Polychromo

• Photographer
  Bevil Templeton-Smith
• Technical Info
  Sony A7r Iv And 1970 Leitz Orthoplan Polarising Microscope. Usually Around 1/60, Iso 100.

This work is part of my ongoing photographic project, begun during the Covid restrictions. My housebound goal was to find something interesting to photograph. At that time, I was given a microscope in exchange for some work. This serendipitously saw me delve into a world of beautiful shapes and patterns in crystals made from household chemicals (sweeteners, acids, etc.) Photographed on my 1970 polarising microscope. Poring through endless microscope slides, I have found and made a set of photographs that match my vision of what I want to achieve. All completely real subjects and colours.

Born in London, but growing up in South Africa as the son of two working artists (painters), Bevil has been familiar with the art world from a very young age. Since moving back to the UK at 20, Bevil has worked as a computer programmer and IT consultant in London for 32 years. For all of this time, he has been an avid photographer. Since the birth of digital photography. He has taken many paid assignments to photograph products, people, events, as well as hobbyist forays into astrophotography, nature, landscapes, macro, extreme macro, and recently, photomicrography (through a microscope)