It’s good to talk.
A slightly amusing moment, with everyone on their phones, (including me as I shot this pic), during an otherwise very frustrating assignment and day.
Thoughts of a Tokyo, Japan-based editorial corporate portrait assignments photographer
It’s nice out today.
One great thing about a typhoon passing is that it clears the air, everything looks sharper, more defined. This morning it was very easy to see the snow covered Mt. Fuji from my balcony. Stuck between two horrible buildings admittedly, but Mt. Fuji none the less.
Have you taken your supplements?
It seems The Guardian today has a photography supplement, with interviews with Anton Corbijn, Steve Pyke, Richard Young and other notables (including the inevitable Magnum allstars). Well worth a read.
It’s rainy out, typhoon passing nearby. Batten down the hatches.
In from the cold.
Well, what can I say ? Gypsies. Roma. Romanies. As some of you may know I’ve been working on and off over the years on a project of a roma camp in Romania; life, death, christenings, drunken parties, work, chores, laughter and many dead pigs, all in one camp. It’s been a labour of love. [...]
Scottish Photography, a History.
The 1st of November sees the publication of the book ‘Scottish Photography, a History’, by Dr. Tom Normand. Surprise, surprise, I tell you this as I’m in it. Dr.Normand has very nicely written some kind words about me and my work, and one of my portraits of Romanian gypsies appears beside them.
The publisher’s description of [...]
Are We Invisible ?
The Tate Museum in UK has a photo exhibition on at present titled ‘How We Are’. Fellow Galleryf photographer David Hoffman felt it did not represent the UK society that he knows and has made a small photo-slideshow in response, using his own work from many years of covering protest and opposition to the state. [...]
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