Original print of Morrissey / The Smiths (large print)
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Description
On offer here is an original, silver gelatine print of Morrissey. It was taken in 1984 in a cave under some railway lines in Lambeth, London (St Thomas' Hospital is built there now). The photographer was well known editorial portrait photographer Derek Ridgers. It was commissioned by the British music magazine New Musical Express.
It would make a fantastic Christmas present for any Morrissey fan, and will be available well in time to get framed to suit. This image has only been published once and has been unseen now for many years. Two similar prints have been offered for sale on Ebay before (one small and one large).
Limited editions of Derek Ridgers portraits usually sell for many hundreds of pounds (and occasionally a good deal more than that, on websites such as Britart.com). He has exhibited world-wide and extensively in this country including at the Barbican and The National Portrait Gallery, and has also had one man shows at the Institute of Contemporary Art and the Photographers Gallery.
This photograph is signed in pencil by the photographer on the back, alongside a couple of his own stamps.
The condition of the print is perfect with no marks, folds or discolouration. The illustration shown is a flat bed scan of the actual print being offered. The total print size is 40.3cm by 30.5cm, the image size is 33cm x 22.5cm.
Almost all Derek Ridgers' black and white photographs currently for sale on eBay were printed by himself, in his own darkroom on double weight, fibre based paper, and they were always archivally processed (air dried and cold flattened) to museum standards, regardless of end use. The smaller of these prints (12x10 inches or less) were almost all printed at around the time of the original session. They were either duplicates of those supplied to the magazines or record companies that commissioned them, or they were simply edited out of the original selection that was supplied. I describe all these prints as "vintage". Most of the larger prints were made, but not necessarily at the time of the shoot, for my father's portfolio or for various exhibitions. Having said that, after '92/'93 my father seldom printed any smaller than 12x16 inches anyway - unless that size was specifically requested.
From January 2007 my father now plans to start selling a small number of signed, limited edition prints from his website. This print is very unlikely to be one of them. And none of them will be vintage prints, lith prints or one-off prints, printed by the photographer himself. So if you want this print now, at a price decided by Ebayers, this is your chance.
If you look at my feedback you'll see that we now have several repeat purchasers, a fact that may best speak for itself.
See Derek Ridgers website here -
www.DerekRidgers.com
See also review on -
http://photography.about.com/library/weekly/aa071700c.htm
Please note - the copyright of this photograph is NOT being sold and remains with the photographer.
Thank you for viewing. Please view the other photographs as well.
I accept postal orders or cheques from within the UK or Paypal from anywhere in the world.
Winning bidder pays shipping, the cost of which obviously vary depending on destination.
If you have questions about the print/s please e-mail me.
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