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Richard Heeps

What we are looking at in Richard Heeps work, whether it’s a book, a dewy blade of grass or a burlesque beauty, is vivid and palpable, while the background retreats into a soft mutability of light and form.

The moment is everything; the surroundings are just an explanation. There is a sense of timelessness, or suspended time. The characters that feature in the burlesque series become distanced by the lens yet capture all the details to suspend an instant. The other elements featured in Heeps’ work however become pulled into the natural world, while the uncanny scrutiny afforded to a blade…

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