The past week has been manic. I took 8 5×4 Portra 400 negatives into Metro Imaging a week ago Tuesday for drum scanning having failed to get the right colour reproduction on inkjet media at UCS. Whether this failure was due to me or the multiple layers of technology that these superb quality […]
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 […]
Neglected viewpoint
There has been so much going on lately that I have not been yomping into UCS at my usual times. Over the last 3 years I have walked a more or less similar route into UCS and crossing over Bond Street, I always look back over my shoulder to see if the doors are open […]
Spectaculo
I hung a new show today in Ipswich Town Hall. I and some fellow students from UCS ran the gauntlet of threatened tickets from over officious police to get work into Ipswich Town Hall for the last of our promotional activities before our degree shows. It never ceases to amaze me how difficult it is […]
That was the week that was
Phew! What a rollercoaster 10 days it has been. We had a spectacular response to our Auction at UCS and something like £2400 was raised to help fund the £7000 costs of going to Free Range. Very special thanks to all the donors of great work. especially to Sam Mellish and David Watson as Sam […]
Scanners and experiments with Ilford DDX
I ran out of Portra 400 the other morning and all I had left in my case was HP5+ or FP4+. The FP4+ had been loaded when I took delivery of the Toyo 45A and 135 mm lens. I went straight into full blown colour was was taken aback by how tack sharp that Schneider […]
Herpes Simplex and internecine conflict
I always knew that the last semester would be a tough one. However, I never expected the tiredness and stress of getting the Lux Locus Auction – www.luxlocus.wix.com/luxlocus fund raising activity up to speed would drain me so much. Two weeks ago we had our first break in 4 years for one night courtesy of […]
Lux Locus Auction
Lux Locus are having a photographic artefacts auction at UCS Waterfront building on Thursday 3rd April in Lecture Theatre 2 from 1830hrs. We have some great donations from well known internation, national and local artists. Take a look at our auction site to preview the lots http://luxlocus.wix.com/luxlocus I have been busy behind the scenes working […]
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 […]
Andreas Schmidt inspires UCS Students
Today has been a good day. My fellow ‘equals’ founder member Mel Belton had written to Andreas Schmidt asking for support for our forthcoming degree show. Not only did he gift us two books to auction he visited UCS to talk to us, donating his fee to our degree show fund. He was thoroughly entertaining […]