Independent studio practice

An austere monograph of built form and natural light.

Established in 2012 between New York and Zurich, Julian Vance constructs photographic monographs and spatial studies under direct northern illumination using custom medium-format cameras.

Institutional provenance

Permanent collections and published monographs.

Selected works have entered the permanent holdings of contemporary art foundations across North America and Western Europe. Each series is produced in strictly limited runs, bound by hand, and catalogued for institutional research.

Recent retrospectives include spatial documentations of brutalist pavilions in Zurich and minimalist residential commissions throughout the Hudson Valley. Publications are curated independently and distributed through specialist art bookshops.

Studio methodology

The four phases of analog production.

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Site reconnaissance

Light plotting

Analog production

Archival binding

Detailed spatial analysis examining natural illumination angles and structural materiality across seasons.

Calculating precise exposure schedules under ambient conditions without artificial supplementary strobes.

Capture executed strictly on custom medium-format equipment with archival silver-gelatin processing.

Final monographs assembled by hand using acid-free cotton rag papers and traditional linen thread.

Correspondence

Commission inquiries and private viewings.

Direct correspondence is invited for architectural documentation commissions, institutional acquisitions, and private collection viewings.