Dark Room

Garry Fabian Miller, Edmund de Waal, Martin Barnes (V&A)

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Bodleian Library
01 September 2023

Photography & photographs; Individual photographers; Photographs: collections; Special kinds of photography; Autobiography: general

Garry Fabian Miller's Dark Room is a photography book unlike any other. At its heart is the artist's description of a life lived making pictures between the dark and the light, a deeply personal account woven against the history of photography from the moment of its birth in the 1830s to its decline, and some would say death, in the digital age almost two hundred years later.

It is a memoir that reads at times like a manifesto, at others like a confession; a last testament to the dark room as both a site for the imagination, and a physical space for the alchemy that William Henry Fox Talbot once described as 'a little bit of magic realised'. Dark Room charts Miller's work over five decades, shifting from a camera-based practice in early career to the abstract picture making for which he has become internationally recognised, working without a camera to experiment with the possibilities of light as both medium and subject.

At its core is the relationship with nature and place that has so sustained his way of life, and specifically with his home on Dartmoor and the cycle of daily walks that have been at the core of his practice for thirty years.

The book also features an essay on Miller's work by his friend the potter and writer Edmund de Waal and technical notes by Martin Barnes, senior photography curator of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

By: Garry Fabian Miller
Notes by: Martin Barnes (V&A)
Commentaries by: Edmund de Waal
Imprint: Bodleian Library
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 190mm,
Weight: 1.112kg
ISBN: 9781851246090
ISBN 10: 1851246096
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 September 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dark Room 13 Farewell to an Idea: Edmund de Waal 226 Catalogue 242 Technical Notes: Martin Barnes 256 Further Reading 259 Biography 260 Acknowledgements 262

Garry Fabian Miller is one of the most progressive figures in contemporary fine art photography. He gained international acclaim in the 1970s for photographs of sky, land and sea, notably for the series Sections of England: The Sea Horizon, 197576. His books include Blaze (2019), Bliss (2015) and Between Sun and Earth (1993). Edmund de Waal is an artist, ceramicist and best-selling author of The Hare with Amber Eyes (2010).

Reviews for Dark Room

Fabian Miller’s works dwell majestically, inviting pause, tempting immersion, evading final qualification. These rare encounters remind us of quite how magical the photographic arts are. * Amateur Photographer * We see a lot of books here at Amateur Photographer, and it’s safe to say that while many of them are excellent, it’s rare for one to give such pause for thought as Dark Room...to sit down and absorb the book, front-to back, is a fantastic experience that is hard to beat. * Amateur Photographer *