnel from NYC to London........... I so wish this had become reality.

DonkeyDave · « **Reply #12 on:** November 08, 2014, 07:32:25 PM »

Done! Well the private view, 2 days of setting up and 8 months pf printing and framing....

Seeing Paul M tomorrow at 11am, if anyone else is about

all finished an almost feel at a loose end, expect my posts on FW to increase!

kentish cob · « **Reply #13 on:** November 08, 2014, 09:02:19 PM »

Hope the opening went well, and all the best for the rest of the run, Dave.

It's a good long run, so no excuses, I'm certain I'll make the effort to hop over the county line for a look before the exhibition ends. From what I've seen, I'm sure it'll be well worth the effort.

Paul Mitchell · « **Reply #14 on:** November 12, 2014, 10:05:19 AM »

I was there on Sunday at 11am with Dave arriving 5 minutes later... unfortunately the warden with the key didn't! After a flurry of calls it transpired that there was a big memorial event in the forest (it being remembrance Sunday) and that the doors weren't likely to open until 2pm! After a very nice pot of coffee and an enjoyable hours walk around one of Mr Higgs favourite woodland locations we eventually gained access! It was well worth the wait though. I have admired Dave's work for some time (as have we all!) but only via a monitor or ipad, to see them in the flesh is something else. There are very few times that I come away from an exhibition of another photographers work feeling inspired... this was one of those times!!

The exhibition is on until April next year so encourage all those that live in the South East to visit, I guarantee you will not be disappointed. Or we could even arrange a FW meet up in Ashdown Forest!??

Here are just 12 of the prints (apologies for the digital snap), there are another 39 of the beauties.

Paul

Late Developer · « **Reply #15 on:** November 12, 2014, 02:01:48 PM »

Last week was a royal pain in the jacksy, work-wise, and I'd sort of promised myself that Lara and I would make a stealth appearance at the exhibition - at the appointed hour of 11am. However, Sunday arrived and I woke up with an almighty "frozen shoulder" which was so painful I could barely hold the sppon to eat my Wheaty-Pops let alone drive the 200 mile round trip. Gutted.

However, the exhibition looks stunning and I am definitely aiming to get to see it before the end of its run. An FW meet in the New Forest sounds like a great idea and, as ever, I'd be up for that.

Paul Mitchell · « **Reply #16 on:** November 12, 2014, 03:14:23 PM »

Quote from: Late Developer on November 12, 2014, 02:01:48 PM

An FW meet in the New Forest sounds like a great idea and, as ever, I'd be up for that.

The New Forest is also a very nice place Paul but in the wrong location for Dave's exhibition...

Hope the shoulder gets better soon... acupuncture cured mine BTW.

Paul

irv_b · « **Reply #17 on:** December 01, 2014, 09:46:31 PM »

I am working in the morning in East Sussex (Burwash) so hopefully I can pop in and marvel at Dave's exhibition prints.

DonkeyDave · « **Reply #18 on:** December 05, 2014, 07:43:49 PM »

only weekends at the moment - but Burwash is only a few miles from me!

Late Developer · « **Reply #19 on:** December 21, 2014, 05:56:39 PM »

Lara and i finally got to see the exhibition. We pitched up at the Forest Centre 5 mins before it opened and had a really good look at these inspirational prints. We then had a bit of a wander around the bit of the forest immediately adjacent to the Forest Centre and took a few photos of our own. Weather was a bit naff but the exhibition was really inspiring to the point where we're thinking about spending a couple of nights down there so we can get up mega-early and catch a bit of frost, mist, early morning sunlight as the forest seems a special place.

Really excellent work, David, and even better in real life than on the screen.

kentish cob · « **Reply #20 on:** March 08, 2015, 09:14:06 PM »

Went to Ashdown Forest today (managed to slip in and out of Sussex without being seen..

) and got to see Dave's wonderful work. I don't think I've ever seen platinum prints before... beautiful tonality.

Had a couple of hours walking around just a small part of the forest, which is a stunningly beautiful area, but one that I found quite tricky to photograph. It's a testament to Dave's skill that he can distill such serene compositions from something as random and visually chaotic as woodland.

Excellent exhibition, Dave. I hope it was successful for you.

DonkeyDave · « **Reply #21 on:** March 13, 2015, 09:33:06 AM »

thanks all!

I'm taking this all down on Saturday March 28th - so last chance!