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Garry Fabian Miller, born in Bristol, UK in 1957 is a British photographer known for his landscape and abstract photography. Bristol (IPA: ) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London and between the cities of Bath, Gloucester and the borough of Swindon. ...
Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ...
Biography
Miller was born in Bristol in 1957[1]. He took his first pictures while staying on the Shetland Islands in the summer of 1974. Miller lives and works at Homelands, Devon[1]. Bristol (IPA: ) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London and between the cities of Bath, Gloucester and the borough of Swindon. ...
The Shetland Islands, also called Shetland (archaically spelled Zetland) formerly called Hjaltland, comprise one of 32 council areas of Scotland. ...
For other uses, see Devon (disambiguation). ...
Photography career Much of Miller's early work was landscape based[2], focused on the horizon between the sky and land or sea, but since 1985 he has made essentially abstract photography without camera or film, exploring the possibilities of image making with light itself.  Sections of England: The Sea Horizon #22 His methods look back to the early pioneers of photography in the 1830’s and 1840’s, passing light through objects - especially plants - or through filters of oil or coloured water onto photo-sensitive paper. However in his return to basics, the fundamentals of form and colour, he has continued to move his medium forward and has a deserved reputation as one of the most progressive artists working with photography today.  Thought of a Night Sea, Lux 12, 2001 . Exhibitions, publications and museum collections Miller has exhibited extensively in Europe, America and Japan and has work in many museum collections including the Metropolitan Museum, New York and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London[3]. A major monograph Illumine was published in June 2005 with an extensive essay by Martin Barnes, Head of Photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Other publications include Thoughts of a Night Sea (2003) and Honesty (1992), a collaboration with Sister Wendy Beckett, who contributes a series of meditations on Miller's pictures. There is also the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), located in Manhattan. ...
The Cromwell Road entrance to the Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum viewed from Thurloe Square The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) is on Cromwell Road in Kensington, West London. ...
Sister Wendy Beckett (born 1930) is a South African nun who became an unlikely celebrity during the 1990s, presenting a series of acclaimed art history documentaries for the BBC. Biography She was born in South Africa and raised in Scotland. ...
Notes - ^ a b Ingleby Gallery bio
- ^ P. Chapman: "The Independent", Sep 17 2005
- ^ 'Gary Fabian Miller Exhibition' at Victoria and Albert Museum
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