DAVID STEWART
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FEATHERSTONE STREET
DARKSIDE

‘FEATHERSTONE STREET: DARKSIDE’ BY DAVID STEWART, IS AN ONGOING SERIES OF PORTRAITS OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FEATURED THROUGHOUT STEWART’S SUCCESSFUL 40 YEAR PHOTOGRAPHIC CAREER.

THE PROJECT FOLLOWS  ON FROM STEWART’S PRIOR SERIES, TITLED ‘FEATHERSTONE STREET’; A SERIES OF IMAGES SHOT USING ONLY  NATURAL LIGHT THAT WERE INSPIRED WHEN HIS STUDIO BECAME FLOODED WITH NATURAL DAYLIGHT DUE TO THE DEMOLITION OF A BUILDING OPPOSITE AT THE END OF 2019, TEMPORARILY TRANSFORMING HOW HE WAS ABLE TO WORK IN THE SPACE.

THIS INITIAL STAGE OF ‘FEATHERSTONE STREET’ CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE PERIODS OF UK LOCKDOWN UNTIL, IN THE AUTUMN OF 2020, THE BUILDING OPPOSITE STARTED TO RISE AGAIN, GRADUALLY TAKING BACK THE NATURAL LIGHT AND SO MAKING THE EXPOSURE STEWART REQUIRED FOR THE LARGE FORMAT 8X10 FILM TOO LONG TO FREEZE HIS SUBJECTS.

AS A RESPONSE TO THIS, STEWART’S ‘FEATHERSTONE STREET: DARKSIDE’ WAS CREATED. THE PROJECT WENT UNDERGROUND, SWAPPING OUT THE NATURAL LIGHT FOR ARTIFICIAL AND TAKING A STEP AWAY FROM THE MORE FORMALLY-POSED PORTRAITS OF THE EARLIER SERIES. THE RESULTING PORTRAITS ARE PHOTOGRAPHED USING A LARGE FORMAT CAMERA ON 4X5 FILM, WITH EACH SUBJECT POSITIONED IN A CONSTRUCTED BOX-SET WHICH IS DESIGNED TO RELECT EACH PERSON’S RELATIONSHIP TO STEWART.

‘FEATHERSTONE STREET: DARKSIDE’ IS AN ONGOING PROJECT FROM DAVID STEWART…

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