PATRICK AND TRISTRAM FETHERSTONHAUGH
2013-05-13Transplant is a deceptively uncomplicated series of photographic prints of London blossom trees by Patrick and Tristram Fetherstonhaugh, taking a classic subject and approaching it with a uniquely rigorous, process-based method to explore cross-cultural connections.
The process involved the two brothers walking through the city from their studio, taking a single photograph of each blossom-covered tree they came to until the roll of film ran out. The photographs were taken with a Japanese-made Nikon camera using Japanese Fuji film. The unexposed rolls were then sent to Tokyo to be developed and printed, physically making the journey suggested by the cultural connection between blossom trees in London and the symbolism of blossom in Japan – in doing this what looks like a simple picture is, in fact, the physical embodiment of a thought process connecting two countries.
Exhibition runs through till May 25th, 2013
Margaret Street Gallery
63 Margaret Street
London
W1W 8SW
