16 Thursday Nov 2017
Posted in Diversions, London, Photography
Spotted in the bridge under the railway line by Lewisham station, this struck me as quite an old-fashioned approach to graffiti these days. More like something from a 70’s British photobook than the developer-approved street art of 2017 London.
02 Thursday Nov 2017
Posted in Diversions, Photography
A nice end-of-autumn Saturday afternoon in Folkestone; using the excuse of the Triennial to visit, but mostly mooching along the harbour arm. All shot on my Fuji XT10 with a Fuji XF35mm f1.4 lens.
14 Saturday Oct 2017
Posted in Diversions, Down by the river, Photography
An hour free to take photos around Deptford Creek and all my Fuji gear in the camera bag…but no memory card. I suppose I should be grateful it doesn’t happen all that often. Here’s an iPhone shot of a particularly low tide, looking down the creek from the Laban centre towards Ha’penny Hatch.
Recent diversions:
Alec Soth’s Sleeping by the Mississippi at Beetles & Huxley: stunning prints, on display for free just off Piccadilly.
Giles Duley interviewed on A Small Voice podcast: Ben Smith’s podcasts rarely disappoint, but this one I thought was outstanding. Giles Duley tells his extraordinary story incredibly articulately, and I can’t recommend it enough.
Brian David Stevens’s Beachy Head photobook – a somber but not melodramatic look at a difficult landscape; fine work at a democratic price point.
The new Four Tet album: maybe his best to date (though maybe I’ll revert that accolade to Morning / Evening in a while).
24 Sunday Sep 2017
Posted in Music, Photography, Uncategorized
I’m very pleased to have a photo in the November 2017 issue of Uncut magazine (available in all good newsagents now!). My picture of The Necks at Cafe OTO in Dalston, East London during their 3 night residency in August appears alongside a review by John Mulvey on page 92.
You can see a couple more photos from the concert here.
03 Thursday Aug 2017
Posted in Diversions, Photography
A sunny, blustery Sunday on the Sussex coast at Cuckmere Haven. See a couple more shots of the same place here.
31 Monday Jul 2017
Posted in Diversions, London, Photography
There’s always something to photograph in Woolwich…
20 Thursday Jul 2017
Posted in London, Photography
Not exactly proper urbex (the Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust kindly let me in to have a look), but here are some pics taken yesterday inside Charlton’s (probably) Inigo Jones-design Summer House. Converted to public toilets and unused since the early 1990’s, the Summer House is now under restoration; full story on the Charlton Champion.
10 Monday Jul 2017
Posted in Diversions, Photography
Tags
dance, festival, GDIF, GDIF2017, Greenwich Docklands International Festival, hats, photography, Woolwich
The finale of 2017’s Greenwich & Woolwich Docklands International Festival came to Woolwich on Saturday, processing from Peter Burke’s Assembly sculptures in the Royal Arsenal, across the road and into General Gordon Square, via a loop around Powis St. I can’t pretend to have understood exactly who or what the loin-clothed dancers represented, but I enjoyed it; particularly the raving-in-Powis-Street section.
See a short edit of pics from the event here.
Plus a bonus shot of a swarm of hats in Poundland on Powis Street here:
05 Wednesday Jul 2017
Posted in London, Photography
Some product photos taken for Fiona Veacock Ceramics on a warm, damp, post-General Election morning in June. You can find out more about – and buy – Fiona Veacock Ceramics here, or see more from the shoot here.
If you’re an artist/craftsperson and need product photos for your marketing and publicity, I’d love to hear from you – get in touch!
21 Wednesday Jun 2017
Posted in London, Photography
A couple of shots from yesterday evening; the first from Greenwich Park and the second from The Point, west Greenwich. Enjoy your summer solstice today!
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