On 19 May 2012 The Photographers’ Gallery will open their newly transformed building in London. They’ve raised over £8.5 million towards the project and are within sight of the total – please help them to raise the final £30k towards their goal.
So why not buy a virtual brick and help them reach the target? Join the wall of supporters by buying a brick at £10, £20 or £50. Buy a brick here.
I’ve just received a copy of Iain McLean’s publication ‘What a Stramash – A fan’s view of lower league Scottish football’ in the studio. Iain has been photographing Albion Rovers since season 2000/2001, trying to take in as many home and away games as possible. He says “My aim is to capture a sense of what it is like to follow a small club and show the spirit of those who follow teams such as the Rovers”.
“Albion Rovers may be an unfashionable club in these days of high salaries, flash cars and WAGs, but to me they play real football in the real world. The community spirit and resilience found at small clubs is the perfect antidote to the excesses of modern football”.
The photographs will be exhibited at The Pod Gallery until 15 April 2012.
You
can watch a video slideshow of the work here.
CCTV sign in shop window, Aldgate East, London. 8 March 2012.
Here’s what you get if you google ‘CCTV photographs’.
Protestors in the Public Gallery, angered by comments made by a Liberal Democrat councillor, shout abuse during the budget meeting at Manchester City Council. 9th March 2011. From the series 120 seconds.
In recognition of International Women’s Day, here’s a photograph from my Motherland series:’Order of Maternal Glory dinner, Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Russia, 2004′.
From its official adoption in Russia following the Soviet Revolution in 1917 the holiday was predominantly celebrated in communist and socialist countries. In the West, International Women’s Day was first observed as a popular event after 1977 when the United Nations General Assembly invited member states to proclaim March 8 as the UN Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace.
Rainbow seen from my studio, Hove, UK. 7th March 2012.
Here’s a photograph I picked up in the Castle Crafts Mini Market, Sheffield, 2nd March 2012. I’m intrigued to know what was going on. The narrative could provide an interesting starting point for a short story.
A quick search on the internet for ‘coach broken down on country road’, reveals Beethoven’s Love Letter
“….what a dreadful road it was; at the last state but one I was warned not to travel by night; attempts were made to frighten me about a forest, but all this only spurred me on to proceed–and it was wrong of me to do so.. The coach broke down, of course, owing to the dreadful road which had not been made up and was nothing but a country track. If we hadn’t had those two postillions I should have been left stranded on the way….”
The letter was found amongst the composers things after his death. It was not addressed to anyone (no address, city, name…) nor was it dated with a year. It is unclear whether or not the letter was ever sent or sent and returned. All we know is that it was written on the 6th and 7th of July.
I found this photograph on a market stall in Sheffield the other day. Timely given the re-launch of the Routemaster buses in London. For fans of the Routemaster, here’s a tribute website dedicated to these iconic vehicles.
A home-made pinhole camera set up at the Hijacked III exhibition in Derby.
The notice on the camera reads: “This is a camera! Please do not touch, even slight movements can
disrupt the image. To view the imagesfollow @lofieye on twitter or lofieye.wordpress.com“
Installation shot of We English photograph in the Hijacked III exhibition at PICA, Australia.