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One Hundred Faces
I never really set out to create the ‘100 Faces Project’. All I really do is wander around and point a camera in the general direction of strangers on the street. It was all just…
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Masks – Street Portraits
On the street, in real life, there is no Rembrandt or Butterfly lighting arrangements. We are illuminated by the fluorescent lights in cafes or the glow from a charity shop window. This is who we…
Some feedback from Bromsgrove Photographic Society
A big thank you to Bromsgrove Photographic Society for hosting the Zoom talk on the 14th November 2023. Thank you too for forwarding some of the feedback. I think as a Zoom presentation it was…
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After the Coal Dust Book Review
“This is one of the very best books of photography to come to the table.” Batsceba Hardy, https://progresfestival.com A great review of ‘After the Coal Dust’ from the Progressive Festival, Milan. After The Coal Dust…
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Photos & Thoughts – August 2023
Toby jugs and vibrators – tales from the car boot sales
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A review of the “After the Coal Dust” book
A review of the book “After the Coal Dust” in the German magazine ‘Le Magazine’ 2023 Special Edition
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“Le Magazine” feature
Pleased to be featured in the 2023 Special Edition of LE MAGAZINE. There is an interview and photographs over 12 pages of the German language publication.
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Photos & Thoughts – July 2023
Travellers horse fair and internet ‘experts’
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Photographers, perverts and paranoia…revisited.
A while back I posted an article called Photographers, perverts and paranoia – it might be time for an update. I had an interesting, if somewhat tense, discussion at one of my recent presentations that…
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