Award winning 'Painting with Light' pictures from Kodachrome Transparencies.
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John Neville Cohen
John Neville Cohen
Spirit of Spring
Madam Butterfly
The Preacher
Nude and Feather
Butterfly Country
Cygnet
Venetian Reflections
Cascading Flowers
Water Garden
Mischief
Sea Nymph's Mirror
Evergreen
Flower Maiden
Galatea
'Painting With Light' is a term often used by photographers. But John used his own invented form of Painting with light without any computer, to create his International award winning transparencies.
One of his top award winning photographs was titled 'Spirit of Spring', this was the first ever picture (it was taken on Kodachrome transparency film) that included both a negative of a tulip and a positive image of a girls portrait, all on the same emulsion!!!
No one knew at the time, how this could be possible as it was created well before anyone had the use of computers.
This technique is pure photography with film and has nothing to do with moving lights to make light graffiti, or of lighting specific parts of a dark scene with a long exposure.
What it does involve is projection photography, the photographing of projected images on to other things. It was John's form of 'Painting with Light' where the images were blended, masked, and manipulated with crystals, reflections, textures, and coloured filters.
The projected images were not always projected onto a screen, and the chosen screen often became the subject of the picture; for example, John has photographed projected images; on a feather, a flower, a shell, a leaf, a butterfly wing, and even on to the edges of the pages of a book. Images (both transparencies and negatives) can be blended too, by using more than one projector.
The projected images were not always projected onto a screen, and the chosen screen often became the subject of the picture; for example, John has photographed projected images; on a feather, a flower, a shell, a leaf, a butterfly wing, and even on to the edges of the pages of a book. Images (both transparencies and negatives) can be blended too, by using more than one projector.
Johns free publication titled 'The Magic Lantern' fully describes this form of 'Painting with Light' and explains exactly how anyone can do it, without any computer, darkroom chemicals, or expensive equipment!
Digital camera users could also use many of his techniques as they have certain qualities that are a little different from those achievable by digital manipulation.
John won The London Salon Trophy in 1967; this was then the first time a colour picture was deemed worthy of this much-coveted trophy, for it had only ever been awarded before for Black and White studies. John was also the youngest member to have won it.
There have been over 20 One-Man Exhibitions of John Neville Cohen's photography (many were sponsored by Kodak) at major venues; 2 were held in New York, 4 in London, The Edinburgh Festival and many other UK & USA Cities.
Favourable reviews and comments were received about Johns photography from; Cecil Beaton C.B.E., Sir William Russell Flint R.A., Lady Clementine Spencer-Churchill, Sir George F. Pollock Bt., M.A., F.R.P.S., F.R.S.A., to name a few.
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