Lincoln Gidney
( Beyond the stage )

Photography

A director's eye, off stage — selected photography, alongside production photography for my own shows.

The fractured blue front of a Svalbard glacier meeting a still seaFigures walk out along a jetty at dusk, boats moored on the glowing waterA performer suspended in darkness above a glowing full moon — lighting design for The Birthday Party (2018)An actor lit in a single warm pool before a chalked blackboard — lighting design for Copenhagen (2019)Picnic benches and a fingerpost to Ambleside beneath the fells, Lake DistrictA lamb stands alert on a tussocky hillside, Lake DistrictA lake framed by the coloured glass of a hillside viewing stationFoxgloves growing against the weathered hull of a wooden boatA lone figure crosses the white marble roof of the Oslo Opera House beneath glass towersCurved timber battens and angled glass inside the Oslo Opera House foyerA polar-bear warning sign — Gjelder hele Svalbard — on the road out of LongyearbyenA sled dog in profile against snow-streaked mountains, SvalbardPortrait of a husky, a snow-patched peak rising behindA black sled dog curled at rest, mountains soft in the distanceA blue-eyed sled dog leans into a gloved handA lone seabird crosses a wall of dark fog beneath a mountainside, SvalbardWalkers in single file dwarfed by a glacier front and dark cliffs, SvalbardAn Arctic flower pushing out of the tundra gravelBleached driftwood logs scattered along a black-sand shoreline, SvalbardA cluster of painted wooden buildings beneath bare Arctic mountains, SvalbardA cathedral rose window glowing with stained glassA stone figure raising a hand beside its cross, framed by dark pinesA red London bus streaks past iron railings in a long-exposure blurTwo men sit on the ground shaping wooden spears together, Arnhem LandA man lays out freshly cut spear shafts on the trackThe spreading canopy of a shade tree against a bright skyA full moon ringed by a halo of cloud, framed by eucalyptus leavesFlames curl over a campfire at nightLookout view over unbroken bushland to the sea on the horizonA casuarina leaning in the wind against a blue skyTwo figures watch spray burst on the rocks at the water’s edgeA man walks the clifftop above a turquoise sea, Arnhem Land coastA slender tree reaching into a deep blue skyA troopy kicks up dust down a long red-dirt road through the treesStar trails circling in the night skyThe Milky Way over Arnhem LandStars behind drifting smoke from the evening fireSunset from a verandah: a figure sits on the railing watching the light fade over the bush

Images by Lincoln Gidney