Stan Dickinson
New Photographic Chemistry
In 2014, I found a second-hand 1963 publication, 'A Textbook of Photographic Chemistry'. As though I'd unearthed a lost or forgotten language, it inspired a form of metaphorical exploration involving the appropriation, re-presentation, deconstruction and eventual destruction of the original textbook. 'New Photographic Chemistry' combines studio-based photography with layers of manipulation, physical actions (cutting, tearing, folding, constructing, deconstructing and burning), printing (including fabrics), re-photographing, and often, further digital manipulation and mark-making. Everything, though, began in the book. The viewer is tempted to read a new significance and the transformation that is 'Photographic Chemistry', something more than the physical reactions of substances, works its magic. Yet the complex, seductive and thought-provoking images are empty of significance beyond their making.
Stan Dickinson • John Lewis • John Umney •
Bath Spa University
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Blackpool and the Fylde
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University of Brighton
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Arts University Bournemouth
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University of Chester
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Cleveland College of Art and Design
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Coventry University
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Dublin Institute of Technology
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Griffith College Dublin
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IADT Dun Laoghaire
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Falmouth University
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UCA Farnham
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Hereford College of Arts
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University of Huddersfield
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Leeds College of Art
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Limerick School of Art and Design
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Manchester Metropolitan University
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Middlesex University London
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Open College of the Arts
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National College of Art and Design
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Plymouth College of Art
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University of Portsmouth
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Sheffield Hallam University
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University of South Wales
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Swansea College of Art, UWTSD
BA (Hons) Photography in the Arts
Swansea College of Art, UWTSD
BA (Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary