Photograph
1992 (made)
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Toby Glanville is a much-exhibited British photographer. His images seem to arrest the attention of his subjects, but without interrupting it. His still life photographs are eerily unobtrusive and his portraits show a stillness in his subjects. This portrait was made using a long exposure (4 to 5 seconds) in natural light in an interior. The subject's eyes are somewhat dilated, as he was looking into the relatively dark part of the room where the camera was mounted on a tripod.
Object details
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| Brief description | Photograph, 'Plasterer's Mate', by Toby Glanville, London 1992 |
| Copy number | 4 of 10 |
| Gallery label | Glanville, who has made many portraits of workers in different crafts, trades and skills was visiting a friend's basement flat in Notting Hill, which the boy was helping his father to plaster. The only light came from a small southwest-facing window. The boy is coated in fine plaster dust and his eyes are dilated as he looks out from relative darkness. Glanville, using a Rolleiflex on a tripod, counted out the exposure using the second hand of his watch. Bruce Bernard said that he felt he could almost see the boy's nervous system in this photograph. |
| Credit line | Given by Toby Glanville |
| Summary | Toby Glanville is a much-exhibited British photographer. His images seem to arrest the attention of his subjects, but without interrupting it. His still life photographs are eerily unobtrusive and his portraits show a stillness in his subjects. This portrait was made using a long exposure (4 to 5 seconds) in natural light in an interior. The subject's eyes are somewhat dilated, as he was looking into the relatively dark part of the room where the camera was mounted on a tripod. |
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| Accession number | E.28-2000 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2000 |
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