Features
Klaus Thymann
Think glaciers and what springs to mind? The Arctic or the Antarctic maybe or the Himalayas but Africa? OK, OK, perhaps you did think of the ice on Mount Kenya or Kilimanjaro (after the latter in particular has become one of the world’s adventure holiday destinations) but what about Mountains in Uganda? Have you ever [...]
David Constantine
To see David Constantine’s stunning street portraiture online or in his recently published book is a pleasure, but to see them in a gallery setting, beautifully printed, mounted and lit is a privilege. The prints come alive with the vivid colours almost leaping from the walls. Most of David’s work is shot in developing countries [...]
Interview with Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy film stills photographer Jack English
Legendary musician Eric Clapton calls him his ‘favourite photographer [who] does great work’. Now Jack English has another lifelong fan in actor-director Gary Oldman who describes him as ‘a true artist with a camera’. This British artist has worked his ever-evolving creativity worldwide in a number of areas, including fashion, music and film photography. In [...]
Back home on the range – article courtesy of the British journal of Photography (BJP)
This is an abridged version of a piece printed in a recent issue of BJP – to read the full article, click here. Many thanks to the BJP for allowing us to use this article. Give me a rangefinder and I’m a happy man, says Jonathan Eastland, who argues they still can’t be beaten for [...]
ANALOG exhibition traces London’s darkrooms
The impact of digital technology on print photography and music production is the subject of ANALOG at Riflemaker in London’s Soho, from 10 January 2011. The exhibition invites us inside the last of London’s photographic darkrooms, as well as taking a visit to a working reel-to-reel music studio, courtesy of an installation by Lewis Durham [...]
Instax for the People
Following David Wala’s triumph in the 2008 Fujifilm Student Awards his career has gone from strength to strength. His latest project – Instax for the People is a fascinating idea, David explains more: “This is a personal project aimed at documenting musicians that I have photographed since June 2010. They are individual portraits of band [...]
Film and Lomography
This is an abridged version of an article written by Bryan Appleyard that was published in The Sunday Times on 18 July 2010. Many thanks to Bryan for allowing us to publish extracts. To read the full article, click here Film and Lomography Satan was the worst photographer in Hell. It was an embarrassment so, [...]
