PHIL MAXWELL

Forty five years ago I aquired a copy stand which I’ve only started to appreciate in recent years. It’s great for photographing art work or items that can be incorporated into work later. This mixed media collage began life as a discarded and dismembered cigarette packet which I photographed on the stand.

The photograph of the cigarette packet was the framework for the development of the piece. On top of the packet you can find luminous advertising boards from an East London subway, candlelight seen through a disused blue gin bottle and blurred street lighting from down town Marrakech. Your eyes may notice more!