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Exhibition of Photographs by Dominic Pote

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DOMINIC POTE

7TH MAY 2014 - 5TH JUNE 2014 I ARTMOORHOUSE! MOOR HOUSE, 120 LONDON WALL, LONDON EC2Y5ET

EXHIBITION CURATED BY LAURA BIDDLECOMBE, DOMINIC POTE, ELISA MARTINELLI BROCHURE CONCEPT ARTMOORHOUSE ALL IMAGES ©DOMINIC POTE MEDIA PARTNER

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Photographic exhibition by Dominic Pote in collaboration with Full Circle Art Consultancy and ArtMoorHouse

! ! !Dominic Pote paints with light. Without the aid of a digital camera or other technological devices, he creates

images that suggest the actual experience of time. Hazy and dreamlike, his photographs imitate the process of memory itself. His subjects are seascapes, architecture and landscape, for he is attracted to the point where places meet: the city and the skyline, the shoreline and the sea.

!Working somewhere between the film-maker and the still photographer, his exposures last as long as he keeps

moving. Many of his photographs are two or three metres in length. His limited edition prints are framed by the physical act of walking. His images are both literal and metaphorical journeys, movements through space so that there remains something of the organic feel of their making.

[Sue Hubbard - Freelance Art Critic who writes regularly for The Independent and The New Statesman]

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Dominic Pote has been working as a fine-art photographer since graduating from Nottingham Trent University with a degree in Photography in 2000. He has worked and exhibited all over the world, including a residency at Experian offices in Nottingham where he accompanied staff members on their journeys to work to take photographs based on their observations. His work is held in numerous private and public collections ranging from the Bank of Canada to Guy’s Hospital. Previous commissions include P&O Cruises, Barclays Bank, Experian UK, The British Council and the NHS.

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From the Shoreline series, but the last piece in the series of 6, when I was already beginning to look at wave formations which then became the focus of the subsequent Ocean Surf series. With very abstract qualities, but with the important detail of the wave breaking, revealing droplets of water juxtaposed against the continual movement of water. In this piece, on a single length of film, both the moment in time and the duration of time are captured in one image - Dominic Pote

Shoreline No.6, Greece, 2001, Photograph edition size of 5, 81 cm x 283 cm

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From the Shoreline series, made one winter on the Greek island of Milos. This particular part of the coast of the island has a unique lunar-like landscape of soft white volcanic rocks, shaped by both wind and water. This series looks at this ever-changing shoreline where the boundary between land and sea merge and can be seen to become one - Dominic Pote

 

Shoreline No.3, Greece, 2001, Photograph edition size of 25, 26.5 cm x 113 cm

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Taken in the mysterious Cappadocia region of central Anatolia, Turkey. In this moon-like landscape, since ancient times, people have carved cave dwellings and churches into the soft rocks of Cappadocia- Dominic Pote

 

Pidgeon Valley, Cappadocia,Turkey, 2008, Photograph edition size of 10, 35 cm x 100 cm

 

Uchihar, Cappadocia, Turkey, 2008, Photograph edition size of 10, 35 cm x 132 cm

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Taken in the mysterious Cappadocia region of central Anatolia, Turkey. In this moon-like landscape, since ancient times, people have carved cave dwellings and churches into the soft rocks of Cappadocia- Dominic Pote

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Dubai – as the camera sweeps from left to right, the horizon is curved and the land and the sea reassert their dominance in this otherwise manmade environment - Dominic Pote

 

Jumeirah Beach, Dubai, 2009, Photograph edition size of 10, 40 cm x 143 cm

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With the Ocean Surf series of images, I have worked in the same location as my Shoreline series (the island of Milos in Greece) but this time I wanted to focus on the waves as they break close to the shore. This series is an attempt to capture both the continual movement of the sea as a body of water as well as the momentary changes on the surface and the play of light on the wave formations- Dominic Pote

 

Ocean Surf No.1, Greece, 2003, Photograph edition size of 25, 26.5 cm x 90 cm

Ocean Surf No. 2, Greece, 2003, Photograph Edition size of 25, 26.5 cm x 65 cm

 

Ocean Surf No.4, Greece, 2003, Photograph edition size of 25, 26.5 cm x 85 cm

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The Grand Canal, Venice, taken from the stern of a vaporetto on a winter afternoon. As the camera moves and the vaporetto pulls away, the sun bathed buildings are softened and take on the fluid quality of the water - Dominic Pote

Canal Grande, Venice, 2007, Photograph edition size of 10, 40 cm x 100 cm

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A winter sunrise in Venice in which the high water merges with the promenade and land and sea become one. Venice, a city built as much on the water as on land, there is an intimate relationship between the sea and the architecture which I hope to portray with this piece - Dominic Pote

 

Riva Degli Schiavoni, Venice, 2007, Photograph edition size of 10, 40 cm x 136 cm

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The wild North Yorkshire moorland landscape meets the lush green valley of Glaisdale – an altered agricultural landscape of fields and hedgerows where man has made his marks, and yet there is a harmony between these two elements of this landscape - Dominic Pote

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Glaisdale, Yorkshire, 2008, Photograph edition size of 10, 40 cm x 169 cm 


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The rolling fields of Wiltshire just after the harvest in August. There is a golden hazy softness of a summer morning and the horizon curves in a sweeping arc, but in the centre there are defined lines of hay bales emphasising the sense of perspective. Originally commissioned by P&O for a lounge on board the Arcadia Cruise Ship- Dominic Pote

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Wiltshire Fields II, Wiltshire, 2004, Photograph edition size of 10, 40 cm x 162 cm 


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Bluebells in a Wiltshire woodland in May. Taken at sunrise when there was a rising mist in the woods, creating a soft dreamlike atmosphere - Dominic Pote

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Martin Woods, Wiltshire, 2008, Photograph edition size of 10, 40 cm x 127 cm


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Autumn sunrise in the New Forest, UK. The magic of this ancient woodland captured in the golden morning light, looking through the undergrowth of bracken towards the rising sun - Dominic Pote

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The Ornamental Drive, The New Forest, 2010, Photograph edition size of 9, 80 cm x 110 cm

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Richmond Park – a feeling of freedom in this vast park with both woodland and wide open spaces - Dominic Pote

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Richmond Park, London, 2007, Photograph edition size of 10, 40 cm x 167 cm

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Pepper Box Hill – a viewpoint south of Salisbury, originally commissioned for Salisbury Hospital in a project looking at journeys staff members make to and from work- Dominic Pote

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Pepper Box Hill, Salisbury, 2006, Photograph edition size of 10, 40 cm x 216 cm

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A very English rural road on a late afternoon in summer, embracing the feeling of a journey, a drive in the country- Dominic Pote

 

Little Durnford, Wiltshire, 2006, Photograph edition size of 10, 40 cm x 120 cm

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Scarborough Bay where the vast bay of shallow water of an incoming tide reaches out to the horizon and the water and sky become one in the brightness of the morning sun- Dominic Pote

 

Scarborough Bay,Yorkshire, 2008, Photograph edition size of 10, 40 cm x 177 cm

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In the Thames, London series I have worked with the very obvious landmarks along the Thames in central London, the places which are generally over-photographed. I have attempted to capture these places from a transient viewpoint, as an urban experience, walking past and taking in the feeling of these places without actually standing still and recording their details - Dominic Pote

 

Thames, London No.3, London, 2002, Photograph edition size of 15, 40 cm x 120 cm

 

Thames, London No.2, London, 2002, Photograph edition size of 15, 40 cm x 146 cm

 

Tower Bridge, London, 2008, Photograph edition size of 10, 40 cm x 100 cm

 

Blackfriars, London, 2008, London, 2008, Photograph edition size of 10, 40 cm x 112 cm

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In the Thames, London series I have worked with the very obvious landmarks along the Thames in central London, the places which are generally over-photographed. I have attempted to capture these places from a transient viewpoint, as an urban experience, walking past and taking in the feeling of these places without actually standing still and recording their details - Dominic Pote

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This image is an example of the importance of mistakes. I was attempting to capture the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral and was shooting above the line of traffic, purposely not including it in my frame. But every now and then a double decker bus would come a long and obscure my view. In this case the bus entered the frame at a the perfect moment and with almost impossible alignment with the architectural lines of St Paul’s, bringing a splash of red and blue colour into an otherwise very monochrome colour palette. The glass windows of the bus even reflected the trees opposite, adding further interest to the image. A moment of magic, unplanned and unrepeatable - Dominic Pote

St. Paul’s, London, 2002, London, 2008, Photograph edition size of 15, 40 cm x 144 cm

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This image is an example of the importance of mistakes. I was attempting to capture the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral and was Canary Skyline – originally commissioned by Barclays Bank for their World HQ offices in Canary Wharf. Given access to photograph the Canary Wharf estate from both the ground and rooftops, I worked on a collection of work capturing the play of light on this architectural environment of steal, glass, water and open skies- Dominic Pote

 

Canary Skyline, London, 2004, London, 2008, Photograph edition size of 10, 40 cm x 223 cm

 

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