A friend of mine got some refrigerated old Type53 Polaroid film for me yesterday. I’ve shot and shoot Polaroid flim on my medium format kit but this was poetic. Just why has this gone out of fashion? Given the continued production of both B&W and colour 5×4 film I cannot see why even the Impossible […]
Is Space important when hanging pictures?
I recently had the pleasure of seeing the UCS BA(Hons)Photography degree show in two locations. One in the university campus, the other at Free Range – the converted – sorry painted white on the inside old Truman Brewery in Brick lane. The campus location happened to be a dance studio with high ceilings and a […]
Free Range Degree Show
Just been to the Free Range Photography degree show and assessed UCS Ipswich against the other universities. I have to admit to being singularly unimpressed by much of the competition. UCS can be rightly proud of their work in terms of content, quality and presentation
Film Prices on the up (again)
Apparently Fuji are upping their film prices this month by 20% owing to a worldwide hike in the price of silver of 50% in the last year. Couple that with lower demand for film then I suppose it is to be expected. I had noticed that Kodak prices are already up. Still, a 5×4 negative […]
Film or Digital?
In the seemingly never ending march of increased mega-pixel sensors do we take time to step back and ask whether we really need them? I have shot 6x6cm through to 35mm to early digital 3.3 mega-pixel through to 8 mega-pixel Dx and 12 mega-pixel Fx and back to 35mm film, 6x6cm film and 5×4″ film. […]
UCS BA(Hons)Photography degree show 2012
Last night saw the opening night of a two location degree show for students at Ipswich that will be followed by a showing at Free Range next week. I recently attended the AOP Student Awards show in the Hoxton Gallery and I have to say that UCS put on a venue far better than that […]
Formats – what to use?
I shoot in a variety of formats from 35mm film through APS sized, Dx and Fx digital to 6x6cm and 5×4″ film. I found over the years that that my taking rate rate increased drammatically even by not using the burst rate. I realised that I could afford to chance it and not really ‘waste […]
Photographic likeness – perception of self-image
I have always been attracted to the works and presentations made by Grayson Perry the transvestite Turner Prize winning potter and multi-talented artist, weaver, art critic and broadcaster. In the Best Possible Taste – Grayson Perry – Channel 4. His latest broadcast on taste has started off very well indeed. By engaging with with male […]
Annie Leibovitz Pilgrimage ‘Creativity is like a big baby that needs to be nourished’ Observer New Review
Seeing an entry on photography in the New Review always whets my appetetite. Reading through this article I imagined the images would be more of an indexical trace and that Leibovitz was employing semiotics to tease us with. Then I looked at the on-line gallery http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/gallery/2012/jun/03/annie-leibovitz-pilgrimage-photographs-gallery#/?picture=391035018&index=7 and was surpised. I had expected something along the […]
Christian Hough & Hasselblad shoot of Tessa Kuragi
Following on from the AOP workshop with Hasselblad, I attended a lighting and shooting day with 5 other lucky individuals at a period flat in Harringey last Friday. Christian Hough was running the workshop and Hasselblad supplied kit in the form of cameras and lighting. Christian had worked with Tessa Kuragi before and he set […]