Get that down you!

nice to hear

The Independent reports that…

“…strongly worded warning was circulated by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) last night. In an email sent to the chief constables of England and Wales’s 43 police forces, officers were advised that [...] “Officers and community support officers are reminded that we should not be stopping and searching people for taking photos. Unnecessarily restricting photography, whether from the casual tourist or professional, is unacceptable.”

Light the Last Flare, (Steetley - My Interpretation)

A few images that I contributed to the book Now this project is completed the only thing to do now is get the prints ready for the first exhibition in February. I will be getting in touch with a lot more people once we have our launch night date confirmed, but for now here is a taster.













images copyright Andrew Clarke 2010

BRAIN FREEZE

My friend Tony has been working on a series of animations for a LBI - D&AD brief for what I assume is a university project, not too sure. but anyway here are the animations he has created so far. Make sure you have your sound on!

A night by the 5 mile

copyright Andrew Clarke 2009

Rage Against 'The' Machine

'THE' Machine

'if you wanted to clean up the line repeated in the final chant, you could try something along the lines of: "Since I believe police officers and law-makers to be institutionally corrupt, I see no need to follow their instructions." Alan Connor (News.BBC.CO.UK)

The Fun Machine Shat itself and Died

Katie Press (my girlfriend) and Mark Chung presented an installation yesterday in our 'University' complex. It aimed to put people in a comforting environment and then flip that on its head by introducing a element of unease. The installation consisted of a corridor in which the floor had been double coated in bubble wrap. The ambient light in the corridor was very low and there was a clown looming in the darkness. It was an effective installation and most people who commented on it, seen the point to it. Most people didn't like the clown though.

Nearly 2 1/2 Years ago exactly

acting as a studio assistant for my friend Andrew (although he likes to be called Connor) Tyrrell. This photo was taken during one of our first times using the studio, and one of the last ironically. It was all epic landscapes with derogatory meanings from here on in.

FIRST MAN IN SPACE - SKY DIVING FROM THE EDGE OF THE WORLD

Light the Last Flare, The book on Completion

As you may (or may not) know I have been collaborating with a few people on a project which looks at the Steetley Magnesite. The plan is for an exhibition, which will hopefully tour to a few different galleries. But along side this, there is a book which is going to be aimed at getting published.

The book consists of 57 Images, at a colossal 14.5 meters this concertina book is a major accomplishment for Andrew Tyrrell, Sam Donegan and Myself.

6th december Night Walk

Its been quite a while, 22nd August to be precise since I have done any work on my 'Night Walk' series, also known as 'Halfway From Home'

I have began shooting again, if you are unfarmiliar with the process used to create these images, from an exhibition last year, the following text accompanied the images.

Part of a series of photographs entitled, Halfway From Home, A study of landscape, environment, essence and my relationship with all the factors at hand when these photographs are created. They are as much a meditation practice as they are a photographical process. Standing late at night, wherever i walk to, and at the point where I decide to head back I take a 10min exposure, which is handheld. The reason for the handholding of the camera is for two reasons. The first is that when not using a tripod and standing concentrating you become more aware of your surroundings, and have more connection with the time period that passed between the shutter clicking, which is a major element in relationship with the location. The second is to create the visual effect, which hopefully can draw the viewer into the photograph and make them want to see more. Any questions, criticism, will be greatly appreciated.

argh

ive been having problems today with colour correcting with long exposures. I thought this was funny, cheered me up anyway

the third image

Another few images taken a few weeks back from my current project 'Five Miles Too Short', in reference to the new Carlisle by-pass. This project is still at its early stages (as is the road) so any constructive criticism would be well appreciated!

Current Listening Vol. 4

I absolutely love this band, being music I grew up with; I always have done. This first album

'Queens of the Stoneage' (self titled) is so hard to come by these days, I only know one person

with a copy of it. I managed to get a download of the album, you should check it out. Its by far their

best work, undoubtedly!