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New York Taxis

1999

Signed Dated Titled

From the series Grid System

1

Large - No.1 of a Limited Edition of 15

67 x 90 x 0.1 cm
26 x 35.43 x 0.04 in

Year

1999

Reference

0d78de78

Photographed at the corner of 23rd and 6th in Manhattan, on a cold winter's morning in 1999, this is a multiple exposure work created in-camera, by intentionally overlapping frames across a whole roll of film. The piece was created using my Afga Isolette camera. Presented in the style of a contact sheet, the film was digitised in one continuous strip on a very large flatbed scanner.

"My inspiration for this work comes from the movie Splash, in which Tom Hanks' character spontaneously takes a New York taxi over 200 hundred miles, to find his mermaid love in Cap Cod. This example of the freedom of choice inherent in city life had a profound effect on me. In this image the taxis represent many different possible choices and outcomes." - William Furniss

This is an archival pigment print on a beautiful baryta paper. Limited edition, signed and numbered on the back of the print. If you would like your print delivered framed, please contact us for further details.

1970 London, United Kingdom

William was born in London in 1970, his early interest in science and design led to an engineering degree at Exeter University in England before beginning his photographic career in 1991. Initially William trained as portrait photographer assisting luminaries of the London scene such as Patrick Litchfield and Terry O’Neill. Life changed in 1993 when William was encouraged by friends to visit Hong Kong. Deng Xiaoping had proclaimed “To get rich is glorious” and the world’s focus had suddenly swung towards China. Fully intending to continue portrait photography on arriving in Hong Kong, his work took a marked change of direction. The alien visual landscape of Hong Kong reignited a fascination with documenting the immediate environment; the rural English landscapes of his youth now being replaced by the chaotic cityscapes of Asia. Initial simple and straight forward records on film developed into ever more complicated narratives through multiple exposures and contact sheets. William’s interest in cities led him to New York in 1999 with two years spent there developing his approach which today favours pre-visualisation of the image and in-camera manipulations to create a subjective but recognisable record of our time. Numerous exhibitons have been held of William’s work which features in collections in Hong Kong and elsewhere. His most recent show was a solo project at AIPAD in New York. He was also a winner of the Film and Analogue category at the 2019 International Photography Awards.


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Hong Kong,

William Furniss Photography is an atelier based in Hong Kong. Favouring cityscape works that are a testament to the belief that cities should be vibrant, enjoyable, sustainable places that enable a positive future for us on this planet....

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