Photographer Antoine Hunt has breathed new life into an old fashioned technique.

His show 'Antoine Hunt's Bermuda Blues', a collection of 16 original cyanotypes, opens tonight from 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. at TQ Atrium on the upper level of the Walker Arcade.

Mr. Hunt said his inspiration came from what pleases him as an artist. "It's creating in the space I am in at the time of the urge and using the materials that give me pleasure," he said.

Mr. Hunt is a prominent Bermudian artist who has successfully blended artistic expression with commercial success. He is not only a photographer, but also sculptor and poet. His work is often a blend of multiple mediums that push the experimental window, yet finds many fans through the work's organic friendliness.

In addition, he is also a videographer and a producer.

Calling him a traveller would be an understatement with his never-ending education, which has taken him from the coast of Greece to Mexico for bronze sculpture classes.

Mr. Hunt is a recipient of the "Best in Bermuda' award as Photographer of the Year for two years in a row, among many other grants and scholarships.

"Cyanotypes are one of the very first photographic processes, and also one of the most archival.

"The process was discovered nearly 160 years ago by the English inventor, Sir John W.F. Herschel. Herschel invented the very term 'photography'.

"In 1842, he began using potassium ferricyanide as a light-sensitive coating. The resulting rich deep blue colour, also known as Prussian blue, is extremely stable.

"The original cyanotypes that Sir John made in the 1840s are still clear and beautiful, because the process requires ultraviolet light for exposure.

"The images are also sometimes known as sunprints. A somewhat modified version of this process is the basis for the classic blueprint that was used by architects.

"Each one of the images takes about 14 hours to create, the steps involved are many and there are interesting chemical reactions that take place.

"These images are one of a kind and cannot be reproduced to the same likeness."