Sheldonian Theatre - handmade silver-chemistry photograph

Wendy Stone makes her photographs of Oxford slowly on film and paper using remarkable cameras and silver-based photographic chemistry, processes and printing. Her cameras range from 60 to 130 years old and she uses roll film, sheet film, paper and even glass plates to create images.

This view of Oxford's Sheldonian Theatre was taken with her Sanderson quarter-plate camera, which is over 120 years old.

Wendy says: "A patient caretaker swept around me for 30 minutes while my tripod was planted in the quadrangle to capture this image. The Gap between the theatre and the Clarendon Building is one of my favourite Oxford views with its jumble of roofs and spires on Broad Street.

"The white cupola was a surprise against the intense blue of the summer morning sky. The sky looks even darker here because photographic film is particularly sensitive to light at the UV end at the visible spectrum."

This print is presented unframed, in a conservation-grade mount

Dimensions: Image 22x29cms, mount 40x50cms

Technical specifications:

- Sanderson quarter-plate camera
- Ilford FP4 quarter plate sheet film
- Film processing in Pyrocat HD
- Darkroom print made at Oxford Darkrooms

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