Philosophers - The London Show from 7th Sep - 1st Oct

I'm having a London showing of my new Philosophers series which will co-incide with the UK book release of Philosophers, a second volume published by Oxford University Press.

It's at Flowers Central from September the 7th to October the 1st, the invite is attached along with the press release below.

Hope to see you there!



PRESS RELEASE

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FLOWERS GALLERY

Installation images from 'Philosophers' show at Flowers Gallery New York

Here are a few images from the installation of work and a contact sheet mural for the 'Philosophers' show at Flowers Gallery New York. The opening night is this Thursday 19th, and will be open until the 18th June. For more information on the exhibition and new Philosophers book, as well as an invite, head here.

Philosophers show - May 20- June 18, Flowers Gallery, New York

Hi there, I hope some of you can make it to the opening reception for the Philosophers show next week in New York. The show will be on display at Flowers Gallery from May 20th - June 18th.

The newly published Philosophers book will be available as well as a signed limited edition of both the 1993 book along with the new one!

best to you

Steve

There is more information on the image below!

Jack and Duncan

Photographing both my sons Jack and Duncan from twenty minutes old and consistently since, I have been mapping the way human faces evolve.
The quotes below are taken from an interview on the series with Sean O'Hagan of The Observer, Sunday January 8, 2006
The images can be seen on the website including the full interview and slideshow here



















Duncan 1990-2006 ©STEVE PYKE

'I suppose you'd say I'm a bit obsessive, but there is always love in the making of these kinds of intimate photographs. I have another series of less formal family photographs which I call "Acts of Memory", in a way, every photograph is. Every image I make is about the person before the camera but it is also about the photographer. For a portrait to work, there has to be a connection between me and the subject. A conversation that takes place in an eighth of a second.'

'The more you make portraits, the more aware you become of that crucial instant and all that is contained in it. I tend to work quickly nowadays, it often seems to help provoke a spontaneity. Instinct is not all in photography, but it's a big part of it.'




















Jack 1988-2006 ©STEVE PYKE

The earliest photograph of Jack included here was taken when he was just 20 minutes old. ('I'm actually surprised he waited that long,' says Jack, only half-jokingly.) If all goes according to plan, the last photograph Steve will ever take, in the very face of his imminent death, will be a portrait of Jack. 'If that happens,' he says, as if he has given this some considerable thought, 'and who knows what might occur in between to stop it happening, it will then literally be a life's work. But more than that it will be a project that began when his life began and will end with my death. It's an odd one to take in sometimes.'

Jack on the images
'The really strange thing about these photographs, apart from the most recent ones, is that I don't remember any of them being taken,' says Jack. 'I might vaguely remember a shirt I was wearing, or a haircut I had, but that's all. Sometimes my dad will say to me, "Oh, that one was taken in Ireland or London in such and such a year," but I don't remember anything about the time or the place. It's odd because they're evidence of me growing up but they're also a bit unreal. The more I look at some of them, the more it feels like it never really happened.'