Sixty Seconds of Light

Sixty Seconds of Light

John HilliardWW-1970-212806

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Year
1970
Dimensions
image: 400 x 6001 mm
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John Hilliard
John Hilliard

Photography

John Hilliard is a British photographer and conceptual artist born in 1945 whose practice interrogates the indexical nature of the photograph itself. Working primarily with color and black-and-white film since the 1970s, he employs systematic intervention in the photographic process to expose how meaning shifts through framing, exposure, and sequence. His work sits at the intersection of conceptual art and photography, treating the medium as a site of linguistic and perceptual instability rather than transparent documentation.

Lancaster, UK

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1982 · Photograph, colour, on paper and board

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1979 · Photograph, black and white, on board and transfer lettering

WW-1979-219436
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1976 · Chromogenic prints, printed 2014

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Depression. Jealousy. Aggression

Depression. Jealousy. Aggression

1975 · Chromogenic prints, printed 2014

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Camera Recording its Own Condition (7 Apertures, 10 Speeds, 2 Mirrors)

Camera Recording its Own Condition (7 Apertures, 10 Speeds, 2 Mirrors)

1971 · 70 photographs, black and white, on card on Perspex

WW-1971-219470

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1970
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WW-1970-212806

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John Hilliard

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