I have been preoccupied of late with getting my second attempt at funding for my extended Edgelands project into the system plus a financial year end and getting to grips with society group protocols at the RPS. We were warned of a weather bomb heading our way and yesterday on my morning constitutional I noticed […]
What is beauty?
I am making work for the East Anglian Contemporary Group of the RPS. The project is on the Wet Dock and environs in Ipswich. Over the last month or so I have been looking out for aspects of the dock that would make for a contemporary series of images and I discovered this old lady […]
Seagull watches over Searcher
In 1979 I was on the commissioning crew of HMRC Searcher. She was a 30m craft built in Lowestoft by Brooke Marine. I had a fabulous time on that shake down cruise circumnavigating Great Britain through a particularly stormy 4 months. This morning the current day Searcher and nothing remotely like what I served on […]
November – RPS Photobook Exhibition time
November already and I am thrilled to see these images sent out today by Brian Steptoe FRPS co-organiser of this exhibition with Rod Fry ARPS. The Edgelands book was made specifically for this competition from my degree project series. It includes medium and large format images. An earlier publication I made for the Ipswich and […]
Contemporary Times
This week, today in fact, is the end of an era. My access card to the UCS campus ceases to be valid after midnight. Times have moved on however. As a part of my re-integration into non-academic life I joined the Contemporary group of the RPS. Their ethos for image making sits comfortably with me […]
Edgelands RPS Photobook shortlisted entry
This is the link to my book that you can preview on-line http://www.photobox.co.uk/creation/2678167792 I would be over the moon if some of you bought it but I would not advise buying from this site as production quality cannot be guaranteed. Please note that the actual printed copy has razor sharp images. The rendering of the […]
BA (Hons) Photography – a reflection by a mature (in years) student
Recently I was asked to write about my experiences as an older student studying for a photography degree. As regulars of this blog will know, I commented freely on the subject whilst I was a student. Since becoming a graduand, I officially graduate next Tuesday – 21st – Mrs O’s birthday, dry rot day, Trafalgar […]
RPS Book Exhibition 2014 – Edgelands shortlisted
Making photo books was a big thing at university. Tutors were pushing all the time for books to be made and several were. I ventured into the realms of a handmade, albeit bound by a proper book binder, book at considerable cost but with individually hinged pages, pages that I had printed myself. I also […]
Flighty female gives me the run around
Weather conditions this morning suggested large format but no, I am on a mission. I need to get to know this female a tad better. All in all , I spent 4 hours loitering with intent this morning. I was presented with two fleeting visits early on, then I went home to ablute and breakfast […]
ARPS
This arrived in the post(email) today. In 1971 I used to write out to ARPS and FRPS judges arranging competitions for the Crosby Camera Club. In those days I was (obviously) a callow youth and I set myself a goal of getting at least an ARPS when I was grown up. Well, I have […]