November 2011
1 post
Pregnancy Series Continued VII (On Location with... →
It’s about a week before I have to have all my images up on the wall and today was the last shoot before that….
October 2011
6 posts
Hellen van Meene →
Perhaps I’ve illustrated this post with too many images of Hellen van Meene’s work but…
Justine Kurland →
I’ve been aware of Justine Kurland’s work for less than a year and I’m still astounded that I don’t see it more often. Her landscapes are…
Pregnancy Series (Nasharie) →
So if any of my readers follow me on twitter, you will know that I have just begun a project that is a study of pregnant women.
So for starters, if anyone is reading this and knows of any pregnant…
Mauritius #2: A Rough Edit →
So as promised, here is a snippet of the 4000 photographs I took whilst I was away, they…
Made Up Love Song – Bettina von Zwehl →
http://www.bettinavonzwehl.com/main.html
I had a rather productive week in my research, I got the first piece of feedback on the work from Mauritius, so who knows when you’ll…
Bright Young Twins →
Here are Aimee (Brunette) and Harriet (Blonde), the sweetest double-act you could ever imagine. I’ve been dying to (not sure why it never happened) to do a blog post on these two lovely…
September 2011
7 posts
Edith Maybin’s Study of Mother & Daughter →
Beautiful work about Mother and Daughter, there is something about this work that makes sure I could never forget it. The first set of photographs are called, The Tenby Document, where her…
Literary Journey, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter –... →
I bought Tara’s book, Literary Journey, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter at PhotoBook London earlier this month. I just fell in love with it’s quirkiness, the photographs are beautiful and the…
Sage Sohier Photography →
I found Sage’s work not too long ago and fell in love with the way she portrays her subjects in their environments. There are so many reasons one has to love Sage’s work. Below is a series called…
PhotoBook London →
http://www.photobookfair.co.uk/
I visited Photobook London on Saturday 3rd September, expecting to be wow’d away by some photography books and to get some great advice on my work in the…
Brothers – Behind the Scenes →
Another post about behind the scenes content, these are some images I took a little over a year ago, so many of you will recognise them but I’ve added some behind the scenes content for some fun….
Cat’s False Alarm – Behind the Scenes →
At this present moment, I’ll be flying over Africa on my way to Mauritius for a photography commission/job for two weeks (Oh the joys of telling my blog to publish at a specific time in the future)….
Is photography art? →
Is photography art? Well it’s more like, does/should photography have a status in art like painting, sculpture etc? It comes under the big title of art, to me that’s a long gone question,…
August 2011
4 posts
Kaylynn Deveney + Albert Hastings Inspiration →
After thinking about it, I realised that Kaylynn’s series on the life of Albert Hastings has had a great impact on me personally as well as my photography in the last couple of years. It is no…
Laura Pannack – (YBN) Young British Naturists →
A photographer I cannot ignore any longer is Laura Pannack, whose work I have seen around but until recently I haven’t looked her up properly. I wanted…
New Book – Work in progress →
There’s a new book I’m working on, now that I’ve got the buzz for it. It’s based around these images I took a little while ago which I think I might try to add to…
Bates on the Bronica →
To continue my photographs of my grandparents, I decided it was high time they got shot on my Bronica. Sometimes photographs can just speak for themselves but I…
July 2011
1 post
Portrait Prize →
So it has been a long while, beginning with an apology is probably unprofessional or something so never mind with that. Recently I went and entered two prints into the NPG’s portrait prize. I have…
March 2011
1 post
Recent work – Gender Performance (Pomegranates,... →
February 2011
1 post
Performance, Gender and Identity →
As I begin a new photographic project this term, I begin pulling together research.
I found this brilliant study day the Tate did in 2005 on Performance, Gender & Identity. It was inspired by the…
October 2010
1 post
V&A Links →
http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/photography/past_exhns/southam/index.html
http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/photography/past_exhns/twilight/index.html
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August 2010
1 post
Lots of Plans →
You could say that I have been terribly lazy, but after a lot of work in the last few months; my brain felt it was time for a break. I have been to see a few exhibitions, such as the Sally…
May 2010
3 posts
freshfaced&wildeyed 2010 →
I had the most brilliant surprise when I visited the photographers’ gallery last week. I had looked up a few of the names of the new graduate exhibition, fresh faced & wild eyed 2010, noticing many…
Final FMP Photographs + Explanation →
Stairs →
I thought of looking at my family inside and making individual portraits of each of them. I really love these images but I feel there’s just not enough in them, perhaps do double…
April 2010
17 posts
Christopher Hunt, Hannah Starkey & Sarah Jones →
Christopher Hunt
“Spacial behaviour
Through the use of staged photography, this series of photographs explores the social, physical and psychological relationship between the individual…
Too late – Tate Britain →
Frustrated with my lack of ‘vision’ over my new set of portraits of my family, I went to the Tate Britain for some inspiration. After looking at a few Gainsborough’s and John Millais’ work, I…
David Hockney Portraits →
My Parents – David Hockney
The Conversation – Jasmine Gauthier
http://jasminegauthier.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/the-conversation/
As I was leaving the Tate Britain, this painting by…
Bluebell woods “trashed” →
I went to this wood which is one of my favourites in the area, especially when the bluebells come out and it’s covered in them. However, I…
Performance, photography, collaboration – Manuel... →
Performance, photography, collaboration – Manuel Vason
Searching through a library for some new inspiration, I came across the work of Manuel Vason. His work is a little more extreme than mine but…
Magnum Photographers – Relationships & the... →
I’ve been researching into some magnum photographers whose work focuses on relationships and the landscape.
Eve Arnold – Horse Training, Inner Mongolia
Olivia Arthur – Iran: Beyond the…
Waiting to Grow →
Photographing near Waddesdon with these beautiful tree stumps. It was going to be a very different shoot but the amount of rain made me change routes in the middle…
Oranges and Apples →
Small narrative, didn’t work out how I originally wanted it to but I liked the different viewpoints/crops that I was using
Moving Image research →
I’ve been trying to broaden my research into more film-based work. I went to an exhibition yesterday which was both film and photography by… though it didn’t feel relevant to my work enough.
I’ve…
Tate Photography Links →
http://www.tate.org.uk/tateetc/issue13/shocking.htm
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/cruelandtender/
http://www.tate.org.uk/tateetc/issue2/sixreflectionsfrank.htm
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Winter Lingers →
Another idea today.
Saving Up →
Did a few ideas today… Shooting this one above and then looking at the contact sheet has really driven me to think of making a short film around it.
I love how the light falls, I love the…
Water Bottle →
Another shot from a previous shoot that I edited at a later stage. Something about a turned back that is mysterious and different. Perhaps I can look at more of that?
Four loads a week →
Some things don’t quite work for me about these images… I can’t put my finger on it EXACTLY but I will reshoot this idea for sure.
His Birthright →
Images taken end of last week, looking at history and heritage. Also looking at it’s fragility and lack of utility, especially in the modern world.
Amy Stein →
http://amysteinphoto.com/domesticated_state.html
I remember coming across Amy Stein’s series called Domesticated last year. There are new photographs in this series that I hadn’t…
Noemie Goudal →
Noemie Goudal
Her desaturated aesthetic is really interesting as it feels forced but not only slightly even though if you look clearly it is so. I like how in the first image here she…
March 2010
10 posts
Cat’s False Alarm →
Series: Family Fiction
Part of my newest series. I took these in the New Forest yesterday. I like the element of turner in here in the landscapes and…
Helsinki School – Photographers →
http://www.helsinkischool.fi/helsinkischool/artists.php
I came across the artists list of the helsinki school of art & design. A few of the series had parallels with the work I am doing now.
JANNE…
Comfort →
I think I need to approach this almost as if I’m intruding on them.
Bleak Photography Shoot – Introducing slight... →
As well as introducing storytelling, today’s shoot was about scouting for locations of which I have found around ten, which I will narrow down as I do more shoots as I get to know them more. I…
Problems in Cornwall →
Just a quick update really. I had my interview at falmouth which I think went pretty well, and as I rather expected, the weather I had was all beautiful on the drive down and then…
Portrait Photographer Inspiration →
I’m finding old work that I am completely inspired by, I think in the past I have always kept the images and ideas in the back of my mind. They might not be exactly the same subject as mine but the…
A Positive View – Somerset House – Exhibition →
http://www.apositiveview.com/
It’s not often that I find myself so deeply involved and blown away image after image (the last exhibition that came close to that for me was Jim Goldberg: Open See…