LongHouseLife

I will be listing prints here, on an ad-hoc basis, for sale.

Due to the process required in creating these prints in the darkroom and the traditional chemistry used there may be slight variations in each image produced. This is something to be celebrated as it makes each print unique in its own way.

Mini-Zines During 2020 I am going to make available a mini-zine from each roll of film I shoot.

This will be a Free item you can either view as a pdf or ideally PRINT it out on a single sheet of A4 paper, double-sided. You'll need to search online for: Zine-Fold to see HowTo fold these into a booklet form.

They will all be listed here.

#1 – Brownie Camera Guy P-400, Acharacle & Corran, Scotland #2 – Kentmere PAN 400, To The Sea #3 – Brownie Camera Guy P-400, Fishing Fleet #4 – Kentmere PAN400, Fort William and The Road to the Isles #5 – ORWO N75, Glen Nevis – Water #6 – Ilford HP5+, Glimpse of Glasgow #7 – Ilford HP5+, Glencoe and Falls of Falloch #8 – Ilford HP5+, Longhouse Greenhouse #9 – Santa Rae 1000 @ 1600, Low light during Lockdown #10 – Kodak 5222 Double-XX, Inverlochy Castle – pre-lockdown #11 – Santa Rae 1000 @ 800 (+1/0/-1), Our Garden #12 – ORWO N74 @ 320, Pakwaci goes East

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I have produced a Zine of 2019. It comes in two parts – one Black & White and one Colour.

A5, printed on 140g matt paper + 240g gloss covers.

Pt1 – 16 pages, 29 images Pt2 – 8 pages, 16 images

Here's a look at the covers:

I am printing these on demand but limited to 25 impressions. Additionally the first three to be sold will also include a Hand-Printed 6” x 4” black and white darkroom print.

Price:

• £8.50
• Postage at cost (Worldwide)

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My most recent prints. Out of the three this one is available as a one-off.

Title: Cascade – Milburn, Knoydart, 2019. Print Size: 10 x 8 inches Print Type: Adox MCC 112 Fibre Paper Mat/Frame Size: Unmounted Print Edition: 1/1 Print Info: – Selenium toned for archival permanence – Image is hand printed in the darkroom using traditional techniques, signed, numbered. – Accompanied by the Details – Short dialogue, background story to the creation of the image – Camera, Film/Negative & Printing information

Price:

• One Print ONLY @ £45.00.
• Postage included (Worldwide)

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Recently this image was selected for Analog Forever magazine for their monthly Online Group Exhibition. I am offering 20 images as a Limited Edition print.

Title: The Canoe, 2019. Print Size: 4 x 4 inches Print Type: Ilford Warmtone RC paper Mat/Frame Size: 12 x12 inches Print Edition: 1/20 Print Info: – Selenium toned for archival permanence – Images are hand printed in the darkroom using traditional techniques and matted in archival white mat board with acid-free foam core backing. All mats signed, numbered and ready for framing. – Accompanied by the Details – Short dialogue, background story to the creation of the image – Camera, Film/Negative & Printing information

Price:

• First five prints @ £15.00 each.
• Prints 6 – 10 @ £18.00 each.
• Prints 11 – 20 @ £21.00 each.
• Postage included (Worldwide)

As the Longhouse Forest Garden develops the aim is to both propagate new plants and collect seed that we can sell on to other like-minded folks. Our plot is in its early stages of creation, there is a mature canopy layer and some under-story and ground cover layer development as we are based on what was typical West of Scotland forest land.

Over the last year we have planted more native trees and have also opened up some of the woodland to let in light and create planting space. The plot will feature a mix of ornamental, native plants with under planting of edibles. We are creating an orchard area that will also feature other edible and useful shrubs amongst the fruit trees and bushes. At the rear of the house we have a traditional 'annual' vegetable plot that will slowly incorporate Perennial veg, and these will also feature in other areas of the garden.

Plants and seed will come with provenance. There is likely to be a random selection each season, depending on what we are growing and collecting.

The stock we have will be listed here on this page.

General

This page is a place to record the occasional thoughts, happenings, images around life in Knoydart, Scotland.

#ForestGardening Growing fruit and veg #Photography generally Developing film Traditional darkroom printing

— mostly.

Nothing will be regular, as and when the mood takes and I have something worth sharing..!

Photography

I am a photographer working only in film based mediums. I take mostly Black & White which I develop and print using traditional chemistry and darkroom processes. Occasionally I use colour film in Medium Format which I have developed by a professional lab and I then scan the resulting negatives.

In the age of digital it is unusual to use an 'old school' technology. Not as unusual as you might think though. Film is making a resurgence, as are the traditional darkroom and alternative processes in creating print based images.

The main reason to shoot film is in the 'slowing down' of the whole picture making process. Through this you are connected in a much more tangible way to the end result. If that end result is a physical print, been able to handle that and see the depth that you can only get with traditional techniques elicits responses not attainable through other means.

If you are interested in creating a film based project, please get in touch with me via my Cardd

Exhibitions, Curation & Projects

Winter Exhibition – Glasgow Gallery of Photography Feb 10th – 26th 2020 (link)

The Canoe Curated selection – AnalogForever, Online Group Exhibition – “Wanderlust” March 2019 (link)

The Bakehouse, Mallaig – small photo project to record scenes in and around an Artisan Bakery, Ongoing.

Find me at:

as: @longhouselife@m-thompson.co.uk Matt Social Cardd