For the last 8 weeks normal service has been disrupted by events beyond my control. During the late summer I got a call from University of Suffolk to undertake a commission for the newly refurbished Atrium building. The resulting two images were made digitally and ended up being 11.9m and 8.1m in length. It turned […]
Old dogs and new tricks
A fellow nomadic photographer chum remarked on Monday that he wanted trade in his RB for a Fuji GW670, also known as the Texas Leica. Well, yesterday I spent a hectic 8 hours scanning negatives for Year 3 students at UCS. I’m very impressed with the work submitted for scanning and I’m looking forward to […]
Where did February go?
‘strewth, I cannot believe we are in March already. Today is grim, just like so many days so far this winter, grim, wet and windy, not a good day for dogs, but a good day to check over gear inside and ruminate at the announcement of the passing of yet another great product – Fuji […]
Autumn. I think it is here
It seems like aeons ago that we were in Harrogate, but it is only a week since we got back. An elongated summer has helped the paint dry quickly this week and my mind is turning towards re-starting the Edgelands shoot. Just a few too many leaves on the trees at present for my […]
Yorkshireman made environment
Apart from the forces of nature, most of this island presents itself as adapted by mankind to suit its needs of the times. I studied the aspects of our intervention and shaping of the landscape for my degree but on a short trip up to North Yorkshire to the spawning grounds of the great industrial […]
Edgelands – Collaboration – the way forward
Out of adversity comes opportunity. Recently, a gallery I was after securing to include in my ACE application got knocked back. I decided to ask for the help of the arts liaison officer from Suffolk County Council for galleries that were big enough to hang my work. I got a very good reply with several […]
Four weeks and counting
Four weeks from now the bulk of our Lux Locus Degree show should be built. We open for the VIP view on the evening of 5th June. The next VIP night is 12th June in Free Range, London. All in all, these shows, London being the most expensive, have set us back £11,000 but such […]
Maybe it is time to stop now….
The sands of time are rapidly exhausting themselves and new deadlines loom large on the horizon. Following a full-on week topped by Andreas Schmidt honouring us with a guest lecture I am now looking at final edits and print preparation. Throw in an interim show to hang in April plus prepping 90 8’x4′ boards for […]
High Tension Shoot
I have never been keen on high tension power lines draping over built up areas and there has been quite a number of reports over the years regarding the affect they have on the poor souls domiciled beneath them. Well, today I got a taster of what it is like. After 22 days of fruitless […]
Quiet January – so far
Blogging has been low on my agenda these past 16 days. To be honest, I was utterly exhausted by the time Christmas arrived what with all the planned and unplanned events during December but also to do with a full on first semester of my final year at UCS. Something had to give and I […]