Artist's statement - Silver Gelatin/film

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I first started printing in a darkroom at the tender age of eleven. My Physics Teacher - Mr Brewer - got me started and once I saw the image appearing in the tray, I was hooked.

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I was fortunate to have been trained in both design and photography at college: learning how to shoot and make images on film first then printing them in a darkroom afterwards.

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I took a break during the years I was working in advertising, but decided to take it up again once I started my own design business.

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Here's a small selection of some of my landscapes using 120 film and a Hasselblad. Most have been printed by me in a darkroom on fibre-based paper, then toned and washed using archival techniques.

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All my darkroom gear is currently boxed and waiting for darkroom number three to be built. So I won't be printing much for the foreseeable future.

Bigbury Bay, Devon - surfboard marker, a black and white darkroom print by Mark Burley
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Bigbury Bay - surfboard marker

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Bigbury Bay - surfboard marker

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Outgoing tide - Seahouses, Northumberland, a black and white darkroom print by Mark Burley
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Outgoing tide - Seahouses, Northumberland

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Outgoing tide - Seahouses, Northumberland

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Northumberland Cobble - Lindisfarne, a black and white darkroom print by Mark Burley
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Northumberland Cobble - Lindisfarne

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Northumberland Cobble - Lindisfarne

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Incoming storm and foam - Seahouses, Northumberland, a black and white darkroom print by Mark Burley
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Incoming storm and foam - Seahouses, Northumberland

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Incoming storm and foam - Seahouses, Northumberland

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Wave cut stone and beach - Seahouses, Northumberland, an Ilford black and white darkroom print by Mark Burley
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Wave cut stone and beach - Seahouses, Northumberland

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Wave cut stone and beach - Seahouses, Northumberland

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Disappearing sea-groynes - Seasalter Marshes, Kent, a split-toned darkroom print by Mark Burley
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Disappearing sea-groynes - Seasalter Marshes, Kent

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Disappearing sea-groynes - Seasalter Marshes, Kent

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Dunstanburgh Castle and wave - Northumberland, a split-toned darkroom print by Mark Burley
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Dunstanburgh Castle and wave - Northumberland

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Dunstanburgh Castle and wave - Northumberland

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Disappearing sea-groynes and sand - Seasalter Marshes, Kent, an Ilford black and white darkroom print by Mark Burley
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Disappearing sea-groynes and sand - Seasalter Marshes, Kent

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Disappearing sea-groynes and sand - Seasalter Marshes, Kent

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Wave cut stone and beach - Seahouses, Northumberland, a split-toned darkroom print by Mark Burley
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Disappearing sea-groynes - Seasalter Marshes, Kent

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Disappearing sea-groynes - Seasalter Marshes, Kent

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Forest of Dean - marshland #1, a split-toned darkroom print by Mark Burley
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Forest of Dean - marshland no.1

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Forest of Dean - marshland no.1

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Forest of Dean - marshland #2, a split-toned, black and white darkroom print by Mark Burley
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Forest of Dean - marshland no.2

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Forest of Dean - marshland no.2

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Forest of Dean - marshland #3, a split-toned, black and white darkroom print by Mark Burley
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Forest of Dean - marshland no.3

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Forest of Dean - marshland no.3

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Fountains Abbey, a selenium-toned, black and white darkroom print by Mark Burley
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Fountains Abbey

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Fountains Abbey

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Holy Island - Lindisfarne, a split-toned, black and white darkroom print by Mark Burley
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Holy Island - Lindisfarne

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Holy Island - Lindisfarne

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Salford Quay, a selenium-toned, 35mm black and white darkroom print by Mark Burley
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Salford Quay

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Salford Quay

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Spirits of the woods #1, a selenium-toned, 120mm black and white darkroom print by Mark Burley
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Spirits of the woods no.1

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Spirits of the woods no.1

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Spirits of the woods #2, a selenium-toned, 120mm black and white darkroom print by Mark Burley
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Spirits of the woods no.2

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Spirits of the woods no.2

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Spirits of the woods #3, a selenium-toned, 120mm black and white darkroom print by Mark Burley
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Spirits of the woods no.3

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Spirits of the woods no.3

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