Christopher Bucklow
Christopher Bucklow pushes the boundaries of the photographic medium to explore nature, process, and the human form. As a leading figure of the “cameraless” photographic movement in the U.K., Bucklow's ongoing Guest series (1993-) uses pinhole camera techniques to create large-scale photograms of human figures.
Bucklow’s other-worldly photographs of radiant men and women set against grounds of color are made through a complex multi-step process. The process begins with the artist’s projection of silhouettes onto aluminum foil, which he traces and punctures with thousands of small pinholes. Bucklow then places the foil over a sheet of photographic paper and exposes it to sunlight. Each finished picture becomes a unique photogram silhouette composed of thousands of pinhole photographs of the sun. The intensity of light on a particular day and the length of exposure yield unique variations of the color and shades of the final image.
Bucklow's work is held in numerous public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Guggenheim Museum, New York; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Christopher Bucklow lives and works in London.
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Christopher BucklowTetrarch, 1.28pm, 11th December, 2004
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Christopher BucklowTetrarch, 11.46am, 16th April, 2012
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Christopher BucklowTetrarch, 11.06am, 9th June, 2012
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Christopher BucklowTetrarch, 9:36 am, 29 November, 2012
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Christopher BucklowTetrarch, 1.12pm, 16th May, 2012
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Christopher BucklowTetrarch, 11.22am, 16th May, 2012
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Christopher BucklowMagentic Mirror, 2.59 pm, 28th May, 2012
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"Parallax: Framing the Cosmos" at The Tang Museum
Works by Abelardo Morell and Christopher Bucklow 1 October 20221 Oct 2022 - 19 Jun 2023 Parallax: Framing the Cosmos presents outer space as a backdrop for understanding ourselves, interrogating both individual quests for...Read more -
Photography's Last Century at The Met Fifth Avenue
10 March - 30 November 2020, now open to the public 12 October 2020An exhibition of more than sixty extraordinary photographs at The Met Fifth Ave includes masterpieces by Paul Strand, Dora Maar, Man Ray, László Moholy-Nagy, Edward Weston, Walker Evans, and other leading artists.Read more
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EXPO Chicago 2024
Navy Pier, Booth 201 11 - 14 April 2024Edwynn Houk Gallery is pleased to return to EXPO Chicago from April 11- 14, 2024, presenting a selection of 20th-century and contemporary artworks.Read more -
Paris Photo 2023
Grand Palais Ephémère, Booth C15 9 - 12 November 2023Edwynn Houk Gallery is pleased to return to Paris Photo 2023, exhibiting artworks by Eugène Atget, Erwin Blumenfeld, Imogen Cunningham, Man Ray, Herb Ritts, Valérie Belin, Sebastiaan Bremer, Christopher Bucklow, Sally Mann, Abelardo Morell, Erwin Olaf, Matthew Pillsbury, and Jessica Wynne.Read more