With over 30 years of experience and expertise in the creative market, London’s Metro Imaging has worked with some of the world’s most inspirational photographers.
Metro recently worked with Seecum Cheung, artist and arts curator for Oval Space in East London, to create a large-scale project space in the entrance lobby using Landor Phototex, a unique self-adhesive fabric wallpaper.
Seecum Cheung designed the artwork around a gold theme, exploring the links between commerce, surveillance and seduction. It focuses on the captured image as a valuable resource for companies and governments in consumer analysis, drawing parallels between the value of gold and that of data.
The project was a great success, and a delighted Seecum Cheung commented: “As data collection is ingrained into our everyday lives, enveloping audiences in images of surveillance using the subtle intentions of wallpaper was important to the concept, though I was hard pressed to find a material that would deliver the print quality that I required. I also needed it to be affordable whilst limiting damage to the walls, and due to time constraints it needed to be easy to install.”
“My sponsors at Metro Imaging presented Landor Phototex to me and instantly we agreed that it was the perfect material to use. We installed it in less than 24 hours and were greatly impressed by the results.”
Steve Mcleod, director at Metro Imaging, said: “For some time we have had requests from artists for a photographic material that could be utilised as an immersive product, particularly relevant to installation and constructed spaces. In line with our solutions-based attitude at Metro Imaging, we investigated various options and found that Landor Phototex had all the qualities that we were looking for.
“The product was of the quality we expect in producing high-end photographic works and could be utilised in a way that was able to uphold aesthetic scrutiny, as well as being a robust product able to withstand wear and yet have a low impact on site location. The material has an excellent tonal range and a direct synergy with the photographic materials that we commonly use. As we strive to offer more options and to expand the possibilities that photographic imaging can deliver, it is a welcome addition to our services.”
Metro Imaging is the UK’s leading professional photographic lab, committed to providing the highest standards of service and excellence to the photographic industry.
With over thirty years of experience in the imaging industry, we adapt quickly to changes in the marketplace, consistently offering innovative and unique services. Our comprehensive exhibition services, with one-to-one production management by expert technicians, printers and framers, mean we can cover every aspect of image production, including a full in-house service from concept to final installation.
In addition to our walk-in premises in EC1, we have Metroprint, which takes Metro Imaging’s high level of investment and expertise online and makes it available to all photographers. The service is designed for the growing number of photographers who want remote expertise and 24-hour ordering at very affordable prices.
Traditional, specialist printing services will always remain central to Metro’s business, but Metroprint makes everything customers have always liked about Metro – good colour management, top-end machines, genuine black and white prints on black and white paper – available 24 hours a day via the web.
