Featuring photographic artist Ian McIntosh

The photographer steals an instant from the past, creating a secret reality to be shared only with the viewer.

I'm a photographic artist based in Kungsbacka, near Gothenburg in Sweden. My work spans a variety of genres, ranging from classic black and white fine art and street photography to avant-garde digital techniques. Key themes for my recent expressions include street and documentary scenes from Gothenburg, Sardinia and Dublin, together with infra-red film photography and abstract "slit-scanning" digital studio works.

NEWS!
I'm pleased to announce that two of my images were selected for display in the gallery of the Halland Museum of Cultural History located in the famous coastal fortress in Varberg. The four month exhibition came to a close in January.

OPPORTUNITY!
Would you be interested to sit as a portrait model? I'm currently seeking volunteers to pose for artistic black and white portraits either in natural outdoor settings or indoors with creative lighting. Shooting is planned between April and August on a PFT (prints for time) basis so it costs you nothing other than your time, but places are very limited so contact me with basic details and a selfie or two if you would like to participate! (Jag kan ju prata svenska).


For 2024 my small home studio and gallery will be open for private visits by arrangement and on published open days. View a curated selection of my framed works and discuss their origin and interpretation over a cup of coffee!

I'm also running a series of introductory workshops on film photography and development, low-key portraiture, slit-scanning portraits and cyanotype printing. See the events board below for specific dates or contact me to register your interest as a student or to work with me as a model.

Many of my real silver-gelatin photo prints are available to purchase; please see the gallery section for selected examples of my work. Each print is carefully developed on selected photo paper and individually signed and numbered on the reverse, at a cost from 150 EUR per print to include packing and postage.

A strictly limited number of my personally curated images are currently available to purchase in digital form as authenticated NFT assets, on rarible.com and opensea.io.


To achieve an authentic vintage look in my work I use a small selection of antique cameras, each carefully cleaned and adjusted. They range from soviet-era 35mm rangefinder cameras to Pentax and Nikon equipment from the 1970's. For medium-format images I choose from German and Japanese twin-lens (TLR) cameras that date from the late 1930's to 1950's.


Each of my films is developed in my home workshop using environmentally-friendly methods. My developer of choice for almost all films is known as Caffenol, created from coffee, vitamin C and other easily-obtained ingredients. All products of the development and printing processes are carefully recycled and pose no threat to the environment.

EVENTS

Exhibitions, events and open viewings in 2024:

Contact

To order prints, sponsor or for further information:

Kungsbacka, Sweden

Phone: +46 739 126000

Email: ian@workof.art