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360 degree perspective of the Minster showcased in exhibition
Published: on 4th August 2008 by Alix Peacock in Minster News
York Minster today welcomes an exciting exhibition of “Photospheres” by Edward Hill which will run until 29th August 2008. The exhibition will be held in the North Transept. Edward Hill’s novel circular photo montages contain everything above, below and around you at a given point – creating a truly 360 degree perspective in a single image.
The exhibition is made up of “triptychs” of the Minster which show everything visible at various points around the Minster in 3 different ways: a “down” photosphere holds the viewer suspended over a miniature world whilst the “up” photosphere frames the vastness of space overhead. The central photosphere is made up of our normal view with our flat horizon perspective.
Artist, Edward Hill has had a varied career which began with his training at Venini Glass Factory in Venice, Italy, 1973. He then spent the next 16 years designing and working with glass in a studio in Greenwich. Mr Hill then worked as a landscape photographer, moving on to creating photospheres in 1999. Between 2000 and 2005, Edward Hill developed a digital photographic method of creating the unusual photospheres. He has exhibited his work frequently since 2003 at Cathedrals throughout the UK. Recently he has been selected for international exhibition by the Royal Photographic Society.