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The Unseen: An Atlas of Infrared Plates
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The Unseen: An Atlas of Infrared Plates Hardback - 2016

by Edward Thompson

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Inspired by the scientific uses of infrared film throughout history The Unseen - An Atlas of Infrared Plates pushes the purposes and properties of the rarest photographic film on the planet to its scientific and conceptual limits. British documentary photographer, Edward Thompson, set out to explore the boundaries of perception, whether they were things outside our visual spectrum or events that went unnoticed or unreported. From researching the original Kodak advertisements, expert interviews and scientific journals, Thompson has gathered an extensive archive and used some of the last 46 dead-stock rolls of Kodak Aerochrome Infrared film in existence to reveal the unseen. The project comprises ten chapters: In The Red Forest (2012) infrared film is used to document the condition of the most radioactive forest in the world and in turn re-imagines the Ukraine in deep Soviet burgundy, something that has become eerily prophetic since 2012. In The Vein (2014) forgotten medical photography techniques are used to reveal the superficial veins beneath the skin. In The Flood (2012) one of the original purposes of the film, the documentation of crops post-flood via aerial photography, instead focuses on making portraits of families who have been affected on the ground. In The City (2014), infrared film is used to document one of the world's most polluted cities, London. In The War (2015), the film is used to photograph military paintings, simultaneously manipulating the film's historical military application of uncovering camouflage and also revealing hidden charcoal under-drawing. In The Village (2012) the film was used to attempt to document supernatural beings in the most haunted village in the U.K. There are no ghosts to be found. The photographs instead depict a 'sci-fi disruption of the green and pleasant lands of the garden of England' akin to H.G. Wells War of the Worlds. Bees and Beekeepers are documented in The Apiary (2015), Gross specimen photography in The Gross Specimen (2015) and Astrophotography in The Past (2015). The final chapter is yet to be revealed. Thompson has created a swan song to the medium of infrared photography, of which this book itself has also become an artefact, a part of its history.

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  • Title The Unseen: An Atlas of Infrared Plates
  • Author Edward Thompson
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition Hardback
  • Pages 276
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Schilt Publishing, Amsterdam
  • Publication date 2016
  • ISBN 9789053308639 / 9053308636
  • Weight 2.2 lbs (1.00 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 7.5 x 1 in (24.13 x 19.05 x 2.54 cm)
  • Category Photography

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The Unseen: An Atlas of Infrared Plates

by Edward Thompson

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Amsterdam: Schilte Publishing, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition of this landmark photobook by prominent British documentary photographer Edward Thompson. One of the final conceptual projects created with rare, dead-stock Kodak Aerochrome color infrared film before its functional extinction, the images range from still life photography of vital organs to a haunted village in England to the "red forest" of Chernobyl. A pictorial hardcover with a red cloth spine, this scarce title - limited to a single printing of 1,500 copies - is sought after by collectors of experimental documentary photography. 266 pages. Near fine copy with light bumping at corners. In the words of the publisher, "The Unseen is a swan song to the medium of colour infrared film photography, of which this book has also become an artifact, a part of its history.
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