Hampstead Heath, 2016
Each work is a photographic record of an hour’s sunlight on Hampstead Heath. Some are also traces of rain, resting insects, or blown grass. The time, date, and occasionally the precise location in which each was exposed was determined by the oil sketches that John Constable painted on the Heath in 1821.
Eighteen works in total, sizes ranging between 18 x 13 cm and 240 x 135 cm.
For images of all works and further background information, click here.
Hampstead Heath, 19th, July 2016, 5.30– 6.30am bright hot dawn, cloudless, colours beautiful [L]
Cyanotype on cotton 69 x 48 cm
Hampstead Heath, 19th, July 2016, 7.30– 8.30pm, still, hottest day of the year. [L]
Cyanotype on cotton, 69 x 48 cm
Hampstead Heath, August 21 2016, 5–6pm, some initial sun, then cloud. raindrops 5.52. [L]
Cyanotype on cotton, 120 x 100 cm
Hampstead Heath, 3rd September 2016, 12–1pm, bright start, fifteen minute light shower. [S]
Cyanotype on cotton, 69 x 48 cm
Hampstead Heath, 10th September 2016, 11–12am overcast, almost immediate drizzle with occasional breaks. [S]
Cyanotype on cotton , 120 x 80 cm
Hampstead Heath, 10th, Noon–1pm, drizzle turning to rain, occasional breaks and a very brief heavy shower. [S]
Cyanotype on cotton, 120 x 80 cm
Hampstead Heath, 13th September 2016, 1–2pm, hottest September day since 1911 [L]
Cyanotype on cotton, 195 x 120 cm
Hampstead Heath, 25th September 2016, 2–3pm, caught the end of light drizzle. broken clouds looking similar to those of 195 years ago. [L]
Cyanotype on cotton, 240 x 135 cm
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