David Campany pays tribute to the multidisciplinarian artist Robert Cumming, known for his rigorous dedication to the aesthetic tonality of the B & W image and his uncanny investigations into the philosophical nature of perception. Lusciously printed images from original 8 x 10 negatives are evidence of Cummings' masterful camera work marrying his fascination with photography’s ability to simultaneously describe and mislead. David Campany's equal sensibilities are evident in an erudite, witty essay and compelling image sequence.

In this conversation, David discusses, among other things:

Nonsense & Sensibility

Chicanery & wit

Craft and camera work

Fluid interchange of media

Transition of an object into an image

Looking at work in the round

Not getting pigeonholed

Specialism

Modernist Ideals

Thinking of scale

Landing in the middle

Viewers response to the work provides its meaning

All you can do with a watermelon