Andy Keetch of Wired Sussex and I are judging a photographic competition for Silicon Beach Training. The theme of the competition is pretty simple: Color. That’s it. Interpret it how you will. You can see the submissions so far if you check out the competition’s Flickr group. For details on how to enter the competition and the terms and conditions, head over to Silicon Beach’s competition page on their site. The top prize is a two-day Freelance Photojournalism Course taught by Andrew Hasson in Brighton UK worth £245! While I am on the subject of photography courses I do run my own course called Hot Shots and currently have 3 up and coming dates.
If you need a little inspiration check out the above montage (Click on individual images to open a Flickr page). Also it’s worth checking out my Colors I See collection on Flickr and my Strong Colors Flickr set.
The competition closing date is Friday 16th July 5pm BST so get snapping / uploading!
Posted: May 31st, 2010 | No Comments »
There are only 3 weekends There are only 2 weekends There is only 1 weekend left to see the open house exhibition that I am involved in. I am showing a new set of portraits, shot in a montage style, of the people who make Brighton the special place it is, from journalists to drag queens and paramedics to fashion designers, they’re all there. So far the only place to see these images is in the open house, each picture is made up of 5 to 7 real 6″ x 4″ prints lovingly stuck together by hand without the aid of Photoshop. It’s not just me in the show my wife Rockcake; and Partially Obscured are also taking part. Rockcake is showing her jewelery and Partially Obscured, AKA Su Wilson, is showing her glass work.
Our open house will be open for all of the weekends left in May: 29th and 30th. We are open from 11am to 6pm.
The show is at :
Flat 8, 72 St George’s Road (opposite the news agent in the new looking building)
Brighton, BN2 1EF
Google map of location
Our show is under KT9 in the Artists Open Houses brochure. For more info on Brighton Artists open houses check the AOH website.
Posted: May 15th, 2010 | No Comments »
I have posted this is good time this month, usually I end up posting this when supplies of the magazines start to run dry. If you go into Brighton town there should still be lots of Source magazines left in the town’s pubs, bars, cafés and shops. I will be uploaded the pictures below and this months rejected to photos to my Flickr stream over the next few days.
If you want to see some of these pictures in the flesh I have 12 on show at an open house for the next 3 weekends in Kemp Town, Brighton. The images on display are not trend spotting images but a small selection of the people who I think make Brighton such a special place, from fashion designers to a paramedic to the guy who writes the Argus heads lines. At the moment going to the exhibition is the only way to see these images as I have not posted them online yet. I you can’t make it to Brighton you can always check out the montage portraits I have online. If you can make it you can find out more about the show and who else is exhibiting here.
Posted: May 10th, 2010 | No Comments »
Jonas Lara a LA photographer faces charges of aiding and abetting two graffiti artists because he was taking photos of them painting. He refuses to plea bargain so is going to court where he could get a sentence of up to year in prison. If convicted he will also lose his place at college where he is signed up to Master of Fine Art course. So far the court appointed lawyer has refused to consider his rights as a photographer as a defence. Lara started a legal defence fund so he can hire a real lawyer but time is short as his court date is set for May 11th. If you wish to donate you can do so at his legal defence fund paypal page or send payments though paypal direct to:
donate@jonaslaradefensefund.org
Read more on this story at Photo District News. There is also a great Q&A with him on the discarded blog. As with every campaign like this there is also a Facebook page you can join.
Above photo taken in Brighton, funny to think that if I shot this in LA (in the supposed land of the free) it could landed me in deep trouble.
Posted: May 6th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Johnny Mørup wrote a piece on me and my use of film and Lomo cameras, the article is in the Danish paper Børsen which I am told is the Danish equivalent of the UK FT. I think it says nice things but I don’t understand Danish so can’t tell. If you want you can download the PDF of the article and give it a little read, that is if you speak Danish.
Posted: May 3rd, 2010 | 1 Comment »