view from Menara Kuala Lumpur, no. 9 (2023) Photograph - Limited Edition of 21

backstory: I had no idea what to expect before I arrived in Kuala Lumpur. so, on my first excursion out to survey Malaysia’s capital, I was delightfully surprised by the dynamic mix of architectural influences and colours that marked the city’s landscape. sitting on the confluence of two rivers, the metropolis is as much a meeting point of different waters as it is a conflux where many peoples and cultures have gathered and have given structural expression – in their own individual ways – to the unique character of the land. -— title: view from Menara Kuala Lumpur, no. 9 (2023). edition: limited edition of 21 + 2AP, numbered and signed by the artist. medium: Giclée print on archival fine art cotton paper. paper size: 841mm x 1189mm (A0). image size: 726mm x 1089mm. —- project details: started after I returned to Cape Town at the close of 2018, ‘Light Written’ – or ‘Phōtos Graphōs’ – is an ongoing exploration of the art of photography, and of photography as art. initially captured on mountain walks and seaside strolls around the city, the work asks – in impressionistic, Fauve-esque tones; and with an aesthetic nod to the ukiyo-e print masters of the Edo period – where the boundaries of the photograph end and those of the painterly disciplines begin? more essentially, however, the series is simply a celebration of the sublime world that surrounds us and is magnificently written in light.