This exhibition is comprised of images taken from a successful MA Photography project titled From Above which researched the concept of taking photographic images exclusively looking down and the effect of this perspective on perception.  The images drew inspiration from the photographers of the New Movement in Photography of the 1930’s where the development of the miniature hand held camera allowed the flexibility to capture images from previously inaccessible locations and unusual angles.

Initially appealing was the way that looking down on a subject can isolate and expose an almost abstract quality to what are often familiar objects, however the new perspective also revealed that there would often be a commonality of shape, pattern or form, a connection between very diverse subjects that had previously been invisible, to retain these relationships the images are presented as non narrative sequences that I call Transitions.

Some of the images that will be exhibited and other examples of my work can be seen at www.nigelrichards.org.uk 

Free Entry
Monday – Friday. 9.30 – 16.30
The Royal Photographic Society
Fenton House
122 Wells Road
Bath BA2 3AH

For further information please contact Lesley Goode.  01225 325720 lesley@rps.org