The Angel of the North Photograph

The Angel was designed by the sculptor, Antony Gormley and finally erected in February 1998 on the site of a former colliery pithead baths. It lies South of Gateshead on the A167, just before the road joins the A1M South. It’s not easy to miss!!

I visited the site in March 1998 when fortunately the surrounding area sported only tiny, newly planted saplings. I say fortunately because since then, these saplings have grown into mature trees and in doing so have rendered this view of the Angel virtually inaccessible.

Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear

Date: March 1998

For the more technically inclined:

Camera: The camera was an old Nikon F2, lens was a 50mm prime lens.
The film used was Ilford HP5, ISO 400 monochrome film and like most 400 ISO films, regarded as quite grainy..

Print / Paper information

The paper used was, Fotospeed MATTULTRA240 heavyweight Matt paper and this is certified by ‘Artsure’ – of the Fine Art Trade Guild to be light fast when printed using pigment ink. (https://www.fineart.co.uk/artsure-for-the-trade.aspx)

The image was scanned and then printed digitally on A3* (297mm x 420mm) paper, with a 1cm white border, signed by the photographer and showing the relevant Edition number.

*The image is also available as an A4 (210mm x 297mm) print, please contact me for more information

Printer information:

Printing was carried out on an Epson Surecolor P600 inkjet printer which carries nine cartridges. These include four Blacks / Greys to ensure fine reproduction of Black and White images. The ink used is Epson’s own Epson UltraChrome™ Ink

Purchase information.

The print is one of a limited edition of 150, sold unframed and mailed to your address in a sturdy, sealed cardboard tube.