material substance cover

The limited edition book Material Substance is available by order-email for detailspeteranyard@yahoo.com


The book is the culmination of a long series of work and is a limited edition printing of 100 copies-signed and dated. There are over 80 images. I have always been fascinated by the object, particularly objects changed by the combination of weather, time, history and often, neglect. The diffused photographic images in this collection are highly subjective interpretations of the form, tone and colour of the objects and the resonant and changing meanings they project. The images have been made across many different countries and climates and the three exhibitions will be shown in sequence.


Susan Sontag wrote of our diminishing touch with our past and that our objects should 

“have a patina, old furniture, grandparents’ pots and pans–the used things, warm with generations of human touch, ...essential to a human landscape. Instead, we have our paper phantoms, transistorized landscapes. A featherweight portable museum.”

The images included for this exhibition have all been printed individually, by the artist, using archival pigment inks on a cotton rag, semi gloss paper. Complete control of the printing process allows for a highly personalized image. The technique uses a gradual softening and hardening of the image, fracturing the surface, and helping to create a dreamscape. The diffused imagery is in response to our remembrance of place.