Not only are Richard Learoyd's images beautiful, they're pretty amazing technically. After coming across his work, I looked into how he actually created his photographs, simply because their quality is incredible and unusual. Learoyd works in a manner very similar to that seen in early processes of photography, made directly onto colour positive paper inside a walk in camera.
"His images are produced individually as singular objects. Utilizing a distinct photographic method he creates life sized images inside a specifically built camera. This construction captures the image without any interposing film negative, transparency or intermediate material. Instead the apparatus of light is directly focussed by the camera and translated onto a sheet of positive photographic paper. With no means of reproduction, once created, ultimately every image is entirely unique in its existence."
Obtained from: Union Gallery
