Andrew Moran has been a photographer for
many years, working in still life studio-based
practise. He is also a lecturer and tutor in
photography. Latterly, his work has become
increasingly theoretical in approach following
an M.A at Brighton, completed in 2009, and
further teaching. However, the compulsions
inherent in the still-life set remains his first
calling.
'The photographs in this publication were
taken over a short period in the 1980s on a
‘Six-20’ and a ‘Brownie 127’. This came about
when my grandfather passed away and I was
given the family Box Brownie as a keepsake.
The images were taken on various trips taken
around that time. It was a period when I was
working in a very precise manner from my
still life studio in London using large format
10 x 8 and 5 x 4 cameras.
For me, the simplicity of the Box Brownie
camera, giving only one timed exposure
and a ‘B’ setting turned the activity of
taking pictures into what the great writer on
photographic media in the 1930s and 40s,
Walter Benjamin, would have termed,
‘The snapshot’. It gave me a great sense
of freedom from the rigours of running a
commercial studio.'
46 pages of photographs and text