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, British, b.1936
Title
Tulipa - disections No 8, 1990
Date2003
MediumToned gelatin silver print
Dimensions
28.5 × 39 cm
Signedlower right: John Blakemore
Credit LinePresented, Zelda Cheatle, 2024
Object numberNGI.2024.71.2
DescriptionJohn Blakemore is renowned as both photographer and darkroom printer. His photographs of landscape and nature are celebrated for their detail, texture and tonal richness. The tulip is a recurrent motif in Blakemore’s work. In this work, he dissects the tulip to produce interesting effects of light and shadow on the individual petals.

This image is part of a portfolio of 30 photographs published by Zelda Cheatle in 2003 to celebrate 15 years of exhibitions in her London gallery. The artists included in this collection reflect Cheatle’s aim to highlight the work of important twentieth century photographers while at the same time exhibiting and supporting emerging artists. The photographs range from digital prints to silver gelatin prints and cyanotypes.
Inscriptionlower left: Tulipa - disections No 8, 1990
ProvenancePresented, Zelda Cheatle, 2024Exhibition HistoryZelda Cheatle Gallery , London, 2003