England 1 Malta 1
Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in photography | 1 Comment »© Martin Amis I've been thumbing through the wonderful book European Fields - The Landscapes Of Lower League Football by Hans Van Der Meer lately. It's a great piece of work - wide landscapes, rich with details and nuances. ...
Police views on Street Photography
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in photography | 3 Comments »"Any person who appears to be taking photos in a covert manner should expect to be stopped and spoken to by police to enquire into what their business is." This was the statement from Humberside Police, after amateur photographer Steve Carroll ...
London Rain
Sunday, January 20th, 2008 Posted in photography | 2 Comments »© Martin Amis This just about sums up what photographing outdoors in the UK has been like in January. As usual the newspapers are full of talk of 'worse to come', climate change fears and general gloom.
A quick recommendation
Thursday, January 17th, 2008 Posted in photography | No Comments »Check out Colin Pantall's great blog, which has quickly jumped to the top of my blog reading list. Colin is not only a photographer (you may have seen his excellent Sofa Portraits), but also a writer for various publications (BJP, Aperture ...
Parr’s views on Picture This
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 Posted in photography | 1 Comment »Further to my earlier post about Channel 4's Picture This, Martin Parr explains to the Independent his reason for participating in the reality show (thanks to Gallery Hopper for this one..). He complains that we (the British public) don't take photography ...
Street Photography and the London Underground
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 Posted in street photography | 5 Comments »© Walker Evans © Bruce Davidson New York has a long tradition of street photography on it's subway system. From Walker Evans' "Many Are Called" via Bruce Davidson's "Subway" to contemporary photobloggers such as Travis Ruse, there is a rich ...
Picture This
Monday, January 7th, 2008 Posted in photography | No Comments »Last night, Channel 4 premiered TV's latest reality docu-talentfest, Picture This, which follows 6 photographers as they battle it out for a chance to have an exhibition at a major gallery and a subsequent book deal. It's as pointless and unnecessary ...
Misery Loves Company: The Life & Death of Bruce Gilden
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 Posted in photography, street photography | 3 Comments »No, Bruce Gilden hasn't passed away.... Misery Loves Company: The Life & Death of Bruce Gilden is the title of a 2007 movie about the legendary street photographer. The 2007 documentary directed by Gideon Gold, intriguingly stars ...
Paul Graham
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 Posted in photography | No Comments »© Paul Graham There is a wonderful archive of the work of British photographer Paul Graham at the Paul Graham archive website here. Graham's projects are consistently outstanding, whether it be the highly political Beyond Caring or the groundbreaking New ...
