In 2003/04 Faye and I undertook a 6 month-long project we titled Victoria’s Summer. Victoria was a young Finnish/Scottish girl who had just turned 18 and had always wanted to work with us and so the idea for Victoria’s Summer was born. All the images were taken during that summer, mostly in a private castle perched on the cliff’s of Fife, overlooking the Firth of Forth and in the distance Edinburgh. We had full use of the castle and its stunning grounds throughout that summer and we created a vast collection of images of Victoria which were all created using a 35mm rangefinder camera, in this case a Contax G2 with 50mm and 90mm lenses. The film stock was Ektachrome 200 which was pushed processed 2.5 stops on most occasions. Over the following years we scanned many of the transparencies and although many have been seen there are many, many more which are still to be discovered.This image has been converted to a black and white version which I think I prefer to the colour one and was taken in one of the guest bedrooms of the castle. Many people have asked about the book and the possibility of purchasing images from this series so Faye and I have decided to make available affordable images to allow collectors of our work to obtain several images for an affordable price. Prints are 9.5″x12″ and are made using our favourite Fotospeed Platinum warm tone paper, with the images placed within a white border and complete with a digital signature and the studio stamp of authenticity. The cost for one of our Open Edition images from the Victoria’s Summer Series is £35.00 + £5.00 p&p UK and Europe and £10 for the Rest of the World. To order please email us using the contact form.
