Our Want of Curiousities
Seeing through another’s eyes is one of the perennial wonders of photography. Between the frames of an image, we are invited to consider a constructed reality offered by the photographer; what they chose to include, exclude and deem worthy of record or consideration. For those very same reasons, the art of curation often shares the...
The Connected Age and Shared Agenda
Over twelve years ago, chatter across the developed world hummed with the nervous idea that all computers were so intrinsically dependent on the ascending value of dates that Y2K would bring with it a crisis that could shake the whole global economy. Yet now, over a decade later, viruses so powerful that they can...
Take it, Feel it, and Pass it On
“Pass the parcel. That’s sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it, and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That’s the game I want you to learn. Pass it on.” Hector, The History Boys One of the struggles that face arts...
TEDxBrighton 2012
It Lives! This site has been a little quiet of late, but not without good reason. Away from the worlds of photographic discourse and reticence, I am pleased to announce that, along with Marc Koska and a fantastic team, I will be producing TEDxBrighton 2012 in October. With considerable thanks to Digby Killick, Content & Motion and...
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
{This Review Contains Spoilers} Drowning in reference to the films of the forties and fifties, particularly David Lean’s Brief Encounter, Terence Davies adaptation of the Terrance Rattigan’s 1952 play The Deep Blue Sea is a distinctly introverted portrayal of the conflicts of a woman’s passion in post-war England. Released in 2011, where the audience is absolved of all...
Making the Move to Video
[Kiki Lowe by Amy Maidment and Montana Lowery] Wednesday afternoon whilst I was speaking with music photographer, Tom Oldham at Developing Nicely YPCC, he made an interesting case regarding the transition of the photographer’s role into incorporating moving image. Tom – who has been producing short films alongside his photographic work since the inception of his career...
The Tutu Project
To open, I’d like to state that I will never fully be able to express what I see in this project and its creators. Not for lack of words, but because of the intrinsically intimate nature of it. Into each image from Ballerina comes a resonance that strikes an individual and harmonious string within its viewer – to tell you what I...
The World In 2012
[From the LA Series by Gabi Torres] GLOBAL-LOCAL / COLLECTIVE POWER / REVOLUTION / DIGITAL CONVERGENCE / BIG DATA Last year in my “The World in 2011” post, I wrote about the importance of knowing the context of your work – both in terms of its visual aesthetics and in the pragmatic doctrine of business...
Dividing Style: Brett Beyer’s Alter Egos
[Architectural Photography by Brett Beyer] During a recent YPA panel discussion, a board of photographers and picture editors preached a very stark message to their audience of university students: to be a professional photographer, you must do more than take pictures. You have to strive to present yourself and your work in the context of a...
WINk 8: Is it Art?
It’s that time again! The quarterly online photography magazine, WINk is out with a brand new issue, WINk 8: Is it Art? Featuring work and interviews from the front man of The Psychedelic Furs turned painter, Richard Butler, and photographers Mikael Kennedy, Katie Koti, Tony Vaccaro, Nicholas Ong and more. [Click to see...
Jake Baggaley and The Mongol Rally 2011
Back in January I wrote a post called ‘The Photographer’s Adventure‘ showcasing the work of documentary photographer, Jake Baggaley and mentioned his, then, forthcoming trip to Mongolia to raise money for the children’s charities, The Christina Noble Foundation and Children’s Hospice UK. On September 13th, the team returned from their eleven thousand mile journey from...
