Fast Eddie

A few years after Richard Billingham's Rays a Laugh, Brenda Ann Kenneally has put her account of her fathers lifestyle into the public eye. It could be said to be a response to Billinghams connection with his father, but I feel rather than exposing her father she is simply showing how he is, take it or leave it.

Where Billingham could have been said to be exploiting his fathers decline in aid of 'Art', Kenneally is showing a deeper, more compassionate look at her fathers recklessness. Although both photo essays are looking at an arguably similar issue from an approach which lies at very different ends of the spectrum, there is no denying that Kenneally's more recent project feeds into what Richard Billingham was trying to say; and vice versa.

You must have a look HERE

Things cost more, but we all earn the same

Down to my last few quid, should have budgeted last week.

tasting the air...

I can taste dust, grime, shite; all types of disgusting industrial leftovers.........

but at least we got a preliminary set of images to work with for the exhibition.

The Fall of Kodachrome, Hitler's Fury

better to view in fullscreen, also it helps if your a photographer

Hidden Gem

This little plantation of what appear to be birch i think, is an area of the hillside i used to drive/walk or cycle past almost everyday and until Sunday night I had never ventured in and explored the place. Its a very strange landscape, seems completely pointless to have an orchard to effect of these trees. They are not of much use commercially, maybe the landowner just likes them.

Either way i found it quite surreal to have this collection of trees right by a main road, and up the hillside for no apparent reason. I think il go back in a few months time and see what changes the winter brings to this manmade landscape, it may even be maintained for a reason unknown to me. Il try and find the farmer next time as it proved unsuccessful this time.

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Man I love that camera :)

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

I dont know what to say really, it kinda reminds me of the

doors combined with modest mouse with a dash of arcade

fire.

whatever it reminds me of, I'm liking it, pretty psychedelic, the best way.

Canonet GIII QL17

Finally recieved my little rangefinder today, then headed straight out and put a roll of Superia through it while I had my dog (Charlie) out for a walk in the 'New Forest'.

I must say I'm really happy with the camera's workings and the lens is pretty sharp too, although I didnt really put it to the test too hard, but the photos at 100% are sharp as a carving knife and they were only scanned using the scanners in Tesco. Cant wait to get future rolls in the Flex-tight back at uni.

Have a look.

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I do a small bit of climbing myself, very very small compared to Alain Robert, im sure everyone has heard of him, the human spider, or spiderman. His main aim in life is to climb every sky scraper on the planet, he's got a lot of the largest ones already under his belt. A true legend.

His accomplishments include - National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Empire State Building, Sears Tower, Golden Gate Bridge, Petronas Tower 1, Jin Mao Building and about 80 others. Insane!

Rafal Pruszynski – Riverside

Well, the context of this work is better put by Rafal himself that I would be able to explain so, get it in ya' first before looking at the photo's.

I shot “Riverside” at the same time as I shot Little Pieces of us, and both are still on-going projects. The shooting, and showing of Pieces was a very intense experience since it was highly personal and highly intimate. I began Riverside first as simply a visually interesting project, but it quickly turned into a counter to Pieces. Whereas Pieces was very intense, Riverside was a way for me to get away from that, to step back, become more contemplative. Riverside and Pieces are opposites in many ways. One is black and white, one is color. One is more in the moment, shot on intuition, the other more composed. Riverside, became an escape from Pieces, and as such it can even be viewed as another side of the same coin. With Pieces I had co-authors very much involved in the project. With Riverside it was just me.

One thing I’m most interested in with the projects I shoot is to explore my immediate world. I don’t travel often and when I do I find that I am never happy with the photos I take. With my immediate surroundings I can take time to explore and to get what I intend. Most of the photographs in this project were shot within walking distance of where I live or work.

Riverside is a chapter in a larger on-going project entitled “Marooned”. South Korea though not technically an island, is still cut off from the rest of Asia by North Korea, a barrier more difficult to cross than any sea or ocean. It is therefore a de-facto island, an island I have been living on for the last 8 years. “Marooned” is my look at the island that has been my home for nearly a decade, and will remain so for another 2 years.

Check out his photo essay at burnmagazine

BBC Feature

I got featured on the BBC Cumbria website, a nice surprise. I sent stuff in ages ago and only realised today that I have been featured on the main arts page.

Have a look HERE