Just to post some more information on the photographic work included in the ‘25 Years of Photography, Celebrating the Anniversay of the National Collection‘ exhibition (snappy title huh ?).
14 February – 19 April 2009
NATIONAL GALLERY COMPLEX, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL
Telephone 0131 6246 6200; recorded information 0131 332 2266
www.nationalgalleries.org
Admission free
The enormous contribution of [...]
An interesting story here on The Guardian, giving the background behind Don McPhee’s iconic image of the British miners strike taken at Orgreave colliery in 1984. The story tells of efforts to track down the now (in)famous miner and policeman who stare at each other on the picket lines. Fascinating to read, and to find [...]
I’m a bit late in mentioning the World Press Photo award results, but anyway, I was pleased to see Anthony Suau win the World Press Photo of the Year (and not for the first time). I’ve always been an admirer of his work, and not only the images but also his work ethic. Take a [...]
If you’re in Edinburgh, Scotland, between now and the 19th April then try and visit the National Gallery of Scotland, and there you can see one of my gypsy images, from 1994, in an exhibtion called “25 Years of Photography, Celebrating the Anniversary of the National Collection“.
On show are 27 images by 26 photographers, and [...]
Entering the Leica Oskar Barnack Award is easier than ever this year, with online uploading of images and very clear instructions. It makes a difference and saves me time, beats the old way of sending prints etc in the post.
Also, new this year is the fact that you can view all entrants portfolios, which is [...]
It’s always fascinating when you have a set of images which get used repeatedly as to how different art directors edit the images and lay them out. Above is another recent spread of the Shoko Tendo/ Yakuza Moon series, and to see the full series go here to my archive.
2.01am, and I just finish sending images from an assignment to the client. Bit of a late night. To wind down, I flick through some blogs, looking at pics, just looking. And I come across One of Editions. Don’t think I’ve ever seen so many Welsh photographers in one place before.
©Yasuhiro Ogawa.
My good friend and colleague Yasuhiro Ogawa has a book of his beautiful Three Gorges work on sale, you should take a look, and please buy it….
『 Slowly Down the River 往にし方の三峡をめぐる旅 』
「・・・ひとつの歴史が終わろうとする中で、私は長江を往来する
船に乗り、水没間近の土地を旅して歩いた。時代の流れに翻弄され
る人々の表情には、現代中国の「いま」がしっかりと刻み込まれて
いた。」世界最大規模のダム、三峡ダムの建設を背景として、変化
し続ける中国を描いたフォト・ストーリー。
”…… I wandered from place to place, being a passenger on
the slow boats which run along the river. During the journeys
I saw thousands [...]
