Purkiss is renowned as a portrait photographer who is able to capture the connection between her subjects and their environment. She focuses particularly on artists in their studios, creating rich and intense images full of narrative and feeling. Bridget Riley was photographed by Purkiss during her residency at the National Gallery in July 1989. Purkiss has said: “I see photographs as documents of people, recorded in the context of their environment and their time. The interpretation of my subjects, or my part of being creative, lies in selecting the context, the environment and the moment in time”.
1989
archive quality giclee print
20.0 x 25.0cm
879
© A K Purkiss 2020. Image courtesy of Anne-Katrin Purkiss and The Ingram Collection
This work is part of The Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art and was on loan to the Lightbox for the exhibition "Redressing the balance: Women Artists from The Ingram Collection" (11 August - 20 September 2020).
This work is part of The Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art and was on loan to the Lightbox for the exhibition "Redressing the balance: Women Artists from The Ingram Collection" (11 August - 20 September 2020).
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Anne-Katrin Purkiss, Portrait of Bridget Riley
Redressing the Balance: Women Artists from The Ingram Collection
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