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dave butcherfine art black & white photographyShot on film and hand printed in the darkroom for everlasting quality -
It's different, highest possible qualityas everything is taken on film and printed in the darkroom -
My photographs are a blend of record and artistry -
This is traditional black & white photography
on the finest quality true silver halide black & white
photographic paper -
All Photographs taken on film by Dave Butcher,
an Ilford Master Darkroom Printer trained
during 21 years with Ilford -
I feel at home with my camera in the hills and mountains
but I also like the challenge of finding a quirky shot in a city -
High quality to last a lifetime
Welcome
The Dave Butcher Black and White Photo Library contains tens of thousands of images as archivally processed silver gelatine film negatives, mostly medium format 7x6cm and 6x6cm. These can be printed directly onto traditional darkroom materials or scanned for use in many different applications.
Working exclusively in black and white with Mamiya 7 film cameras and Ilford film to produce stunning landscape photographs and striking city shots his work is widely published in books and magazines. He is the author of 6 books. His images can be seen in numerous advertising and PR projects, and Dave’s original black and white pictures are popular with interior designers, businesses and homeowners alike.
Black and white prints available through this website are hand printed from film negatives by Dave Butcher in a traditional darkroom using silver gelatin paper. High quality prints to last a lifetime!
Christmas Orders 2019
Last orders for prints to be delivered within the UK in time for Christmas is Wednesday 18th December 2019. This includes prints, books and gift vouchers. After this date you will need to telephone to see what is still possible. For example if prints are in stock we could accept orders up to noon on Friday 20th December, after this there may be some doubt about delivery in time for Christmas. If you are prepared to travel to our home just north of Buxton in Derbyshire then you are welcome to come and choose your gift up to midday on Christmas Eve!
It is now too late to order for delivery outside the UK, unless delivery in January 2020 is acceptable.
about dave butcher
Dave Butcher has over forty years experience in photography and the photo industry, including working for Ilford between 1981 and 2002.
As an Ilford Master Darkroom Printer, and probably the last active professional darkroom printer trained by Ilford Photo, he combines his creative talent with an in-depth technical knowledge of the processes involved in black and white film developing and darkroom printing to produce distinctively unique prints using traditional darkroom methods and materials.
Dave passes on his expertise through courses and lectures, and through his free DarkroomDave.com website and DarkroomDave YouTube channel.
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Courses
Dave Butcher is supported by Ilford Photo and Harman Technology to encourage the use of Ilford film and paper products for photography courses using film cameras, darkroom workshops, professional masterclasses, lectures and exhibitions.
Recently added images
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Chapel-En-Le-Frith Terrace Road, Peak District
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Chapel-En-Le-Frith Church Brow
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Chapel-En-Le-Frith Church Brow from Below
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Mam Tor from Rushup Edge in Summer, Peak District
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Buxton Solomon’s Temple and Runner in Winter
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Mallorca Port de Pollensa Beach, Spain
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Newsletter
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You can also read all my previous email newsletters as PDFs from the archive.
Blog
I have an exhibition in the Buxton Pump Room until Friday 3rd January 2020. Free Entry. It’s where the Buxton Tourist Information Centre is situated so just follow the signs to that or the Crescent (it’s opposite the Crescent which […]
At the end of September, Jan and I travelled up to Peebles. I wanted to walk from Peebles to Kirk Yetholm. This was the last gap in my Cape Wrath to Sennen Cove ‘Top-2-Bottom’ Trek between Cape Wrath and Clun […]
We don’t know Shropshire very well but recently had several days walking the fields in the north and hills in the south while staying in either Bishops Castle or Shrewsbury. In fact, by the time we had completed our 5 […]
Monday 24th June 2019 A very wet day from start to finish. Drizzle in the morning, low clouds on the hills and torrential rain, as in stair-rods rain, in mid-afternoon. The day started with several miles along the canal from […]
I decided last year that it would be good to walk from Milngavie (start of the West Highland Way) and Kirk Yetholm (end of the Pennine Way). I walked my version of the West Highland Way (WHW) in 2003 and […]
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