Artist Nat Faulkner has opened a new exhibition at Camden Art Centre featuring works that explore the physical and chemical foundations of photography. The show includes large-scale photographic pieces like 'Aqua Fortis' and sculptural works such as 'Aperture (Iodine)', which uses iodine solution in skylight panels to bathe the space in amber light, alongside silver-plated 'Analogue' reliefs created through electroplating.
This exhibition matters because it shifts the focus of photography from mere image capture to a material and process-oriented practice. Faulkner's work highlights the tension between the permanent photographic 'fix' and the unstable, transformative states of the chemicals and matter that make images possible, prompting a reconsideration of the medium's physical essence and its relationship to time, light, and decay.