John Angerson, David Hockney, Royal Academy, London. 2012 Pr...

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£300 - £400

John Angerson, David Hockney, Royal Academy, London. 2012
Print 19 of 25 - (2 AP)
Additional information -This image was commissioned by the London Times Saturday Magazine, with John Angerson tasked to create a portrait of David Hockney, one of Britain's most celebrated living artists. The situation was intense due to tight time constraints, affording Angerson just five minutes with the artist. In a makeshift studio quickly set up in a side room of the Royal Academy in London. As Hockney arrived at the set, Angerson observed the paint-splattered shoes and the winter overcoat. In a spontaneous decision, he opted not to make any alterations to the first frame, appreciating an unscripted, raw authenticity that is often overlooked.

Chromogenic print, lustre finish. Signed verso. Print size: 16x12 inches (40.64cm x 30.48cm). With a signed Certificate of Authentication

John Angerson (b.1969 Bristol, England) started his career in the early 1990s, covering the fall of the Berlin Wall and the changing geopolitical landscape of Eastern Europe. Since then, his work has continued to explore the different languages of documentary photography, focusing on how specific communities form, shift and develop. His projects have garnered critical acclaim and exhibited at major art institutions in the UK and overseas. His monograph - Love, Power, Sacrifice (published by Dewi Lewis, Manchester) documented the Jesus Army over twenty years and peers into a microcosm of a fanatical religion. His most recent book; English Journey (published by B&W studio, Leeds) was a 4-year photographic travelogue across England in the footsteps of Bradford author J.B. Priestley. The work presents a purposefully non-nostalgic, contemporary view of England. It casts the lens on the globalized economic framework at call centres, transnational hotel chains and the co-dependency of international outsourcing. The work was shown in exhibitions across the UK and Europe and the book has sold across three continents since its publication. He now splits his time between shooting personal projects, teaching at various Universities and shooting features and portraiture for various magazines, charities and design agencies.