tomscott
Photographer & Graphic Designer
These were mostly taken with a Bronica ETRSI Medium Format camera with a 75mm F2.8 and 40mm F4 and scanned using Nikon Super CoolScan 9000 ED. I also shot a couple with my 40D and 17-85mm. These were part of my Final year fine art photography uni project on inanimate objects in 2009.
The subjects are based on my family business which is the oldest established business in the UK 1742, a drapers. The building has no deeds so is very old and was once owned by the cookson family who were the grandparents of the famous lake district poet William Wordsworth.
It is so old that apparently when Bonnie Prince Charlie was marching down to London to fight with his army they took over the town and held my great x7 grandfather at gunpoint for a pair of Long Johns ;D
The series compromised of about 5,000 frames.
The shop has evolved in many ways throughout the centuries but used to not only have quarters for the in house workers but also was a small factory where hand made garments were made for the local gentry. There are many remnants of peoples lives that were left behind, be that the wallpaper, graffiti, pictures, clothes or just old shop fittings. Although the environment around them has degraded the objects themselves are still the same as when they were left in an ethereal time warp and tells a story of a bygone era.
I got a first and won Illford photographer of the year 2009 for the series.
Although now I look back after being a professional for such a long time there are plenty of issues with the images. Fine art photography isn't about the final image being perfect its about the story, what the image represents and the perception of the viewer. There was a 11000 word dissertation that went along with it
Mannequin, N Arnisons & Son, Remnants by Tom Scott, on Flickr
Calculator, N Arnisons & Son, Remnants by Tom Scott, on Flickr
Graffiti banister, N Arnisons & Son, Remnants by Tom Scott, on Flickr
Maid Room, N Arnisons & Son, Remnants by Tom Scott, on Flickr
Mannequin, N Arnisons & Son, Remnants by Tom Scott, on Flickr
Sowing machine, N Arnisons & Son, Remnants by Tom Scott, on Flickr
Window Logo, N Arnisons & Son, Remnants by Tom Scott, on Flickr
Mannequin, N Arnisons & Son, Remnants by Tom Scott, on Flickr
Mannequin, N Arnisons & Son, Remnants by Tom Scott, on Flickr
You can see a few more from the series here:
https://flic.kr/s/aHsjDy1ohi
The subjects are based on my family business which is the oldest established business in the UK 1742, a drapers. The building has no deeds so is very old and was once owned by the cookson family who were the grandparents of the famous lake district poet William Wordsworth.
It is so old that apparently when Bonnie Prince Charlie was marching down to London to fight with his army they took over the town and held my great x7 grandfather at gunpoint for a pair of Long Johns ;D
The series compromised of about 5,000 frames.
The shop has evolved in many ways throughout the centuries but used to not only have quarters for the in house workers but also was a small factory where hand made garments were made for the local gentry. There are many remnants of peoples lives that were left behind, be that the wallpaper, graffiti, pictures, clothes or just old shop fittings. Although the environment around them has degraded the objects themselves are still the same as when they were left in an ethereal time warp and tells a story of a bygone era.
I got a first and won Illford photographer of the year 2009 for the series.
Although now I look back after being a professional for such a long time there are plenty of issues with the images. Fine art photography isn't about the final image being perfect its about the story, what the image represents and the perception of the viewer. There was a 11000 word dissertation that went along with it
Mannequin, N Arnisons & Son, Remnants by Tom Scott, on Flickr
Calculator, N Arnisons & Son, Remnants by Tom Scott, on Flickr
Graffiti banister, N Arnisons & Son, Remnants by Tom Scott, on Flickr
Maid Room, N Arnisons & Son, Remnants by Tom Scott, on Flickr
Mannequin, N Arnisons & Son, Remnants by Tom Scott, on Flickr
Sowing machine, N Arnisons & Son, Remnants by Tom Scott, on Flickr
Window Logo, N Arnisons & Son, Remnants by Tom Scott, on Flickr
Mannequin, N Arnisons & Son, Remnants by Tom Scott, on Flickr
Mannequin, N Arnisons & Son, Remnants by Tom Scott, on Flickr
You can see a few more from the series here:
https://flic.kr/s/aHsjDy1ohi
Upvote
0