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The Stranger Is Always Watching: 36 street photos taken around Southampton
Posted on Tuesday, Oct 11, 2016 | No CommentsIt’s been nine years since I last visited Southampton on England’s south coast, but I was playing a gig with my new band last weekend, I took time out to take a […] -
What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photographers’ Gallery, London
Posted on Thursday, Sep 22, 2016 | No CommentsThere’s a cracking collection of work currently on show at the Photographers’ Gallery in London, including a wonderful retrospective on East London snapper Terence Donovan, a series on ‘black dandyism’, and […] -
In photos: people looking at art, doors, films and workmen, Tate Modern, London
Posted on Thursday, May 12, 2016 | No CommentsI visited the Tate Modern recently. Here’s what I saw. -
Street scenes, rain, sales and street performers, Cardiff photos, Dec 2015
Posted on Thursday, Dec 31, 2015 | No CommentsAccording to the Met Office, Cardiff is Britain’s wettest city, registering 115cms of rainfall every year, and there was plenty of evidence to support that claim over the Christmas period. Here’s […] -
Rock stars revealed in Scarlet Page’s ‘Resonators’ photo exhibition at Proud Camden
Posted on Tuesday, Dec 1, 2015 | No CommentsRunning until the 6th December is ‘Resontaors,’ an exhibition of guitar hero photos by Scarlet Page, daughter of rock legend Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin. -
London street scenes – tourist tack, horse-drawn bus, photo exhibitions and the first Christmas tree, Nov 2015
Posted on Friday, Nov 20, 2015 | 1 CommentHere’s a selection of street shots taken around central London late yesterday afternoon. For those who like to know these kind of things, the photos were taken with a three year […] -
The theme is a bit vague, but the Getty Gallery’s ‘Big Is Beautiful’ photo exhibition is well worth a look
Posted on Monday, Mar 30, 2015 | No CommentsThe Getty Gallery by Oxford Circus continues to be one of my favourite photography galleries in central London. Unlike the nearby, constantly-rammed Photographer’s Gallery, this free, small gallery almost always has enough space […] -
Photographic project seeks to capture the first day of 24 New Years in London
Posted on Tuesday, Mar 17, 2015 | No CommentsLaunched on the stroke of the new year of 2004, this interesting photographic project was created by 24 postgraduate photography students who decided to document the first day of the […] -
Grazia 10 – fashion magazine exhibition at the Getty Gallery, London
Posted on Monday, Mar 9, 2015 | No CommentsIt’s not the greatest piece of work I’ve seen at the Getty Gallery by Oxford Circus, but anyone with an interest in fashion might want to check out the free […] -
Photo of the day: Dior model in a dumpster, London
Posted on Friday, Jan 16, 2015 | 1 CommentI liked this scene in Ramillies Street, London W1, showing a shop display of a lantern jawed male model unceremoniously dumped in a bin. -
A trip to Somerset House and the Return of the Rudeboy Exhibition, Strand, London
Posted on Monday, Aug 25, 2014 | 2 CommentsLocated between the Strand and the River Thames, the current Somerset House dates back to 1775, with the neo-classical building being centred around a beautiful courtyard. Formerly the home of the […] -
London Soho street photos – graffiti and small details, May 2014
Posted on Friday, May 16, 2014 | No CommentsI was out and about around Soho, London this afternoon and grabbed a few photos on my travels. All the photos were taken on my trusty Ricoh GR compact camera. -
Snapshots from the streets of Soho, London, April 2014
Posted on Monday, Apr 21, 2014 | No CommentsHere’s a selection of photos taken around Soho this weekend. Above is a close up of a display of postcards being sold on Oxford Street, featuring such tourist-pleasing stalwarts subjects as […] -
The Mass Observation project at the Photographers’ Gallery, London
Posted on Thursday, Sep 12, 2013 | No CommentsFounded in 1937 as a radical experiment in social science, art and documentary, the Mass Observation (MO) project was spearheaded by anthropologist Tom Harrisson, journalist and poet Charles Madge and […]