Tom Hunter

www.tomhunter.com

Tom Hunter is a British photography who was born in Dorset in 1965. Hunter graduated from the London College of Printing with a BA First Class Honours in 1994. Since then Hunter lives and works in London and has had his photographs shown in exhibitions around the world.

I came across the work of Tom Hunter, whilst watching 'The Culture Show' on BBC1. The show explained how many artists were campaigning to raise £50 million to buy the original 'Titians Diana and Actaeon' for the nation.

Tom Hunter's idea was to recreate the original painting and photograph a modern version to help raise money to buy the original. Kim Cattrall, David O'Mer and art history students were used as the characters in the photograph.

I have included this in my blog because I think the idea of recreating something from the past is something that interested me. Although I feel that the original of anything cannot be beaten, I still like to look at recreations and look at things from a modern angle.