ACROSS THE DIVIDE: CRITICAL MASS 2010 OPENS TOMORROW, MARCH 3-25, 2011

The acclaimed Critical Mass opens tomorrow at the Photo Centre NW in Seattle and will travel from here to Newspace Centre for Photography in Portland, and RayKo Photo Centre in San Francisco.This piece from Tim's Iceland series will be featured amongst the 50 selected Artists and is also available as an exclusive editions of 25 both framed & unframed through the participating galleries.  

Tim Simmons, Iceland, Blue Lagoon 6, 2009

JUROR: TODD HIDO   

Join us for the artists' reception Friday, March 4, 6 - 7:30 pm and lecture by Todd Hido "A Year of Books: 7 Titles beginning at 7:30 pm. Todd will discuss his work and seven recent titles he released in 2009/2010. Tickets: $6 / $4 members

Incandescent Earth / NOWNESS showcases Tim's Iceland series

New site NOWNESS features Tim's work....

Incandescent Earth

Photographer Tim Simmons, who spent six weeks in the land of fire and ice last year, describes the terrain as “one of the few places you still get steaming cracks and colored landscapes.” This turbulence is a result of its continent-straddling location: The island is cut through by the mid-Atlantic ridge, where the Earth’s Eurasian and North American plates diverge and throw up lava, steam, and bubbling, sulfurous water. For the past eight years, Simmons has been traveling the world with his large-format camera and creating oddly pristine images of vistas urban and natural, using his experience as a still-life photographer to artificially light intriguing locations from Norfolk to Arizona. Shooting his Iceland series, he drove from the island’s northern ferry port to the south and back again, transporting his equipment in his specially customized van and spending a day or more in each location, returning with just 16 images, a selection of which we showcase today. The results are both familiar and fantastic; Simmons describes them as “places that sometimes don’t look real at first glance but absolutely exist—you can walk up and find them.” Though he is wary of jumping on “the green wagon,” his work explores our relationship to the planet, at a time when the planet in its untouched state is harder and harder to see. “By treating the subject matter in this way, it lends itself to going on that journey, where by looking you can start to think.” Recently Simmons has started projecting his photographs, mounting open air slideshows at 2009's Latitude festival and the 2010 London Art Fair. More details of his outdoor activities can be found at his blog, Intervention Projects.

The London Art Fair limited edition print | Iceland, Leirhnjukur # 4

To coincide with the launch of this upcoming series of installations, with the screening on the London Art Fair forecourt, we will be presenting the first in a collection of limited edition prints. In conjunction with INTERVENTION, projected a signed limited edition print for each event will be available to buy via the website. This is a perfect opportunity to start collecting from this unique body of work.

For all print sales please contact Louise Bowan

Iceland, Leirhnjukur # 4

Edition of 50, Digital C Type archival Paper, unmounted £300 plus shipping & VAT
Image size 16x11 inches, paper size 20x15 inches