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| Tom Hawkins Potting House, 2008 Platinum/palladium print on vellum 21x25 Edition 2/20 $500 |
Photographs by Tom Hawkins have been featured in the 3rd edition of California Northern : A New Regionalism paired with Bruce Patterson's memoir "Rural Manpower” and Lindsey Thordarson's short story "The Prayer". Be on the lookout for features of Tom Hawkins photos in upcoming issues as well.
Tom Hawkins describes his process:
“I choose to render images in platinum and palladium metals. These materials are appealing to me for the beauty of their tonalities, and because of their associations with the early practitioners of photography.
The physical act of making a print – weighing out the precious metals, mixing the solutions, painting the emulsion onto paper, etc., - is a very meaningful part of making a photograph.
Though the materials I use are traditional, I also make use of contemporary methods of generating enlarged negatives for contact printing. I use both digital and traditional film cameras for picture-making.
Working in this way, I take advantage of ‘old’ and ‘new’ tools to explore the medium…as photographers always have.”
and what motivates his work:
“The idea of ‘cultivation’ is the basis of my photographic explorations. My work is an examination of the marks we make, the things we plant, and the structures we build when we cultivate a place.
My experiences in agriculture and landscape architecture inform my image-making.
Robert Adams writes that ’…what we hope for from the artist is help in discovering the significance of a place.’
The idea of cultivation becomes more relevant to our lives as farmland disappears and is replaced with other constructions.
This is why I make pictures.”
Here is a selection of Tom’s work that can be viewed at the gallery.
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| Tom Hawkins Homestead: Methyl Bromide, 2008 Platinum/palladium print on vellum 21x25 Edition 2/20 $500 |
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| Tom Hawkins Peaches in Fog, 2008 Platinum/palladium print on vellum 21x25 Edition 2/20 $500 |
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| Tom Hawkins Cloches, 2008 Platinum/palladium print on vellum 21x25 Edition 2/20 $500 |
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| Tom Hawkins Flooded Walnuts, Summer, 2008 Platinum/palladium print on vellum 21x25 Edition 2/20 $500 |
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| Tom Hawkins Almonds, Latewinter, 2008 Platinum/palladium print on vellum 21x25 Edition 7/20 $500 |
To view these or other works by Tom Hawkins, please contact the gallery at (415) 441-4777.
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