George Pollock Photography

More About George

He held his first one-man show in 1965 at New Vision Gallery, Marble Arch, London and also created several large multi-image murals. Although he was first known for his Vitrographs, he went on to embrace many forms of photography as an art form including Audio/Visual sequences which he also pioneered from the early 1970s onwards. Throughout his career George was deeply involved with the Royal Photographic Society, serving as president from 1978-1980. Among other honours he held two RPS fellowships (one Hon.), a Master of Arts and a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts.

Light is life

George was fascinated by light all his life. In 2009 he stated: “Light is the energy that maintains life on earth, through the plants’ marvellous process of photosynthesis: no light, no plants; no plants, no animals, and no us. This is the secret of life, and I want to celebrate this life-giving energy in images of, about, and made by light, in other words in photographs.”

Light as the Subject

George photographed light in all its forms, celebrating its life giving power and beauty. He invented the word 'Vitrographs', a combination of Vitro, Latin meaning 'in glass' and photographs, to describe his abstract images using rejected glass from Venice glass factories and coloured lights, the results creating a unique image. Most of his Vitrographs were taken in 1962/3.