August 3 2002, Saturday, 10am-5pm

LAST DAY TO SEE EXHIBITION FEATURING PHOTOGRAPHS OF IRELAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES PLUS - FROM ENGLAND - SCENES OF CORNWALL, DERBYSHIRE, ISLE OF MAN AND KENT... ALL TAKEN BY NATIVE AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER

Throughout July and for a good part of June there has been an exhibition of photographs entitled, "Settlement" in the Mayfair-based Blains Fine Art Gallery. Today is the last day to see the exhibition, made up of pictures from England (Cornwall, Derbyshire, Isle of Man and Kent), Ireland (Cork, Donegal and Valentia Island), Scotland (Isle of Bute, Old Stirlingshire, Shetland Islands, Western Isles, etc.) and Wales (Gwynedd). Prices for the photographic masterpieces are mostly in the £4,500 price bracket, with one at £5,000 and a few at £11,000 (all excluding VAT). According to the press release we have, the photographer - Thomas Joshua Cooper - has, 'For over thirty years... travelled the world making pictures with a camera that is over 100 years old.'
 

And, as if this is not fascinating enough, the photographic artist, a Native American in his fifties, is quoted as saying, 'My photographs are meditations; it is as simple as that... they are more the products of a revelation than that of actual direct documentation of place.' So go along and see this collection of meditations for yourself. E-mail... (see website) or telephone 020 7495 5050 for more information, if required. Location: Blains Fine Art, 23 Bruton Street, London, W1. Tube station: Green Park (Jubilee, Piccadilly and Victoria lines).
http://www.blains.com/