08/08/2024
I’m so honored that ‘Locust’ from ‘States of Grace’ was chosen by the from the last three International Photography Exhibitions for inclusion in the exhibition at the Fox Talbot Museum at Lacock Abbey .
‘‘The IPE is the longest-running photography exhibition in the world so taking elements of recent editions to the Home of Photography, is very special. This reinforces the strong relationship between the RPS and the National Trust’s Lacock Abbey, the family home of William Henry Fox Talbot, an honorary Fellow of the RPS, whose experiments saw the birth of the basis of photography in Britain.’ - Dan Jones, CEO of the RPS.
The International Photography Exhibition has been held almost every year since 1854 and is the longest running exhibition of its kind in the world. In the early years, the exhibition included work from some of the world’s most eminent photographers including Julia Margaret Cameron, Roger Fenton, Edward Steichen and Paul Strand.
It was at Lacock Abbey where Fox Talbot made the first paper negative - a window at Lacock.
I will share more information as it becomes available and hope to make the journey. Congratulations to each of the artists whose works were chosen!
https://rps.org/news/bristol/2024/june/ipe-travels-to-lacock/
Locust, 2016 - pigment ink on vellum over white gold leaf, AP
