Ian Phillips-McLaren is a British fine art photographer, artist, and educator based in London and working across the UK. His multidisciplinary practice blends analogue photography, alternative photographic processes, mixed media, and sound — combining traditional craft with contemporary fine art vision.
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Craft. Vision. Legacy.
British Fine Art Photographer • London • Alternative Process Specialist • Artist & Educator
British artist and educator working across photography, painting, and printmaking, exploring memory, identity, and the materiality of image-making.
Through projects such as A Moment’s Existence and Fractured Whispers, I combine analogue photography, hand-made materials, and mixed-media processes to create layered, tactile work — reflecting on transformation, mortality, and the subtle relationship between the physical and symbolic.
Fractured Whispers / In the heart of these ancient Celtic / Atlantic rainforest’s is where the veil between the worlds is thinnest! I can almost hear the murmurs of bygone tales, resonating through the ages and igniting the imagination of bards and storytellers. Each branch tells a story, every leaf
Self & the Other / This ongoing series of self-portraits explores the construction of identity through the lens of ancient Roman portraiture. Blending self-portrait photography with classical references and draws on theories of the self and the other — exploring how identity is shaped through cultural ideals, memory, and inherited visual forms.
Beyond The Edge / Beyond The Edge began unexpectedly one New Year’s morning when a thunderstorm drifted in over breakfast. Coffee in hand, I felt ready for whatever the year might bring, so on impulse I grabbed my camera, jumped in the car, and followed the storm. Growing up in
The Keeper of Barra Mòr, from the series Fractured Whispers — gum bichromate print exploring the Scottish Celtic rainforest.
Rooted in analogue photography, alternative printing, my practice embraces hand-crafted processes, precision, and the enduring value of physical prints and objects.
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Through photography, painting, sound, and sculptural forms, I create fine art work that explores memory, myth, perception, and transformation — often drawing on Jungian psychology and material experimentation.
With nearly four decades in fine art photography and education, I offer mentoring, workshops, and one-to-one guidance from my London base, supporting photographers and artists who want to deepen their craft, develop meaningful work, and refine their creative voice.
London Fine Art Photographer & Alternative Process Artist
I offer mentoring & workshops in analogue processes, salt printing, and creative development.
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