Sir Ian McKellen Lightbox #1 — A2 Fine Art Print by Gavin Evans, London 1996

Sir Ian McKellen, photographed in London, 1996 for Premiere magazine. This A2 lightbox fine art photography print by Gavin Evans presents six sequential black and white close-up studio portraits of McKellen against a white background — the sequence documenting the act of lighting a cigarette, frame by frame, the gesture filling the close frame with deliberate detail. Made five years before The Lord of the Rings (2001) and X-Men (2000), McKellen's reputation at the time of this sitting rested primarily on four decades of stage work and his 1988 coming out on BBC Radio 4, which established him as a prominent figure in LGBTQ+ public life. Part of The Lightbox Series – The Bigger Picture. A2 open edition giclée print measuring 420 × 594 mm (16.5 × 23.4 in) on 308 gsm satin matte cotton rag, acid and lignin-free. Supplied unframed. Embossed with Gavin Evans' open edition stamp. Available from ThePrintRoom.Berlin