Hexagon, Reading, Oct-Nov 1986
Carol Hudson         transparency (b/w)
Peter Jennings       tensions & ambiguity in landscape (b/w)
Terry King              gum bichromate
Peter Marshall       German Indications - Pictures and text (b/w, colour and text)
Franta Provaznik   still life (b/w)
Derek Ridgers       Commissioned portraits for 'The Face' and 'NME' of musicians and entertainers
Suzi Tooke             still life
Laurence Ward      Reading

CAROL HUDSON

© 1986 Carol Hudson
This work is part of an ongoing project which began in 1983. The 'transparency' of an image is often indicative of manipulation. I feel that the many obstacles between us and the subject contribute to our perception of the subject, even though we may not be aware of them. Once the desire for transparency is abandoned, the subject of the picture becomes the whole image.

PETER JENNINGS

Stoke Down #2, 1985 © 1985 Peter Jennings
Tensions and ambiguities in the landscape have always been implicit in my work, such as when the 'Urban' intrudes into the 'Rural' and creates an uneasy alliance between the man-made and the natural world. Coming into contact with barbed wire as opposed to a bramble bush, electric fences and other obstructions, I feel greater anger at these unnatural barriers. At the same time I am fascinated by the combination of man-made elements and the surrounding landscape. The ubiquitous 'No Tresspassing' sign becomes an invitation into forbidden territory.

TERRY KING

Appuldurcombe House, IOW, 1985 © 1985 Terry King
Terry King's preference for making his own photographs in water-colour reflects his affinity for this very English art form with its subtlety of tone and expression. He believes that mixing one's own emotions and colours makes photography a more flexible. tool for the production of beautiful pictures. Terry has exhibited at the Hexagon before; other exhibitions include one currently at the National Museum of Photography.

PETER MARSHALL
GERMAN INDICATIONS:

© 1985 Peter Marshall
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The pictures shown here are part of a larger sequence of text and pictures in which I try to investigate German cultural realities and my experience of them. They should be viewed in the order of showing.

DEREK RIDGERS
has justifiably become well-known for his photography depicting the youth culture of today. His images of punks, skinheads and Soho night-life habitues are both direct and sympathetic in the treatment of their subjects. The commercial side of his photography is represented here by his portraits of contemporary musicians and entertainers which were commissioned by New Musical Express, The Face and Time Out.

FRANTA PROVAZNIK
Franta was born in Czechoslovakia, where he learnt photography and knew some of the Czech masters, including Josef Sudek. His still life work has a distinctly Czech flavour.

SUZI TOOKE

© 1986 Suzi Tooke
Trained as a ceramist, but whilst at Art College I discovered an affinity with and an interest in photography. I am interested in light and reflections, distortions and trompe-l'oeil, whether on natural or man-made forms ~ in short, a different way of depicting ordinary things.

LAURENCE WARD
I have known Reading for many years as my wife's home town but have not, until recently, considered it as a photographic subject. The pictures I am presenting in this exhibition form my initial reaction in photographic terms to the town, which I hope to develop into a fuller study in the future.