Celebrate the International Day of Light with the Photonics & Nanotechnology Group at King’s College London with an exhibition of cameraless photographs by artist David Penny, created during Transcending the Invisible, a Royal Society project that pairs artists with nanomaterials scientists.

David Penny will deliver an artist talk on 16 May 2025 at 18.00. The exhibition runs from 16 to 18 May.

Occasional Scatterings draws together photographic works made by David Penny during his residency at King's College London within the Photonics and Nanotechnology Group, working alongside scientist Dries Maurice. It presents two new bodies of work which explore dialogues between the scientific laboratory and the photographic darkroom and studio as sites of research and experimentation. The project continues Penny’s investigation of expanded thinking in photography, materiality, objects, and their images.

The exhibition features abstract, cameraless photographs produced by direct exposure of light onto analogue photographic film and paper.

*The UNESCO International Day of Light is celebrated on 16 May each year, the anniversary of the first successful operation of the laser in 1960 by physicist and engineer Theodore Maiman. Events are hosted on or around the date.