Baud Postma | Cowboys & Flowers

About

We are delighted to welcome photographer Baud Postma to Canopy Collections. His solo show Cowboys & Flowers will open on Thursday 26 June at our Bloomsbury HQ. The exhibition will present a new body of work inspired by AI-generated images of cowboys, which has never been exhibited before, alongside his ongoing photographic series of flowers. 

Postma (b.1982, UK) takes a labour-intensive and technical approach to large-format photography. Over the past decade, he has become known for developing his own analogue working methods and creating images with a distinctive texture and colour palette.

In his most recent series titled Death of the Author, Postma uses AI generated images of Cowboys as a starting point from which he creates handmade, process-driven intaglio prints. Without fetishising analogue methods, Postma emphasises the enduring importance of the physical print in an era where images increasingly exist on screens, detached from the material world.

The artist's ongoing series, A Slow Dance, began amidst the backdrop of the 2020 coronavirus lockdowns. Like many individuals navigating this period of uncertainty, Postma found solace in the simple act of bringing flowers into his London home. With the luxury of time, he began to isolate stems of interest, capturing the gradual unfolding off each bloom, patiently observing their subtle movements choreographed by the shifting sunlight.

Postma’s work is held in private collections in the UK, USA, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. He has exhibited at Photo London, The Royal Academy of Arts and The National Portrait Gallery in London. He has also collaborated with numerous fashion brands including JW Anderson, Burberry, Dries Van Noten, Chanel, Erdem and Paul Smith.