Ian Phillips McLaren’s practice combines contemporary and 19th century photographic processes, using a versatility both in camera and print making techniques to achieve his results. From Chinese plastic cameras, large format to pinhole, traditional film negatives, paper negatives, digital negatives and hand-made papers and home made emulsions.

Ian’s latest project utilises projections, audio, performance and video to explore self-portraiture in the context of Jung’s four main archetypes Anima/Animus, Shadow, Persona and Self. By moving his images away from the gallery wall onto the surface of handmade effigies he’s creating multi-sensory video sculptures.

Drive By

Driving around his immediate surroundings Ian Phillips McLaren explores his local landscape.

Ian jumped into his car to chase a thunder storm, from the safety of his car he pointed his lens through the wet windscreen. The brooding clouds cut available light to near darkness; in order to capture a sharp usable image he set his tripod awkwardly between his legs and steering wheel. The out of focus rain drops on the windscreen along with parts of the cars interior set the aesthetic for ‘Drive By’. Eager to start his new project, he set out on the first day of the new year – January 1st 2019.