Union

The work shown is produced in a single room. Objects and people are brought to the camera and placed and arranged in front of the camera. Artless compositions and simple constructions belie complex compositional problems and hopelessly restrictive rules dictated by the physics of optics and light. Portraits, nudes and objects all share the same realistic treatment. Learoyd rejects the idea that his method is simplistic or shares a relationship with pinhole photography. Instead he considers the method he uses to be a natural step in search of the ultimate image, not only in its ability to create likeness, but in the object's ability to translate the intention of the maker. Sometimes technology, even in a technical medium is not the best solution.