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Some of the photograpers we have met because of the Denis Roussel Awards.
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Gregory Brophy
The Iron Triangle
Photopolymer Gravure
“I was originally trained as a painter before falling in love with photography. While I do sometimes use digital cameras, I felt that something was missing. That was the process of making things by hand and having something tangible to hold. I work in Carbon, Platinum/Palladium, Photopolymer Gravure and Gum Bichromate and strive to learn and share new ways of using these historical processes with other artists. Wanting to keep these practices alive and sharing them is what motivates me to apply for the Denis Roussel Award.” Gregory Brophy
Tina Rowe
Oyster Shell Ghost
Liquid Emulsion
Using liquid emulsion, this artist prints found negatives anonymous snapshots from a previous era, onto oyster shells she gathers at the edge of London’s Thames River – a very unexpected conjunction of materials. She has fused two castoff elements into small handheld portraits which are oddly reminiscent in size and weight of original 19th century daguerreotypes in cases. The artist wrote that she displays these photo-objects alongside other found artifacts from her river walks. Viewers immediately handle the shells, engaging with these photographs in ways they would not, had the images been printed, framed and hung on the wall in a more conventional presentation.
Megan Bent
Latency
Chlorophyll prints
This artist makes chlorophyll prints using medical imagery (her own and that of others) to comment on the hidden, latent nature of illness. Like a photograph, the illness can be invisible until it develops further. The artist engages others with chronic or invisible (to the non-medical eye) illness in this series. The communal nature of the project is important, as illness can be lonely and isolating. The fragility of the leaves and ephemeral nature of chlorophyll prints comment further on the vulnerability of illness.
Elizabeth Ellenwood
Among the Tides
Cyanotype and wet plate collodion
Concerned about plastic in the oceans, the artist gathers plastic items on nearby beaches, then makes photograms with them using cyanotype and wet plate collodion. She prints these images on found papers and found glass, so she is recycling/re-using in all aspects of this work. Displayed salon style on an entire wall, these images give a sense of the accumulation of plastic in the ocean. Material conveys meaning in all aspects of making the work. Additionally, she is helping clean up the environment by gathering her materials!
The 2026 Denis Roussel Award is now open for submissions , we want to see your work. For more information click on The Denis Roussel Awards.
