Jo Stapleton

Black and white chemigram print (darkroom chemistry sprayed and painted on to exposed photographic paper). Original image shot on ADOX 35mm film.

Black and white chemigram print (darkroom chemistry sprayed and painted on to exposed photographic paper). Original image shot on Fomapan 35mm film.

Black and white chemigram print (darkroom chemistry sprayed and painted on to exposed photographic paper). Original image shot on Fomapan 35mm film.

Black and white chemigram print (darkroom chemistry sprayed and painted on to exposed photographic paper). Original image shot on Fomapan 35mm film.

Black and white chemigram print (darkroom chemistry sprayed and painted on to exposed paper) with mirror-image tea-toned cyanotype. Original image shot on Fomapan 35mm film.

Black and white chemigram print (darkroom chemistry sprayed and painted on to exposed paper) with mirror-image cyanotype. Original image shot on Fomapan 35mm film.

Lith print photogram of weeds. From the series 'rewilding' https://2024.photofringe.org/exhibitions/rewilding

Lith print photogram of weeds. From the series 'rewilding' https://2024.photofringe.org/exhibitions/rewilding

From the series 'rewilding: lith print photograms of weeds and images of classical sculptures shot on film'. https://2024.photofringe.org/exhibitions/rewilding

From the series 'rewilding: a series of lith print photograms of weeds and images of classical sculptures shot on film'. https://2024.photofringe.org/exhibitions/rewilding

Lith print from the series 'dolls' house drama' - an evolving psychological drama inspired by the novel 'good morning midnight' (Jean Rhys) set in a dolls' house. Image shot on Adox Silvermax (35mm film).

Lith print from the series 'dolls' house drama' - an evolving psychological drama inspired by the novel 'good morning midnight' (Jean Rhys) set in a dolls' house. Image shot on Adox Silvermax (35mm film).

From the series 'small world afraid of colour'. Shot on Adox Colour Implosion 35mm film.

Life size cyanotype photogram of a child's dress, contact printed direct on to hand coated platinum rag paper.

A positive cyanotype print of two jellyfish shot on Adox 35mm film in an aquarium in France, incorporating string as a photogram during the printing process.

Lith print photogram. From the series 'foreign bodies: lith print photograms of decorative glass objects exposed through projected histology transparencies'.

Lith print photogram. From the series 'foreign bodies: lith print photograms of decorative glass objects exposed through projected histology transparencies'.

Lith print photogram. From the series 'foreign bodies: lith print photograms of decorative glass objects exposed through projected histology transparencies'.

Black and white chemigram print (darkroom chemistry, sprayed and painted on to exposed photographic paper). Original image shot on Fomapan 35mm film.

Black and white chemigram print (darkroom chemistry, sprayed and painted on to exposed photographic paper). Original image shot on Adox Silvermax 35mm film.

Jo Stapleton

Jo is a Hertfordshire (UK) based alternative process film and darkroom photographer. Her photographic practice focuses upon constructed realities using models, found objects and photo collage to construct and capture photographic moments or stories. Print making and alternative processes are integral components of her creative practice and image construction. Jo is an active member of London Independent Photography Network and Shutterhub, and has exhibited her work in the UK and internationally. She is a previous Analogue Photography Grant recipient of the Richard and Siobhan Coward Photography Foundation.

Recent exhibitions and publications include: 

Photo Fringe 2024. Online solo exhibition ‘rewilding‘, a series of lith print photograms of weeds and images of classical sculptures shot on film: https://2024.photofringe.org/exhibitions/rewilding

Shutterhub 2024/5. Group exhibitions:  Your Lens Your Truth (Shutterhub X Sailsbury Centre,  3.10.24 to 3.1.25), Return to the Sea (Worthing 12.10.24 to 12.10.25), Shutterhub Year Book (2024) and Shutterhub Open (Alison Richards Building, Cambridge 13.1.25 to 21.3.25).

Newspaper zine ‘foreign bodies‘ – lith print photograms of decorative glass objects exposed through projected histology transparencies (2023). Available at: https://jostapleton-beatniksoupphotography.com

The Blue Box. A limited edition series of postcards and handprinted original cyanotype prints incorporating a range of alternative process printing techniques and photograms (2024). Available at: https://jostapleton-beatniksoupphotography.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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