These enigmatic seascapes by the young photographer Tim White were created on nocturnal rambles. Using a long exposure he captures the still and silent world of night as day. At first glance they appear empty, inhuman places devoid of warmth or emotion, but there is a mysterious depth to the pictures brought about by White's patient technique. It's an intriguing method that works against photography's established strength in capturing instant detail. The works also have an abstract and minimalist quality, suggesting White sees himself as part of the grand tradition of artists who have attempted to capture the purity of the natural world.

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White, a recent graduate of the London College of Printing, explores the theme of the complex relationship between man and the natural world in his first solo show in the UK. The photographs record the light effects on the horizon after sunset and before sunrise. There is a commanding purity to his photographs, which are produced by exposures of up to 20 minutes. At first these calming seascapes appear empty and void, but there is a depth to the space., and Whites painterly technique opens up the two-dimensional space. These works have an abstract and minimalist quality that suggests that White feels part of the grand tradition of artists - from Turner to Barnett Newman - who have attempted to record nature in its purest form.

Art Review

'Friedrich and Turner conveyed in a vision of sea and sky a 'pictorial world without matter' that would set us free from the pull of terrestrial gravity and immerse us in colour and light.......While the photograph is concerned with recording detail, the spaes I present may appear at first glance to be empty. these minimal images of sea and sky aim to re-evaluate space, time and light within the photographic image'. - Tim White

Seductive in their purity of colour Tim White's seascapes seem to stretch out for an eternity of minimal calm. The series of images in Precession take on a tradition of representing nature in its simplest form. In creating these photographs White used long exposures of up to twenty minutes to utilise the available light long after sunset and prior to sunrise. The resulting work explores the capacity of photography to both reduce the world around us to abstract two-dimensional forms, whilst at the same time harnessing its ability to create the illusion of depth.

The Independent