It's been a while ..

It's been a long time since I have posted anything, or even done much on the photography front. I finally got a new job (Email Marketing Executive) and will be working in an amazing glass building with a sea view!

I'm waiting to shoot a few more rolls of film before I can send off my bulk of film to be processed and printed. The first film will hopefully come out as anticipated and go toward my first Margate zine 'Margate Gym Factory'.

Although I haven't been taking many photos I'm always reading and researching so here is some work that I've recently discovered, have been reading about:

Mauricio Palos - From the series 'Mr Perro Rano'

Ed Templeton - 'The Seconds Pass'

I bought this book a couple of months ago. I love all of Templeton's work.

Alessandra Sanguinetti - Old and new work

Always:

Rinko Kawauchi - 'Illuminance'

(One of the most beautiful books I have ever bought)

Margaret M. De Lange - 'Daughters'

Matt Collishaw - 'Insecticides'

Matt Collishaw's 'Magic Lantern' at the V&A

I bought a poster of this, still waiting in it's packaging to be framed.

This is the miniature version of the zoetrope that was on top of the V&A

(and me looking very grumpy)

This is Margate

Margate zine coming soon ...

It's Been A While

It's been a good few months since I last posted on here, I'm not entirely sure why.

I've been living in Margate for the past 6 months now, and was living in Broadstairs previously. This means I have been witness to the Turner Gallery being built.

Many people are unhappy with the amount of money that has been spent on it. £17.5 million I think? They think it's a waste of money and that it could have been spent in, what has been described, as "the most deprived area in the South East".

It's definitely not a waste of money, it's going to bring in a lot of money to the local community, particularly Old Town, which was once full of unoccupied shops, and now not a single one is vacant.

I went down to the gallery on the opening day only to find a very long queue waiting to get it. I came back later on in the evening and went on in. My only criticism is that they could have done a bit more with the space. However, the exhibits were all impressive, particularly those of Ellen Harvey and Conrad Shawcross. I won't talk about the art works/exhibits because I think everybody should go and see for themselves rather than reading about it. On the opening night there was also a lighting rig which was just fantastic. I don't need to explain anything. You can just see from my photos below.

“It’s the same for all of us. We play-act when we look in the bathroom mirror; we instantly make an adjustment to our expression and our face. Quite apart from the reversal of the left and right, nobody else ever sees us as we see ourselves above the washbasin. And this dissimilation is spontaneous and uncalculated. It’s as old as the invention of the mirror.”

Some Older Work

Roadside Flowers

Currently working on a series, which will be eventually made as a zine. Each part to be made of four polaroids.