In the run up to the inaugural Recreate Ipswich event that Ipswich Borough Council has not deemed fit to advertise, I and my ‘equals’ colleagues were busy trying to reach out to potential visitors and contributors to our event. One of the ideas I had was to engage with market traders and possibly photograph them […]
ephemera update
Yesterday was our first full day in Gallery 3 inside Ipswich Town Hall. Most of the day was spent setting up lighting and completing the hang that we started on Monday afternoon following the tear down in Ipswich Art School Gallery. It was rather sad pulling our work off the walls but such a privilege […]
Past, present, future
I attended an interesting day hosted by Ipswich Museum yesterday. Two of our current photography lecturers at UCS, Mark Edwards and Matthew Andrew presented a session in the museum using artefacts that the museum staff, Debbie and Rachel had put together ranging from circa 1840ish through to early 20th century (I think), maybe earlier. The […]
Hare(sic) today, gone tomorrow
Yesterday I went to Wickham Market to view City and Guilds needlework exhibits. Some stunning work executed by the exhibitors with very clever use of form and colour. On the way in there were two Alvis cars of differing models and was lucky enough to get to talk to the owners of the green one […]
Busy start to June
The beginning of this month has been hectic to say the least. I shot the build of the UCS Arts & Humanities Degree show over three days from 30th May quickly followed by a DSDM members day in Kensington on 6th June followed even more quickly the same day by photographing the degree show in […]
Historic & Contemporary Photography – Ipswich Art School
I thought I’d wait a few hours to write up the opening day of our inaugral exhibition of ‘equals’ work. Ipswich Art School Curator, Emma Roodhouse, very kindly agreed to give us space in the gallery alongside another very large exhibit of work by IDPS. The planning and execution of this exhibition was some 5 […]