Photography Tuition

Ian Phillips McLaren (b. 1960) is a British contemporary artist, his varied practice combines contemporary and 19th century photographic processes, video, sculpture, performance and animation.

His body of work examines dementia as a state of being, memory, personal identity and the construction of self in our visual culture, portraiture and self-representation.

Ian’s current work, The ‘Self’ & The ‘Other’ is an exploration of the ‘Self’ through the lens of ancient Roman portraiture – The ‘Other’ referring to the ways in which identities are formed.

“By combining traditional 5×4 inch analogue paper negatives of my self with hybrid digital negatives of ancient Roman portraits and fragments, I’m re-imagining the historical self-portrait, in a similar vein to how the Romans re-imagined (Hellenistic) Greek art for their own purposes”.

I’m now offering One to One photography tuition and bespoke photography workshops and masterclasses.

If you are interested in one to one tuition or mentoring, then please drop me a line or call me. Contact details here

I can teach you all aspects of analogue or digital photography including analogue film processing, darkroom printing, alternative process photography i.e. Albumen salt prints, Gum Bichromate printing for colour, tri-colour, duotone, black and white printing and advanced cyanotype printing.

Making and using digital negatives from a digital camera, to produce hybrid handmade photographic prints or alternative photographic prints.

If you want to learn new skills or just take your photography up a notch then please don’t hesitate to contact me.