Ed Sykes: Rock, 2022

Size: 24 x 30.5cm

Unique silver gelatin print. (E26-XX03)

Printed using seaweed developer on vintage Agfa fibre based paper.

Rock is a series of over 100 unique hand prints made from a single negative. This depicts an eroded part of a cliff left stranded on the beach as a result of coastal erosion along one of Europe’s fastest eroding coastlines. The prints made on silver gelatin papers were processed in plant based developers including seaweed.

Ed Sykes is a photographer and visual artist based in London. Ed’s practice focuses on landscape and changes to the environment as a result of climate change and human activity. This approach is in conjunction with a re-working of photographic materials and a disruption of traditional photographic production.