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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 Photo -
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!
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about dave butcher
Dave Butcher has over forty years experience in photography and the photo industry, including working for Ilford between 1981 and 2002. He combines this photographic expertise with his chemical background – a PhD in chemistry from the University of Cambridge and he is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry – to make the highest quality darkroom prints using traditional chemical processes.
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 darkroom workshops, landscape photography courses and lectures, as well as through free tutorials, illustrated articles and demonstrations on his DarkroomDave.com website and DarkroomDave YouTube channel.
Covid-19 Note: Due to Covid-19 we are not running landscape photography courses or darkroom workshops at the moment. We hope to resume running courses and workshops in April or May 2021. If you would like to be added to the waiting list please use the contact form on this website to send me an email. We will contact you and agree dates in the order in which we are asked to add details to the list.
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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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Creag a’Mhaim from Mam na Seilg, Glen Shiel
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Spidean Mialach and Glen Loyne Tree, Glen Shiel
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Loch Duich from 5 Sisters of Kintail Ridge, Glen Shiel
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Sgurr nan Saighead and Loch Duich, Glen Shiel
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Sgurr nan Saighead, Glen Shiel
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Clunes Waterfall, Fort William
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Buachaille Etive Mor from Beinn a’Chrulaiste, Glen Coe
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Inversnaid Loch Lomond, Trossachs
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Glengoyne Distillery, Glasgow
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Quinag Spidean Coinich Ridge View, Sutherland
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Suilven from Cul Mor #3, Sutherland
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Suilven from Cul Mor #2, Sutherland
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Blog
I have pulled together a new gallery web page for the trek I did from Glasgow to Cape Wrath over 3 Summers 2003-2005 with friends. Lots of black and white photos and maps of the route. Here’s the page link: […]
I have replaced the old web pages for the ski mountaineering trips that I did in the 1990’s. The structure is different, including new gallery layouts with proper captions for each picture. There are also quite a few new black […]
I have replaced the old web page for the 6 day Bernese Oberland ski mountaineering trip that I completed in 1995. We had bad weather for several days but overall it was a good trip for photography. Here’s the link: […]
There’s a new web page for the trek I made with 2 good friends along the Pennine Way in the early 1970’s. Here’s the link: https://www.davebutcher.co.uk/pennine-way-trek-diary/
I’ve added a new web page covering the 2 occasions that I’ve walked Wainwright’s Coast to Coast trek from St Bees Head to Robin Hood’s Bay. The first crossing took over 24 years to complete, the second was completed in […]
The Swiss Alpine Pass Route runs for 200 miles between Sargans and Montreux over 18 mountain passes. It is also called the Via Alpina 1 for the part between Sargans and Lenk. My wife Jan and I walked it with […]
Jan and I walked the Northumberland Coast Path in May 2019. It runs from near Ellington in the south to Berwick upon Tweed in the north and we took 6 days to walk the 75 miles. I posted a series […]
I’ve created a web page from the log and photos that I took on a trek that I did with good friend Al from Gloucester in 2019. The trek was based on the Dales Way but between Kettlewell and Dent […]
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