Graduate Photography Online is Source's annual showcase for Photographers graduating from University and Art College based photography courses. In 2024, Chris Clarke, Senior Curator for Exhibitions & Collections at Glucksman, selected my project 'In search of Ernest' to make the final showcase.
Selector's Comment
In this series of atmospheric, low-contrast black-and-white images, Tipper captures the former military testing grounds of Old Winchester Hill.
Taken on a 1940s large format camera with lengthy exposure times, they are striking in their marriage of subject matter and conceptual approach.
The grain of the prints, the misty grey-toned sky, the complex tangle of branches and roots, and the rusting bits of machinery left behind.
Tipper’s series evokes a strong sense of melancholy, and of a distant history that is only barely perceivable through the undergrowth.
Chris Clarke
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