Bevil Templeton-Smith
Polychromo (Series)
DESCRIPTION
This work is part of an ongoing photographic project, begun during the Covid restrictions. My housebound goal, finding something interesting to photograph. At that time, I was given a microscope. This serendipitously saw me delve into microscopy, buying several more. With these I discovered a world of beautiful shapes and patterns in crystals made from household chemicals. Photographed on my 1970 Leitz Orthoplan polarising microscope.
The subjects, only millimetres in dimension are all physical things. Their permutation of shapes and colours come from the angle I have chosen for the polarising filters. A wave plate causes the explosion of colour. The scenes photographed are discovered through a process of visually scanning through countless microscope slides.
Attaching my modern Sony camera to my 53 year old microscope has allowed me to go beyond macro, into the world of photomicrography, capturing a set of beautiful and captivating scenes of shape and colour.
AUTHOR
The son of two artists, Bevil Templeton-Smith has pursued photography as a creative and artistic outlet against his technical work as an IT consultant and programmer. Striving to find subjects that are difficult to capture, either through complex equipment, or finding the most challenging of setups has led through many photographic forays (macro, astrophotography, ultra wide etc). Now, attaching his camera to a 54 year old microscope, Bevil explores explosions of colour and abstract forms in the photography of crystals in polarised light.
16 large prints included in successful joint exhibition - 'Polychromo' at Alveston Fine Art - 2023.
IPA 2023 - Winner of non professional Fine Art Photographer of the year.
ND Awards 2023 - Honourable mention (HM)
CUPOTY 2023 - Shortlisted
Chromatic Awards 2023 - HM
One Eyeland 2024 - Finalist
Fine Art Photography Awards 2024 - Nominee
1839 Awards 2024 - Nominee
Px3 Paris 2024 - HM
Viena International Photo Awards 2024 - HM
Dodho Magazine Color Awards 2024 - finalist and '100 best images' list
Budapest International Foto Awards 2024 - Gold
Chromatic Awards 2024 - 2nd Place
ND Awards 2024 - 3rd Place
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2024 - Gold
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