Artist

Spencer

Spencer is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

He spent his days behind a heavy glass plate camera, sleeves rolled up and breathing on the brass to fog the lens just right. Spencer’s portraits of actors mid-performance, captured in that split second before the stage lights hit, freeze the sweat under greasepaint and the flicker of a prop sword caught in mid-swing. Pull up Guy Little Theatrical Photograph and look close: every sequin and safety pin tells you the real show happened offstage.

Works by Spencer

Collections represented

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