With Trees | photogravure print - The small nudes, a series

With Trees | photogravure print - The small nudes, a seriesWith Trees I made this picture working in the landscape with a model who lived on this land. It somehow all made sense to me me to be making photographs in her space with the power she felt for it. Hand pulled photogravure print is made with Charbonnel Noir 55981, Bistre, and Red ochre inks on Hahnemhle copperplate paper. I printed an edition of 4 numbered prints and 2 A P prints. Hand pulled print by Ray Bidegain Limited edition of 4 4"x 4" inches on

This set of prints is very dear to me and speaks of the delicate and timeless life that I strive to breathe into my photographs

I was photographing with some friends that day and as I handed the flowers to the model I was informed that they were called " Babies breath"

Limited edition of 9

and sepia inks

This hand-pulled polymer photogravure print is made with Gamblin sepia and stiff Portland black inks

and Warm Red inks on Hahnemühle copperplate paper

5  inches on an 15 x 20 sheet

and 2011 on a dreamy commission I was lucky enough to receive

" the photographs are mostly self-portraits and speak about my experiences as a middle-aged man

Overall size is 10x10 hardbound

For me photographing people is a collaboration

This hand-pulled polymer photogravure print is made with Gamblin bone black ink