At this years Photo London we have 29 unique analogue C-type prints painted with acrylic paint on display in a vitrine.
Chloe Sells (b.1976) divides her time between her home in Botswana, Africa, where she photographs with a large format camera, and London, England, where she processes and prints her work. Each of her prints is the result of her in-depth manipulation of the printing process in the darkroom, at once physical, spontaneous and deliberate. She employs experimental and spontaneous methods such as screens, overlays, open-weave fabrics and movements of the paper, expertly combined to create her unique, bold and dreamy photographs. The layering of image, colour, and texture in the chromogenic prints creates a dreamy effect, transporting the viewer into unknown realms. Informed by extensive travel, residence and immersion in countries foreign to her, Sells explores the question of how places are defined, while speculating on the consequences of human experience of place.
Sells attended the Rhode Island School of Design, from which she graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography. She received her Masters in Fine Art from Central St. Martins in September 2011. Over the last 12 years she has lived and photographed on three continents, Asia, North America and Africa, which has been integral to her artwork. Chloe uses a Contax 645 and Linhof 4x5 to create her pictures. Each of Sells’ works is a unique analogue C-type print, made by hand in the darkroom.
PHOTO LONDON BOOTH B8
19-22 May, Somerset House
