ICELAND. An Uneasy Calm is a new hardback coffee table book featuring 98 toned black-and-white photographs taken in Iceland over the last eight years by landscape photographer Tim Rudman. Tim, who describes his fascination with the country as “a land of myth and magic, of fearsome subterranean power and spectacular scenery,” is well known internationally for his pioneering work in Lith Printing and distinctive toning methods of black-and-white silver gelatine prints, authoring a number of books and hundreds of articles in this field. The images featured in his latest book were captured on Ilford film (mostly Ilford Delta Professional 120) and printed on Ilford Multigrade FB Warmtone paper developed in Ilford multigrade developer, processed using a variant of the Ilford Archival Process. ICELAND. An Uneasy Calm is available to preorder from the website below. The standard edition costs £45 + shipping (regular price: £55), and the Deluxe Collectors' Limited Edition, which comes in an elegant black silk-bound clamshell box with a handmade limited edition silver gelatine print, is priced at £285. Shipping is anticipated mid September 2015.

Website: ICELAND: An Uneasy Calm

Harman Press Release

‘ICELAND. An Uneasy Calm’ by Tim Rudman

A new collection of stunning photographs presented in a stylish hardback coffee table book and a small signed, numbered limited edition presented in a clamshell box with an original limited edition silver gelatine print.

‘ICELAND. An Uneasy Calm’ displays 98 toned black and white photographs taken in Iceland over the last eight years by Tim Rudman who is rightly acknowledged as one of the very finest landscape photographers working today. Tim describes his fascination with the country as “ a land of myth and magic, of fearsome subterranean power and spectacular scenery”.

In the foreword to the book American Photographic Artist Bill Schwab has written, “These images go far beyond the common and strike deep at the viewers’ core, resonating with power and beauty. The photographs will take you to many places beyond simple fences, rocks, clouds and shorelines and undoubtedly to places within".

Early work displayed at The Meyer Gallery, Sydney, Australia, was considered so important that the two whole floors of the gallery were given for the exhibition. Tim said, “It was very successful and over the course of a year was also exhibited in Gold Street Gallery, Melbourne and in the Clarke Gallery of the Ballarat Gold Museum in Victoria. At that time I didn’t feel that the work was ready for publication as a book and I continued to grow the work over the next 5 years. It now is and over 100 prints are available for future exhibition".

The book published by Opas Books will have a print run of 1000 copies, plus 75 limited edition signed and numbered books in a silk bound clam shell box with one of three limited edition handmade silver gelatine prints unique to this edition.

The images were captured on ILFORD film, mostly ILFORD DELTA PROFESSIONAL 120 roll film. The original prints made personally by the photographer are printed on ILFORD MULTIGRADE FB WARMTONE paper developed in ILFORD MULTIGRADE Developer processed using a variant of the ILFORD Archival Process. All are dual toned in selenium and thiourea toners.

Steven Brierley, Director of Sales and Marketing at ILFORD PHOTO/HARMAN technology said, “Tim’s work is always originated on film but made unique and easily identifiable by his supreme gift as one of the leading photographic printers of his generation. His skills, and ability to enhance almost any image is widely shared amongst all who enjoy photography at whatever level by his many publications and shows a profound and encyclopaedic knowledge of his craft”.

Tim is well known internationally for his pioneering work in Lith Printing and distinctive toning methods of black & white silver gelatine prints, authoring a number of books and hundreds of articles in this field. He exhibits his work internationally and has taught in every corner of the globe, with work held in collections worldwide, including The Permanent Collection housed at the National Media Museum in Bradford UK.

‘ICELAND. An Uneasy Calm’ will be available to order from:

www.iceland-anuneasycalm.com or direct from Tim Rudman.

Orders can be made now. Shipping is anticipated mid September 2015.

For book and exhibition enquiries and more information about Tim Rudman visit: http://www.timrudman.com/

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