I made it over to Bethnal Green yesterday to see Ed Thompson's '
Unseen' exhibition and, as I expected, found the images fascinating. There are only two days left but I do recommend that you get over to the
Four Corners Gallery if you can. Ed very kindly gave me a print, and we chatted. I was impressed that he made such good use of this difficult film stock ... even more so since he found that he didn't need to bracket.
One thing that struck me was the silvery skin tone in the
Vein series. I've been trying to figure out what might cause it: the illumination was flash and the images are almost always straight what was recorded on the film. I'll leave you with my favourite out of the Vein shots and a final note that Ed plans a book sometime soon. Details yet to be announced.
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