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I thought David White, duckrabbit’s photographer, gave a terrific interview at 8.55 on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning( one of the BBC’s most influential news and current affairs programme).¬† David was talking about his project to photograph Brunel’s heritage using a replica of the camera that photographed Brunel. The blog Nigeness has captured the photos with an eleoquence and perception that I could never manage:

‘There’s an extraordinary beauty about the images produced by these slow chemical techniques, I think – a depth and softness, a richness of tone that’s quite lost in slicker, sharper modern photography. And all achieved in what is misleadingly called ‘black and white’. These pictures feel as if they are indeed ‘light drawings’, not instant impressions. They are products of time, through which ghostly people stroll, swans swim and trains pass, and they perfectly reflect the monumentality of Brunel’s great structures. It seems to me rather wonderful that someone should revive this art, and put it to such good use.’

You can hear the interview in the slideshow below (sorry about the slight problem with the sound at the beginning)

Here’s a link to Paul Kerley’s excellent slideshow about David’s work on the BBC website.

Paul is a great guy who approached these photos with a lot of love. He’s responsible for crafting some of the cracking slideshows on the BBC website which we’ve often featured here on the duckrabbit blog. A big thank you to Paul who set up the interview.

You can find more of David’s photos on his personal website and more of duckrabbit’s multimedia on our own website and here on our portfolio page.

Extra: a few comments that have come through to benjamin@duckrabbit.info:

Message: Trevor Snowden

David,
Thank you for the wonderful images of Brunel’s legacy.
As a lifelong professional engineer and amateur photographer, I found them to be both inspiring and nostalgic. I have never recognised any conflict between the “arts” and “sciences” (during my school years, we were encouraged to specialise in one or the other).
Crative engineering is a true art, not practised by the army of maintenance men who assume the title of engineer. Only yesterday I saw a white van with “swimming pool engineer” emblazoned on the side.
Photography is also a science, as demonstrated by yourself in the creation and use of your replica camera.
I do hope that the digital era, with all it has to offer in the field of image manipulation, does not allow the artistic side of photography to be eclipsed by the technology.
Thank you again,
Trevor Snowden

Tracey C:

Message: Love the slideshow of Brunel images on the beeb websie – is there a book available with these in? My husband would love to have it for Christmas as he is a real fan of all things Brunel!

Louis Berk

Message: Excellent presentations. Followed the link from the BBC web site. Together = very moving and I would have thought extraordinarily dangerous to shoot. I particularly liked \’Chucking Out Time\’, a bit closer to home. Just wanted to record my appreciation, is all.You can see my work at http://www.louisberk.com