{"id":265502,"date":"2025-11-06T01:40:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T01:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/265502\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T01:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T01:40:19","slug":"british-aristocrat-charles-march-opens-his-new-photo-show-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/265502\/","title":{"rendered":"British Aristocrat Charles March Opens His New Photo Show in London"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSpeedster, photographer, arts patron, and British aristocrat Charles March<\/a>, aka the Duke of Richmond, wears many hats. On Tuesday, November 4, March opened his new show of minimalist, abstract photos at London\u2019s Hamiltons Gallery<\/a>. The exhibition, titled \u201cSandscript,\u201d runs through January 16 and, he said, \u201crecalls the fluid brushwork of Chinese ink painting.\u201d<\/p>\n

A vintage automobile enthusiast, March is the founder of the Goodwood Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival and set up the non-profit Goodwood Art Foundation in Sussex earlier this year. His photography career spans five decades, and his first job after leaving school at 16 years old was as an apprentice to movie director Stanley Kubrick on the set of Barry Lyndon (1975). March went on travel to East Africa, where he worked as a documentary photographer, contributing photo stories to magazines. He then established himself in the 1980s as a still-life and advertising photographer under the name Charles Settrington.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbstract photography is a paradox and that, for me, is compelling,\u201d he told ARTnews. \u201cThe expectation of photography is that it represents a reality, abstract art is a disconnection of that. The use of photography in this context makes the visual impression of these new abstract images in \u2018Sandscript\u2019 even more intense; increasing the interest and excitement, knowing that these lines and shapes have been drawn by nature\u2014they are real but unrecognizable.\u00a0Just as I have to seek-out the subject matter, deeply hidden amongst chaotic undergrowth or strewn randomly across an enormous beach, so I hope that the abstract nature of the pictures will inspire the viewer to search for more, to look harder for themselves and, in turn, deliver strong feelings about time and space.\u201d<\/p>\n

March is donating proceeds from the exhibition to the King\u2019s Trust International\u2019s 10th anniversary campaign, Generation Potential, founded by fellow blue blood King Charles It strives to address \u201cthe global youth unemployment crisis by providing young people with skills, confidence, and opportunities to learn, earn, and thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

His work has been shown at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg and the Moscow Photography Biennale. He\u2019s also shown at Venus Over Manhattan in New York and Rome\u2019s Galleria del Cembalo.<\/p>\n

The duke said Kubrick left a lasting impression on him. \u201cWithout doubt, the single thing that stands out most for me was his attitude of only ever doing things in the best possible way and there never being any compromise,\u201d he told ARTnews. \u201cIt was amazing to be so young, working around people who were completely committed and totally focussed on what they were doing, with only one thing in mind and that was to do it to the very highest possible standard and to the very best of their ability.\u00a0Nothing was allowed to get in the way of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

March set up the Goodwood Art Foundation in Sussex with the aim of \u201cimproving the mental and physical wellbeing and creativeness of people from all backgrounds,\u201d he said, \u201cthrough their engagement with contemporary art and connectedness to nature. We want to show contemporary art at the very highest level, making it available to people who are going to get the most out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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