Boxing Day Tsunami 2004

On Boxing Day, 2004, an Indian Ocean earthquake triggered the deadliest tsunami on record history, claiming 250,000 lives across 11 countries. Leica M6 24mm f2.8. Fuji film 400. Hasselblad Imacon 848 film scanner. North East Sumatra © Mark Pearson

On Boxing Day, 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean caused the deadliest tsunami and natural disaster in recorded history, killing 250,000 people in 11 countries. This was the beginning of my journey.

Writing on Photographic Prints

Over a year of researching and documenting the fortifications built in WW2 around the coasts of Cornwall and Kent to prevent an invasion. And now ironically we are the ones locked out of the world! My exhibition will probably not go on until at least September next year, so here is a look at the working prints and notes. The Maunsell Sea Forts located 8 miles off shore in the english Channel were built in 1942 to protect London at the entrance of the Thames Tuesday, 21 July 2020. (Photo/Print Mark Pearson)

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Lith Printing on vintage Kodak Bromide paper WSG.2S

Lith print of an image I shot of a baby that was the child of a girl recently escaped from the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) at the Rachelle Rehabilitation Centre in Lira, Northern Uganda, 15 November, 2004.(Photo/Mark Pearson)

I have been getting some amazing results from lith printing. The tonal range is out of this world and this print feels like what you would get from platinum printing. This is a straight scan from the print and nothing was done in Adobe apart from cropping the image. This film was Fuji 1600 iso press film for low light photography as was needed in the hospital at the Rachelle Rehabilitation during the height of the troubles in Northern Uganda between the Lords Resistance Army, in late 2004.

The University of Plymouth ALUMNI Exhibition 2019

I was honoured to have my work selected for this years Alumni exhibition at the University of Plymouth 2019. My experimental cyanotype concrete triptych called ‘A Palestinian View of Jerusalem’ that took me over three months to complete was featured alongside other alumni artists. It was the first time that it had been in such an amazing gallery context at the Roland Levinsky Gallery. I also had my five minute film ‘Art of Failure’running alongside the piece showing the frustrations in the chemical and concrete experiments that eventually became a success. That piece showed me the importance of collaboration with other artists namely Noel Brennan who became a good friend during the process of sculpture and photochemistry.

Art of Failure film running alongside the triptych on concrete at the Roland Levinsky Gallery

'A Touch of Chemistry' Installation Exhibition Devonport Guild Hall June 10 - June 29

‘A Touch of Chemistry’ is a solo show of my latest work which is on exhibition @dguildhall 10 June - 29 June. 

This installation revisits my photographs as I have reinterpreted them to create a contemporary visual narrative. My mixed media technique goes beyond the boundaries and limitations of traditional photography. Each piece is unique using historical chemistry processes, printed onto silk forming an installation about my past. The synthesis of the old and new reimagines photographic processes for a contemporary audience. 

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