Ripple Effect

Susie Baker

Photospace Gallery
37 Courtenay Place, Wellington

08 November 2019 - 01 February 2020

Opening Thursday 07 November 5:00 - 7:00pm

Susie Baker, originally from Scotland, has been based in Kaikoura for 13 years. She is a graduate of Glasgow School of Art, Fine Art Photography department, where she adopted a selection of alternative and experimental printing techniques. Working in the darkroom, Susie manipulates large black and white images by brushing on chemicals to achieve unique processing effects.

Recent work for the exhibition Ripple Effect has been made using medium-format roll-film, fibre based black and white paper or watercolour paper, and often a drop of sunshine (for Cyanotypes). These exhibition images have been made during a time of change for Kaikoura, resulting from the 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake, manifesting in images that speak emotionally as well as physically. Often the work features structures during stages of destruction or renovation. Hand-printed black & white images show shadows of the past or tell a story of the future.