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Place of Memories
I have been having fun with my photography whilst I have been on holiday in Hawaii. For the most part I have been working on a short series of images around Waimea in the North of Hawaii where I have...
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Place of Memories…video version with ambient sound
I have made a second version of this video with ambient sound from a jungle location…better still would have been to record the sounds at the place itself but I did not have the time nor the equipment...
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Photograph selected for Photofusion Salon 2013
I entered a few photographs from my portrait work for the Photofusion members Salon 2013. I am a member there as I use the darkrooms and scanner. One of my entries has been selected and will be on show...
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‘Commercial’ or rather ‘Charity’ portraiture
Lately I have been asked by many friends to ‘do’ some portraits for them. I always look upon these situations as an opportunity to practice my skills as a portrait photographer. Although I have to...
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Cornwall sojourn…picturesque, sublime, beautiful or just plain idealised…
I have been in Cornwall for a few days with a group of landscape photographers lead by Joe Cornish and David Ward. It was great to get out into the landscape and meet some passionate landscape...
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Student Exhibition
I have joined a group of level 3 students at the OCA who are planning to stage an exhibition in June this year at the Bank Street Arts Gallery in Sheffield. At this stage the venue is not confirmed but...
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Back to Work
I have been absent from this blog and productive work on my degree course for around five weeks. My time has been spent on other pursuits – three weeks training hard in Lanzarote for upcoming triathlon...
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Eigenzeit
Whilst my mind is still turning on landscape photography I thought I would document here some recent investigations I’ve made into the question of why some ‘romantic’ landscape photography has been...
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Bank Street Arts Exhibition
Things have progressed on the exhibition at Bank Street Arts and it looks like it is going to go ahead from the 9th – 19th July 2014 (and possibly longer until the end of July). We have a name for the...
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David George – Shadows of Doubt
At the Uncertain States exhibition back in November (see here) I learned about another exhibition of photographs of London’s East End, Archive Imagined East End, which was due to take place at Hoxton...
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A diversion…
I spent yesterday watching the World Endurance Car Championships at Silverstone. I a fan of this kind of sports car racing and yesterday’s event was very significant as it signalled a return to the top...
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Anna Fox – OCA Study Group
Yesterday I attended an OCA Study Group in the OCA Farnham, where Anna Fox gave a presentation about her photography. Prior to the event, we had been advised to review Anna’s website here and a recent...
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Deutsche Borse Prize and Exhibition
I went along to the Photographers’ Gallery for the announcement of the Deutsche Borse Photography Prize (a perk of being an Associate Member of the Gallery). I also had the time to have a good look...
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Le Mans Diversion
Just got back from my holidays…first Hawaii and then the Le Mans 24 Hours race. Neither was a photo trip but took along my Leica M with a 50 mm lens. Travelling light. Le Mans could not have been more...
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[(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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Bank 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...
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[(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...
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More [(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...
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Nadav 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...
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Photograph 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...
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Study 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...
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PhotoMonth 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...
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Elina 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...
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OCA 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...
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Back 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...
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Quo 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...
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Photo 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...
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Hiroshi 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...
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Tate 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...
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Document, 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...
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Oxford 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...
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Northumberland
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...
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What next…
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...
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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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