Christopher Bucklow
Christopher Bucklow (born 1957) is a British artist whose innovative photographic and conceptual works explore identity, consciousness, and the passage of time. Merging personal introspection with scientific and spiritual inquiry, he invites viewers to engage with the complexities of perception and memory. Central to his practice is the pinhole‑camera technique, most notably in his “Guests” series, where each life‑sized silhouette is rendered through thousands of pinholes—metaphorical transfers of energy drawn from the artist’s dreams and imagination.
Trained in art history and having begun his career as a curator at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Bucklow’s aesthetic bridges historical traditions and contemporary experimentation. His fluid movement between photography, drawing, and video often incorporates philosophical references—from cosmology and Jungian psychology to Eastern thought—underscoring his fascination with how we construct and remember selves and others. Beyond his visual practice, he has written extensively on creative process and the dialogue between science and art, marking him as a multidisciplinary voice in today’s art world.
Bucklow’s work has been exhibited at major institutions including MoMA (New York), the Victoria & Albert Museum (London), and SFMOMA, and is held in collections at the Guggenheim, the High Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. His pieces feature in thematic exhibitions investigating photography’s relationship to time and subjectivity. His monographs—Christopher Bucklow: Photoworks (2004) and This Is Personal: Christopher Bucklow’s Dreaming Self (2013)—offer deep insights into his evolving vision and enduring preoccupations.
Photography & Works
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Christopher Bucklow
Guest [PS], 25,000 Solar images, 3:13 PM, 19 November, 1993 Add to cart -
Christopher Bucklow
Guest [S.D.] 4:27 pm 9th September 1994 Add to cart -
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Guest 2.35pm., 2nd March, 2010 Add to cart -
Christopher Bucklow
Guest 3:43 p.m. 25 August 2000 Add to cart -
Christopher Bucklow
Guest, 12.17am, 23rd June, 2012 Add to cart -
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Tetrarch (Claudia Schiffer) 1.19pm 4th March 2011 Add to cart -
Christopher Bucklow
Tetrarch 1.01pm, 11th January, 2001 Add to cart -
Christopher Bucklow
Tetrarch 1.28pm., 19th March, 2009 Add to cart -
Christopher Bucklow
Tetrarch 10.35am, 23rd November, 2007 Add to cart -
Christopher Bucklow
Tetrarch 3.44pm, 16th March, 2009 Add to cart -
Christopher Bucklow
Tetrarch 3.54pm., 4th October, 2010 Add to cart -
Christopher Bucklow
Tetrarch 4.14pm. 16th April, 2012 Add to cart -
Christopher Bucklow
Tetrarch 4.24pm 14th April, 2006 Add to cart -
Christopher Bucklow
Tetrarch 5.09pm 10th September, 2009 Add to cart -
Christopher Bucklow
Tetrarch, 1.28pm, 11th December, 2004 Add to cart -
Christopher Bucklow
Tetrarch, 12.50pm, 23rd April, 2011 Add to cart -
Christopher Bucklow
Tetrarch, 9:36 am, 29 November, 2012 Add to cart -
Christopher Bucklow
Woman Carrying Light, 10.35am., 23rd November 2007 Add to cart
News & Articles

Red, Yellow, Blue and All the Colors in Between: A Photographic Survey of Color and Form

Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary 2025

In Discussion: Christopher Bucklow and Holden Luntz

Dialogues With Great Photographers – Christopher Bucklow
