Stephen Livick | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 11, 1945 Allerton-Bywater, West Yorkshire |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | self-taught |
| Known for | Canadian photographic artist and printmaker |
| Spouse | Karen Johns (m. 1974) |
Stephen Livick (born February 11, 1945) is an innovative photographic artist and printmaker living in London, Ontario. His career dates from 1974 as a full-time photographer. For him, the real magic began in the dark room.[1] He mined the potential of photographic technology.[2][3]
In 1974, he invented a photographic printing process that combined Laser Techniques and Gum Bichromate, wedding modern technology with historic procedure.[4][5][6] Using his new way of printing photography, he could make images very large in size, even eight by 12 feet (perhaps a first for Canada) as in his Kolkata series. They have a distinctive, rich effect with soft, muted, mysterious colour, and have the "qualities of paintings".[7] He used the new technique often in his photography shows, one of which was called a "dazzling breakthrough" by Maclean's magazine.[8]
Livick also produced gelatine, silver, cyanotype and platinum prints.[8] He was a meticulous craftsman, faithful to external reality, but enhanced. His gift as an artist, besides his printing technique, was a "capacity for finding the brooding presence lurking inside objects and people...."[5]
- ^ "Shabby Clothes". Toronto Star, May 17, 1974.
- ^ Langford, Martha (2010). ”A Short History of Photography, 1900-2000”. The Visual Arts in Canada: the Twentieth Century. Foss, Brian, Paikowsky, Sandra, Whitelaw, Anne (eds.). Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-19-542125-5.
- ^ "Art History: The Art Story, Photography: Later Developments - After Pictorialism". www.theartstory.org. The Art Story. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ Stephen Livick: Metaphorical Transformations (1996), c.v.
- ^ a b Jenkner, Ingrid. "Exhibitions". Macdonald Stewart Art Gallery, 1983, 4. ISBN 0920810136. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ "Exhibitions". www.wag.ca. Winnipeg Art Gallery. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ Nancy Baele, “Deities and Demons”. The Ottawa Citizen, Dec 21, 1992.
- ^ a b David Livingstone, "Gummed Up Grotesques". Maclean's Sept 28, 1981.
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