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Yorkshire Photographic Union Keighley Day 2019
3 August 2019
YPU Keighley Day 2019 I’ll be one of the guest lecturers at the Yorkshire Photographic Union (YPU) Keighley Day 2019. The event will be held at Pontefract, West Yorkshire on the 16th November 2019 More…
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Film vs Digital
25 July 2019
Moving back to film? Almost all the photographs on this site are shot on digital cameras. I haven’t shot on film for a long time but I have hundreds of negatives I’ve taken over the…
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Redcar – Fashionably unfashionable
3 June 2019
There was a recent article in the Guardian Newspaper about the effects on industrial towns when the main industries close. This tied in closely with the After the Coal Dust project Bridget and I have…
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No exhibition at Hull
17 May 2019
It now seems very unlikely that our After the Coal Dust exhibition at the HIP Gallery, Hull that was suggested for this year will take place at all. Several emails over the last few months…
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After the Coal Dust at Wakefield camera club
24 April 2019
Below is the report of the photography talk we gave to Wakefield Camera Club on the 1st April 2019. On the evening of Monday 1st April the club hosted a fascinating presentation by Castleford-based…
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Exhibition at Doncaster finishes
24 April 2019
The After the Coal Dust exhibition at Doncaster Art Gallery finished on the 21st April. Thanks to everyone who took the time to visit. Some feedback from the Gallery: Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery displayed…
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The angry mob
6 April 2019
Over the years we’ve taken thousands of pictures, several hundred of these have been posted on social media. Facebook groups in particular have been useful in getting the photographs seen by a wider audience. In…
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Exhibition
5 March 2019
Doncaster Art Gallery exhibition March 9th to April 21st 2019 A selection of photos by John, Bridget & Freya Gill will be exhibited at Doncaster Art Gallery for 6 weeks from Saturday 9th March.…
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Photo Competitions – why they’re not for me!
14 February 2019
I get asked quite often why I don’t enter competitions, the British Journal of Photography ‘Portrait of Britain’ competition being one of them. Part of the problem is that you have to pay to entry.…
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