fine art photographs : tony baker
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waggy with john fairbotham : my first photograph . sheldon . england
if your photographs aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough : robert capa
seascape : edinburgh . scotland
postbox : leeds . england
post office : leeds . england
blue door : morar . scotland
caravan door : morar . scotland
brooklet lampshade : arran . scotland
streamlet lampshade : arran . scotland
yellow tannoy : panevezys . lithuania
camera shop : edinburgh . scotland
the thin line between art and pornography : sienna . italy
dress in shop window : budapest . hungary
dog : arran . scotland
dog : inverie . scotland
praying hands : kinvarra . ireland
jesus in a phone box : liverpool . england
service : hirson . france
door : sinalunga . italy
shirt #1 : amsterdam . the netherlands
shirt #2 : amsterdam . the netherlands
red car blue shoes : trequanda . italy
the key to religion : solingen . germany
ghost house . arthington . england
ghost house . st joan les fonts . catalonia
croft : morar . scotland
telephone exchange . arran . scotland
abc . wakefield . england
me . wakefield . england
blue wall with hole . portmeirion . wales
yellow line with black hole : budapest . hungary
shed : arisaig . scotland
56 : arisaig . scotland
pink beach hut : sutton on sea . england
blue beach hut : sutton on sea . england
destinations : liverpool . england
frank : liverpool . england
18 : firth of clyde . scotland
4 : firth of clyde . scotland
pond #1 : rhu . scotland
pond #2 : rhu . scotland
pool sky : barga . italy
nightswimming : barga . italy
torn shutter : budapest . hungary
torn portakabin : arisaig . scotland
three pairs of trousers and a pair of slippers : panevezys . lithuania
buttocks with telephone : vic . catalonia
nude man and sink : vic . catalonia
male torso and stools : vic . catalonia
used tyres : barcelona . catalonia
paper and tongs : panevezys . lithuania
painted shop window : leeds . england
painted shop window : girona . catalonia
house : budapest . hungary
circular window : budapest . hungary
sentinel vacuum cleaners : budapest . hungary
deep purple in rock : rotterdam . the netherlands
floating grass : arran . scotland
floating rock : arran . scotland
viking borg : mallaig . scotland
margaret ann : mallaig . scotland
white circle wall : nottingham . england
red board : panevezys . lithuania
chained door : budapest . hungary
moved : leeds . england
floral bicycle : rotterdam . the netherlands
knitted bicycles : whitstable . england
target practice : hovingham . england
cups : bryn gwynant . wales
chair in courtyard : budapest . hungary
chair on stairs : vic . catalonia
acab : vic . catalonia
sad face : vic . catalonia
foil trays in window : rotterdam . the netherlands
foil trays on floor : rotterdam . the netherlands
pink blossom i : leeds . england
pink blossom u : leeds . england
bottom pads : rotterdam . the netherlands
prince william’s breast : london . england
caravan : morar . scotland
other caravan : morar . scotland
rock fire : morar . scotland
rock veil : morar . scotland
i love chicken i love cheese : edinburgh . scotland
stay : leeds . england
photos : london . england
shrine : leeds . england
green barn : toxide . scotland
kippers : mallaig . scotland
all plated meals : leeds . england
dead : leeds . england
what man is he : whitby . england
old clean newspapers wanted : whitby . england
car park : essen . germany
fire bells : essen . germany
spotted wall : rotterdam . the netherlands
poppies with metal sun : rotterdam . the netherlands
cars with orange sky : rotterdam . the netherlands
eiffel towers : paris . france
big funny tie : koln . germany
heads : essen . gerrmany
rothko trouve #2 : leeds . england
rothko trouve #3 : leeds . england
christo building : leeds . england
satellite in windows : barcelona . catalonia
missing : yatton . england
gas : leeds . england
admin : liverpool . england
ghost shelves : liverpool . england
photo : nant-y-gwrdu . wales
hill of crosses : Ĺ iauliai . lithuania
walking to nursery : leeds . england
obscured self portrait : clifton . england
x ray tape : leeds . england
tree in landscape : liverpool . england
coastal map : liverpool . england
land with lakes : liverpool . england
accordian : essen . germany
accordian with pink cowboy hat : solingen . germany
dalmation : renesse . the netherlands
beach huts : renesse . the netherlands
passerby #2 : liverpool . england
passerby #3 : liverpool . england
two red crosses on a wardrobe door : vic . catalonia
shattered glass with cross : leeds . england
tim, where are you? : leeds . england
please leave umbrellas alone : leeds . england
electricity : leeds . england
electricity : barcelona . catalonia
ghost toilet #1 : liverpool . england
ghost toilet #1 : liverpool . england
tree eyes : barcelona . catalonia
tree legs : leeds . england
just married : budapest . hungary
a crushing boar : carbisdale . scotland
blasphemy : barcelona . catalonia
jesus at a music festival : wuppertal . germany
hiding : budapest . hungary
waiting : budapest . hungary
white chairs blue floor : humber estuary . england
chairs in car park : st joan les fonts . catalonia
net curtains : budapest . hungary
net curtains : nant-y-gwrdu . wales
blue circle : vic . catalonia
this is not a skip : mallaig . scotland
lichen rock : druimindarroch . scotland
nude entrance : portpatrick . scotland
indoor market : leeds . england
8.15 : leeds . england
green door : nottingham . england
tobacconist : barga . italy
trotters : budapest . hungary
pipes : amsterdam . the netherlands
garage roof #1 : morar . scotland
garage roof #2 : morar . scotland
footballer #1 : vic . catalonia
footballer #2 : vic . catalonia
caravan interior #1 : camusdarrach . scotland
caravan interior #2 : camusdarrach . scotland
sheep : morar . scotland
sheep : arran . scotland
painted wall : bristol . england
quay : bristol . england
man with holes in his head : vic . catalonia
paper roses (st jorgi’s day) : vic . catalonia
kordax : budapest . hungary
fodraz : budapest . hungary
wall : zollverein . germany
building : zollverein . germany
broom : budapest . hungary
pipes : zollverein . germany
door : panevezys . lithuania
windows with balls : panevezys . lithuania
gegant : st joan les fonts . catalonia
baby capgrossos with man : st joan les fonts . catalonia
newspaper trolley : solingen . germany
shopping trolleys : koln . germany
garage roof #1 : panevezys . lithuania
garage roof #2 : panevezys . lithuania
david : bruxelles . belgium
strip of wallpaper : hirson . france
slate wall : easdale . scotland
cracked wall : arisaig . scotland
wooden door : panevezys . lithuania
wooden window : panevezys . lithuania
watching the time : kazanlak . bulgaria
giant leeks : kazanlak . bulgaria
graceland for sale : sutton on sea . england
sunderland simply the best : barcelona . catalonia
swimming direction : budapest . hungary
taped head : torcello . italy
train : sofia . bulgaria
mourning : kazanlak . bulgaria
reflection #1 : delft . the netherlands
reflection #2 : delft . the netherlands
roller and paintbrush : essen . germany
roller : essen . germany
eddie martinez (pina bausch dancer) : wuppertal . germany
nayoung kim (pina bausch dancer) : wuppertal . germany
ghetto blaster with bubble-wrapped painting : girona . catalonia
saint with light bulbs : girona . catalonia
pink dresses : lincoln . england
pink dresses : amsterdam . the netherlands
norbert rottenari (gallery attendant) : dusseldorf . germany
jack penford (retired mechanical engineer) : lincoln . england
unloading : leeds . england
pull : leeds . england
blue sky : leeds . england
191 : nottingham . england
lluis sola (poet) : vic . catalonia
leon johnson (musician) : essen . germany
table & chairs : essen . germany
table & ashtray : koln . germany
bust with green door : firenze . italy
peg bucket : trequanda . italy
severed head in ecstasy : essen . germany
letterboxes : essen . germany
ruby : morar . scotland
fudge : morar . scotland
triangle #4 : essen . germany
triangle #2 : essen . germany
wavy road markings : essen . germany
slow slow: morar . scotland
garage particular : barcelona . catalonia
detectius privats : barcelona . catalonia
circle with dot : essen . germany
circle without dot : essen . germany
finish of door : london . england
plasterboard : london . england
ricky at the cellar bars 1977 : leeds . england
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self portrait 1937 : alfred john baker . birmingham . england
Born in the year that Heartbreak Hotel hit the charts and when Grace Kelly married Prince Ranier of Monaco, Tony Baker has made a career out of dabbling in whatever he can lay his hands on. Galvanised by the experience of his art education in Leeds, which at the time was described by Patrick Heron as being the most cutting edge Art School in Europe, he has worked with everything from photography to rock ‘n’ roll (something that has always laid at the heart of whatever he produces). His specific relationship with photography started at the age of fourteen when, along with his father, he built a makeshift darkroom in the family bathroom. Yet, in spite of a passion that has endured for over forty years, he still refuses to consider himself a photographer, but merely somebody who just takes photographs - and the reason that he takes photographs is because he doesn’t paint. He will, however, bring all the sensibilities of painting to his photography and other art forms, drawing on the likes of Francis Bacon, Mark Rothko, Diego Velázquez and the spirit in which their work was created - but he doesn’t paint. This catalogue represents a sample of his photographs, mainly taken over the last five years, these images are responses to the world around him, often abstract, sometimes poetic, yet always idiosyncratic.