biography
Tim Rudman began his involvement with Photography in the 1960’s whilst studying medicine in London. He taught himself to print in the darkroom and, with his distinctive style of Black and White printing, quickly gained some early recognition and publication. His work has been exhibited in over 50 countries around the world, gaining many top international awards.
For many years he pursued his two loves of medicine and photography together, but now devotes his time to photography. Today he is respected internationally as a photographer, printer, author and authority on darkroom printing and toning techniques. His name is particularly linked with his pioneering work in the beautiful process of Lith Printing, a process in which he is widely regarded as the leading authority and practitioner. His work and publications in this field are held to be primarily responsible for its current popularity as a photographic art form around the world.
Tim is a regular writer and lecturer and has conducted darkroom workshops in Britain, Ireland, Spain, Australia, Canada and America. His four books on photographic printing and toning techniques are critically acclaimed and are widely used in teaching establishments. His work has been published extensively in many countries.
A multiple Fellow in Photography and the Arts, Tim is a member and past Chairman of The London Salon of Photography, a founder member and subsequent Chairman of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain’s Distinctions Panel for Photographic Printing and 20 year member of its Distinctions Panel for Visual Arts. He currently sits on the RPS Fellowship Board and is a past selector for the Tyng permanent collection. He is a member of the Arena group of photographers in the UK and the Freestyle Advisory Board of Photographic Professionals in Hollywood, California. His work represented in a number of permanent and private collections around the world.
His photographic prints are individually hand crafted in the darkroom using silver gelatin materials processed to the highest archival standards and toned mainly with selenium, gold and sulphides, both for aesthetic reasons and to ensure archival permanence.
He is represented online by Photo Succession. Contemporary Fine Art Photography and in London by Hoopers Gallery.
Online interview
The Freeman View
Online College of the Arts' Photography course author Michael Freeman in discussion
Online interview with Michael Freeman
"Tim Rudman began his involvement with photography in the 1960’s whilst studying medicine in London, pursued a career in medicine but now devotes his time to photography. He developed a distinctive style of black and white, pioneering the process known as Lith Printing, on which he is widely regarded as the leading authority and practitioner.His work and publications in this field are held to be primarily responsible for its current popularity as a photographic art form around the world.
His work has been exhibited in over 50 countries, gaining many top international awards, while at the same time he writes (four books published so far), lectures and runs workshops (to date in Britain, Ireland, Spain, Australia, Canada and the United States). In the excitable world of digital cameras and software, it’s easy to forget that photography transcends the latest fashions in technology. Tim has pursued a vision that is very much his own, researching and developing the craft necessary to realise it ..." Continue reading full text with images
memberships & affiliations
The Royal Photographic Society
- Fellowship in Visual Art
- Fellowship Review Board 2010 -
- Distinctions Adjudication Panel in Photographic Printing :
- Founding member (1984 – 2004)
- Chairman (1996 – 2004) - Distinctions Adjudication Panel in Visual Art:
- Member (1984 – 2007)Selector - Tyng Permanent Collection (1999 – 2004)
Hon. Lifetime Fellowship of British Professional Photographers Association
Fellow Royal Society of Arts
London Salon of Photography: Past Chairman & current member
Freestyle Advisory Board of Photographic Professionals, Hollywood, California
Member of Arena
Associateship: India International Photographic Council, for services to photography
Distinction of Excellence of the Federation International de l’Art Photographique
publications
Books (Author)
- ‘The Photographer’s Master Printing Course’ (1994). A critically acclaimed best seller. Multiple reprints. Revised 2004
- ‘The Master Photographer’s Lith Printing Course’ (1998). The first and still the only instructional book on this process. Multiple reprints. Buy your copy here
- ‘The Master Photographer’s Toning Book’ ('The Photographer’s Toning Book’ in USA). (2002).Critically acclaimed as the most comprehensive toning guide in print. read review. SOLD OUT. Reprint planned for 2010
- ‘World of Lith Printing’ (2006).The only published international collection of Lith prints and techniques . Soft back and limited edition hard back with hard slipcase. buy your copies here
- Exhibition book 'The Colourful World of Black & White' (2009). SOLD OUT in 48 hours.
Books (Featured/contributed) include
- ‘The Darkroom Cookbook’ 3rd Edn. Guest contributor / editor. Anchell (2008)
- 'Portfolio One’. Featured Guest Artist. Portfolio & interview. Royal Photographic Society (2007)
- ‘Arena Portfolios’. Arena (2008)
- ‘Art and Artists: Alternative Photography’. Fabbri (2006)
- ‘Fine Art Photography’. Hope/Rotovision
- ‘Photographic Printing’. Nocon
- ‘Darkroom Basics...and Beyond’. Hicks & Schultz
- ‘Landscapes, B&W’. Hope/Rotovison
- ‘Portraits & Figures’. Hope/Rotovision
- Photography Year Books. Various. Fountain Press
Other Publications
Tim’s photographs, books, technical articles and series have been featured in many publications around the world, including:
- Photo Art International (resident feature writer 1997 - 2003)
- Amateur Photographer (feature writer)
- Silvershotz International Journal of Fine Art
- The Photographic Journal
- Practical Photography
- Black and White Photography
- Photography Monthly
- Ag
- Exposures
- Creative Photography
- Darkroom User
- PIC
- Black and White Enthusiast
- Mono
- Visual Art
- Surrey Monocle
- Photovision (USA)
- Photo Techniques (USA)
- Emulsion (USA)
- South African Journal of Photography
- Better Photography (Australia)
- Australian Photography
- Foto (Denmark)
- Foto Creativ (Germany)
- SLR
- Unblinking Eye (Internet)
- Alternative Photography (Internet)
His photographs have been used in a number of advertising campaigns in America.
teaching & lectures
Tim teaches photography workshops each year to educators, professionals, students and hobbyists alike. These popular events specialise in darkroom printing and toning techniques for artistic expression and personal development.
He has taught at many centres, including The Ansel Adams Center in California; Glendale & Santa Monica Colleges, California; The Creative Center of Photography, Hollywood; The Photographic Center North West, Seattle; The Photographers Formulary workshop center, Montana; University of W. Sydney, University of NSW, Australia; University of Tasmania, Thames Valley University, London; and many other centers in Canada, Spain, Ireland and the UK.
Click here for further information on workshops.
exhibitions; new & recent
Selected new & recent solo exhibitions
Upcoming: Meyer Gallery, Sydney, Australia. 'Iceland, an uneasy calm.'
September 30th 2010 for 4 weeks. Reception Wed 29th 6 - 8pm
The Lightbox Gallery, Woking (May 19th - July 26th, 2009)
National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham (2007)
Gallery on the Green, Warlingham (2006/07)
Fenton House Gallery, The Royal Photographic Society, Bath (2006)
The Freestyle Creative Center for Photography Gallery, Hollywood. (2005)
PMA. Sydney, Australia. (2000)
Selected new & recent shared exhibitions
Meyer Gallery, Sydney, Australia. 'Portfolios' April 28th to May 23rd 2010
The Print Exposed 2009. Trentham Victoria, Australia (Sept/Oct 2009)
Guildford House Gallery, Guildford (Nov/Dec 2008)
Independent Photographers Gallery, Battle (July/August 2008)
‘Five Fellows to China’ Touring exhibition, China (2007)
The Camera Club Gallery, London (2007)
London Salon members exhibition, Letchworth Museum Gallery (2007)
RPS members exhibition, touring (2007/08)
Guildford House Gallery, Guildford (2006/07)
Salisbury Galleries, Salisbury (2006)
Naturescapes. Gallery on the Green, Warlingham (2006)
RPS Distinction Panel Members Panel Exhibition, R.A.C., Pall Mall, London (2006)
RPS members exhibition, touring 2005-06
Salisbury Galleries, Salisbury (2005)
Gold Street Studios, Sydney, Australia (2003-04)