Sir George Pollock (1928-2016)

A SET OF THREE VITROGRAPHS, HAMMERHEAD SERIES, 1965. A set of three "vitrographs", a term coined by the photographer, Sir George Pollock, to define his abstract colour studies made by passing controlled light through glass. C-prints (3), each flush-mounted to board, measuring 500 x 400mm (or the reverse), and signed in felt-tip pen in the corners of the image, allowing them to be hung in various ways. Each print housed in Pollock's original 1960s frame, frame sizes 635 x 530mm (or the reverse), signed and titled by the photographer frame verso; original frame fixings allow for the works to be hung in various ways.

Sir George Pollock (1928-2016) was a British pioneer in photographic light experimentation in the 1960s. In 1962, he began making abstract colour compositions made using controlled, coloured light shone onto and through rough pieces of glass -- he titled the resulting prints 'Vitrographs'. A member of the Royal Photographic Society from 1962, he gained his Associate in 1963 and Fellowship in 1965, and served as the Society's President from 1978-1980. He was one of the Society’s more active and important Presidents during his two-year term, and spearheaded the RPS headquarters move from London to Bath. Pollock's Vitrographs were exhibited widely during the 1960s, and he would go on to produce large-scale photographic murals and commissions; he also developed an interest in the world of audio visual techniques and served as a consultant for the BBC series 'Dr.Who' when they transitioned its title sequence from black and white to colour.