I’ve pushed myself of late to get the large format cameras out to make images outside of my normal seasonal window. It is fair to say that finding my desired high pressure windows with little wind has been a struggle but the sheer excitement of making the images using old equipment and the despatch of […]
Our dependency on others
I often wonder at the constant motion our world is forever in, not only the rotating aspect of the planet or the cyclical phase of the moon and stars but of those people who work tirelessly through the night to ensure our expectations are met. That could be anyone from the emergency services through to […]
Out of a dark place
The past six months have been very dark and not just because it was winter. We were the victims of a crime back in October that saw the perpetrator sent down for 3 years 6 months the week before Easter. During that time our focus was on our world and putting what was wronged right […]
Are our Police getting younger?
These days I ask that question a lot and it is not just police that seem to be younger than me, most people are. Not only are the police I have had to deal with of late younger, much younger than me there are very much fewer of them compared to years ago and I’m […]
More latent images
I normally do not shoot my Edgelands series during the summer months but this year I decided to revisit a place that has featured significantly in that series. The location is the old British Sugar factory entrance at Sproughton, a place that very much minded me of Keith Arnatt’s Miss Grace’s Lane, a series that […]
Of latent images
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 […]
Short-listings and heroes
Phew! What a week this has been. Monday afternoon was a treat but Tuesday was a planned gallery day. Three ‘old codger’ photographers trained it into the smoke and headed for the Photographers Gallery for two exhibitions ‘Made you look: Dandyism and Black Masculinity’ and ‘Terence Donovan: Speed of Light’., then it was off to […]
Colour, tricycles and the passage of time
As is often my want when out on the bike first thing on a dry morning (I don’t do wet), I change my route on a whim. This morning I decided to check out the entrance to the British Sugar site at Sproughton, a happy hunting ground for Edgelands images. I chanced upon this new […]
Bad news and good news
Let’s face it, the news has been up and down and left and right since last Friday. I had a sense of foreboding before going to bed last Thursday night and to be frank the result knocked me off beam for several days. Sunday morning’s shoot of guerilla yarn-bombing of a street in Ipswich lifted […]
Light is everything
In this game, light is all. In natural surroundings the only way to capture it is to be out there when it happens. Studio work can be quite attractive at times especially when conditions outside are grim but when the subject is outside then it is a question of grin and bear it. The last […]