http://www.ianleake.com Contemporary fine art photography and platinum printing Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:51:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.ianleake.com/2010/08/edward-weston-life-work/ http://www.ianleake.com/2010/08/edward-weston-life-work/#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:02:52 +0000 Ian Leake http://www.ianleake.com/?p=953 If you are in the UK then "Edward Weston: Life Work" at Edinburgh's City Art Centre is the exhibition to see this year. It's a '★★★★★' (five gold star) show.]]> 2 http://www.ianleake.com/2010/08/beauty-and-ugliness/ http://www.ianleake.com/2010/08/beauty-and-ugliness/#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:19:10 +0000 Ian Leake http://www.ianleake.com/?p=945 I've been concerned by the lack of beauty in our world for a long time. But recently I've realised that my worries were pointless. They're pointless because everything must have an opposite. North must have south, truth must have lies, and beauty must have ugliness. If there was no such thing as 'ugly' then we couldn't recognise 'beauty'. Then everything would be the same - and what would be the point of that?]]> 0 http://www.ianleake.com/2010/08/what-we-leave-behind/ http://www.ianleake.com/2010/08/what-we-leave-behind/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:18:49 +0000 Ian Leake http://www.ianleake.com/?p=936 This is a photograph of Richard Leake, my grandfather. I discovered it whilst sorting through my parents' collection of family photographs. While there were many from my Mum's side of the family, there were remarkably few from Dad's. This is the only one which I can be sure shows Dad's father as a young man.]]> 2 http://www.ianleake.com/2010/08/wynn-bullock-dvd/ http://www.ianleake.com/2010/08/wynn-bullock-dvd/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:09:36 +0000 Ian Leake http://www.ianleake.com/?p=898 One of the treasures in my collection is a portfolio of photographs by Wynn Bullock. Ten small silver gelatin prints republished by Lenswork in 2004. Its title is simply, Let There Be Light.]]> 1 http://www.ianleake.com/2010/08/new-prints-new-galleries/ http://www.ianleake.com/2010/08/new-prints-new-galleries/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 21:16:58 +0000 Ian Leake http://www.ianleake.com/?p=833 Recently I re-photographed all the prints I have to hand so that I could update my website. I'm very pleased to say that I have now completed that update, and have added about 30 prints to my online galleries. I'd love to know what you think of them.]]> 1 http://www.ianleake.com/2010/08/fight-fight-fight/ http://www.ianleake.com/2010/08/fight-fight-fight/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:06:47 +0000 Ian Leake http://www.ianleake.com/2010/08/fight-fight-fight/ 0 http://www.ianleake.com/2010/08/thought-for-the-day-3/ http://www.ianleake.com/2010/08/thought-for-the-day-3/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:38:35 +0000 Ian Leake http://www.ianleake.com/2010/08/thought-for-the-day-3/ “My photographic images reach dimensions words cannot touch. As the Haiku poems of Japanese literature, expressive photographs lead viewers into the amazing realm of visual poetic imagery.” Ruth Bernhard.]]> 0 http://www.ianleake.com/2010/07/what-we-knew-then-and-what-we-know-now/ http://www.ianleake.com/2010/07/what-we-knew-then-and-what-we-know-now/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:34:49 +0000 Ian Leake http://www.ianleake.com/?p=739 Recently I've been reading some of the original sources for platinum printing. It's fascinating to compare what we know and do today with what photographers knew and did back in the nineteenth century.]]> 0 http://www.ianleake.com/2010/07/dreams-of-dancing/ http://www.ianleake.com/2010/07/dreams-of-dancing/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:32:18 +0000 Ian Leake http://www.ianleake.com/?p=651 Balancing photography with my 'proper job' can sometimes be a challenge (albeit a good challenge to have). Today, however, I've got a few hours of quiet time so I'm working through a hundred or so photos of prints which will end up on my website soon. This is one of the new prints I've been working on: Dreams of Dancing #5 which is part of a series inspired by dreams. It's a small and intimate 5x4 platinum print.]]> 0 http://www.ianleake.com/2010/07/librarything/ http://www.ianleake.com/2010/07/librarything/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:59:04 +0000 Ian Leake http://www.ianleake.com/?p=628 A while ago I mentioned that I was starting to catalogue my photography library using LibraryThing. Well so far I've reached 179 books and there are still plenty to go. Here's a selection of them.]]> 0 http://www.ianleake.com/2010/07/camille-silvy/ http://www.ianleake.com/2010/07/camille-silvy/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:42:52 +0000 Ian Leake http://www.ianleake.com/?p=600 My "must see" exhibition for this summer in London is the National Portrait Gallery's new exhibition on Camille Silvy. It's definitely a ★★★★★ (five star) show.]]> 0 http://www.ianleake.com/2010/07/thought-for-the-day-2/ http://www.ianleake.com/2010/07/thought-for-the-day-2/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:22:00 +0000 Ian Leake http://www.ianleake.com/?p=598 0