The subjects of Victor Albrow's photography have been sought out, some purposefully, but mostly by serendipity, and have undergone careful and precise transformation through the studio setting. The results are portraits where the subjects seem frozen in anticipation, as if waiting for the film to roll - where inner dramas are played out by the subject, who seems unaware of the viewer, and who stare coldly to the side of the lens. The figures are statuesque, lonesome, clinical, yet seductive.

Of his work, the artist says:
"This work is as much about the construction of the image and the way we perceive a photographic portrait as it is about the subject. Photography since it's invention has been about exploring how we see the world. Photographic portraits appear to give us a true representation of the other but at best they only give us a partial idea of what or who we are looking at. Through the disguise of involuntary facial expression it could be argued that it is a rare thing to see the subject as they really are. The subject will always be aware of the observer and consequently their expression will be tempered by that encounter. This project is an attempt to bypass that principle however ludicrous that might seem. Bizarrely, while embracing digital technology, this work has many unintentional resonances with early renaissance portraiture which is further reinforced by the use of formal, mannered compositions."

Albrow works not with the indexical trace of a bygone era of film, but with its 'digital incarnate', the post-photographic image. There is a classical concern for composition, from Renaissance theory, fused with Pop and Op Art. These are highly stylised photographs, which alert us to the tactics of perception, which are rooted in the language of traditional photographic representation, as well as at the forefront of digital image making.

Victor Albrow has had his work featured in numerous awards and International publications. He was a finalist in the Schweppes Portrait Prize 2003 at the National Portrait Gallery and in the following year had work in 'Future Face' an international touring exhibition curated by Sandra Kemp of the RCA. His work is in various private collections and also the permanent collection of the Ivory Press Gallery, Madrid.