New Work – Out of the Shadows
I have been developing an idea for new work which follows on from ‘Lifting the Curtain’. The project is code-named ‘Out of the Shadows’. The idea is to continue to explore how East London is changing...
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The dust has settled and the assessment submission is now in Barnsley. I have plenty to do over the next few months in preparing for my exhibition. It promises to keep me busy! But I have been turning...
View ArticleNorthumberland
I have just returned from a few days photographing the landscape of Northumberland. The focus was on its coast line. I must say I enjoyed the place a great deal. Northumberland’s coast line is steeped...
View ArticleOxford OCA Student Exhibition
I heard from John Umney and Penny Watson that they have decided to include some work from Lifting the Curtain in their forthcoming exhibition to take place in Oxford in May/June of this year. This is...
View ArticleDocument, Publicity, Commentary, Art
This post presents my thoughts on the recent CONSTRUCTING WORLDS Photography and Architecture in the Modern Age Exhibition at the Barbican London. This exhibition closed in early January 2015. I...
View ArticleTate Modern – Conflict-Time-Photography
I have been looking forward to this exhibition for some time. The concept of the exhibition has quite an overlap with my own work in East London. My own work does not deal with conflict, but does pose...
View ArticleHiroshi Sugimoto – Still Life @ Pace Gallery, London
I had a chance to make a brief visit to the Sugimoto ‘Still Life’ exhibition at the Pace Gallery in London today. It was most impressive. I have seen three Sugimoto exhibitions now—his...
View ArticlePhoto Competition: Visual artist Lucia Pizzani and filmmaker David Jackson...
Keith Greenough:Made it onto a long shortlist of 20 (out of 100) for Hotshoe PhotoFusion Salon Award…. Didn’t make it to the top though. Congrats to the winners. Originally posted on : Now in its fifth...
View ArticleQuo Vadis — germ of an idea for life after YOP
I am getting close to the end of my degree course at the Open College of the Arts. One more assignment to submit and preparation for assessment and it is all over. It has been a hugely enjoyable and...
View ArticleBack from my travels
I am now back in the UK after my trip to Australia and Hong Kong. The Australia piece was very much about racing triathlons with not so much time for photography. In Hong Kong however I managed to put...
View ArticleOCA Thames Valley Meeting 22nd November
Yesterday I attended an OCA Thames Valley meeting. It was a very worthwhile event. Sharon Boothroyd, my tutor, was there providing help and advice. The meeting largely concentrated on reviewing work by...
View ArticleElina Brotherus
On the 12th of November I attended a Study Group meeting in London to listen to an artist’s talk by Elina Brotherus. The talk was held at a gallery in Mayfair – quite a prestigious location! The group...
View ArticlePhotoMonth Open – private view
PhotoMonth Open, East London International Photography Festival — my work under scrutiny Last night was the opening of the PhotoMonth Open. I spent a couple of hours their, looking at the work and...
View ArticleStudy Visit – Brighton Biennial
I attended an OCA Study Visit to the Brighton Biennial Festival recently. Other priorities meant that I could only attend for one day, but it was a full and excellent day. It is difficult with events...
View ArticlePhotograph selected for Photofusion Salon/14
I am really pleased that one of my photographs has been selected to be shown in the print show at Photofusion Salon/14. The exhibition will run from 12 December 2014 – 30 January 2015, with the Private...
View ArticleNadav Kander – Dust
Yesterday I went along to Flowers Gallery on the Kingsland Road in Hackney to see an exhibition of Nadav Kander’s latest work, Dust. The title of the work comes from a T S Eliot quotation ‘I will show...
View ArticleMore [(6)] Publicity and OCA video
This post is a catch up to document some publicity I received for the [(6)] exhibition. First of all, I had an article about my Ironman Family series published on the blog of the main UK bases...
View Article[(6)] Publicity
I have managed to gain some publicity for the [(6)] exhibition. So far this has included: Big Issue of the North photo and mention of the exhibition: Big Issue of the North 7th – 13th July 2014 The...
View ArticleBank Street Arts Installation
We spent a full day yesterday in Sheffield installing the [(6)] exhibition. I’ve learned a lot from this experience about setting up an exhibition (methods of fixing photographs and their relative cost...
View Article[(6)] Exhibition dates extended….
Don’t forget to come along to the [(6)] exhibition in Sheffield, if you can. The exhibition is now running from 9th July until 1st August 2014. My I am an Ironman and Ironman Family photographs will...
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