JAKE PURCHES

Jake Purches is a master 3D photographer and lenticular printer, he works primarily in executing others' artistic vision but has created one noteworthy himself.

In 2002 Jake was given special permission to visit the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and photograph the actual gold funerary mask of King Tutankhamen, the 18th dynasty ancient Egyptian Pharoah who reigned from 1334-1325 BC. 

This opportunity was a great privilege as it afforded Jake private access to one of the best-known works of art in the world and a prominent symbol of ancient Egyptian history. It laid buried for over 3,000 years in the ‘Valley of the Kings’ until it was by Howard Carter from tomb KV62 during is excavation expedition in 1925. King Tutankhamen death mask has been on display in Cairo from that time.

A condition of Jake’s permission to photograph the mask was that no tripod or flash were allowed. Fortunately, the surrounding area was very well lit with fibre optic lamps so, using his Fuji FinePix S5800 8mp digital camera (incorporating a high-speed continuous shooting mode), Jake captured all the frames needed to build a 3D computer generated model of King Tutankhamen face.  

After 20 years of storing this stunning photographic artwork in his archives Jake has updated and remastered his original images and made available a limited edition of just 25 beautifully framed signed holographic 3D copies.