tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92511252009-01-15T09:47:46.739-05:00by Fran MonksFran Monksnoreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-69366823922104079672009-01-15T09:46:00.001-05:002009-01-15T09:47:46.751-05:00You can find my latest photos and news at <a href="http://portraitsthatmatter.com">www.portraitsthatmatter.com</a>Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-87252714198339105522008-10-20T14:06:00.003-05:002008-10-20T14:14:09.964-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20081006_7081-798107.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20081006_7081-797944.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I've been very busy taking all the pictures of the new mums who volunteered for my <a href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/2008/02/entering-motherhood-project.html">entering motherhood</a> project. I think I've only got three mums out of seventeen left to photograph so nearly there! I'm hoping to have an exhibition of the work at <a href="http://howtomakeadifference.net/2008/05/venetia-strangwayes-booth/">Venetia's Cafe</a> on the Chatsworth Road in the new year which I'm really excited about. In the meantime, here's one of the new mum's new babies.Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-71678077703726490572008-08-07T08:34:00.003-05:002008-08-07T08:42:16.737-05:00No time to blog!<br /><br />But here are some of my favourite images from a fun shoot on Hackney Marshes the other week.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080622_4314-747029.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080622_4314-746953.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080622_4489-796429.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080622_4489-796365.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080622_4298-796531.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080622_4298-796471.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080622_4321-747145.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080622_4321-747079.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-86718235646908842512008-04-28T06:43:00.002-05:002008-04-28T06:58:59.857-05:00This brother and sister just loved having their photograph taken. These are some of my favourites from their session the other week with mum. All a surprise for dad.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/olivia-and-freddie-on-steps-723706.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/olivia-and-freddie-on-steps-723479.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/olivia-and-freddie-three-copy-758844.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/olivia-and-freddie-three-copy-758675.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/olivia-freddie-and-claire-799429.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/olivia-freddie-and-claire-799215.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/with-lollies-717483.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/with-lollies-717370.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-67364091157515833822008-04-28T06:36:00.003-05:002008-04-28T07:02:34.309-05:00I've had a great response to my <a href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/2008/02/entering-motherhood-project.html">entering motherhood project</a> and have been enjoying meeting lots of first time <a href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/2008/02/entering-motherhood-project_28.html">mums-to-be</a>. Here are some of my favourite portraits from the past few weeks. Next week I'm going back to photograph the first mum to have had her baby.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080403_0869-788442.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080403_0869-788382.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080405_1996-726052.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080405_1996-725984.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080331_1783-783644.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080331_1783-783579.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080404_0947-740581.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080404_0947-740507.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-20993070163795691872008-03-27T06:35:00.005-05:002008-04-23T05:50:09.900-05:00I've started up a new blog which will feature the stories and pictures of <a href="http://howcanimakeadifference.blogspot.com/">inspiring people</a> who are making the world better in a variety of ways. This is something I've been working on in <a href="http://www.franmonks.com/heroes/index.htm">book form</a> for a few years but now I'm going to be updating it with weekly <a href="http://howcanimakeadifference.blogspot.com">"how to make a difference" blogs</a><a href="http://howcanimakeadifference.blogspot.com">.</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080320_0709-760858.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080320_0709-760781.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080210_1353-778724.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080210_1353-778659.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20071113_0256-walk-its-773342.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20071113_0256-walk-its-772963.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-23168689023146392792008-03-27T06:24:00.002-05:002008-03-27T06:34:05.131-05:00Jill is a friend of mine who is expecting her first baby in a few weeks and looking very glamorous with it!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080306_1509-720092.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080306_1509-720027.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080306_1543-718146.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080306_1543-718086.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-88225979151076828182008-02-28T07:57:00.004-05:002008-02-28T08:10:44.840-05:00I met another lovely mum-to-be this week. I'm still looking for volunteers for my <a href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/2008/02/entering-motherhood-project.html">Entering Motherhood</a><a href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/2008/02/entering-motherhood-project.html"> </a>project if you know any first time mums in North or East London who might be interested. (I can't travel far as I'm doing it for free!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080226_0597-703077.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080226_0597-703066.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080226_0534-792974.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080226_0534-792931.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080226_0614-759713.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080226_0614-759665.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-23222618619868762492008-02-14T05:31:00.003-05:002008-02-14T05:37:22.709-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080209_1109-765647.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080209_1109-765640.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Paul and Lara are getting married in March and so we decided to mark the occasion with a photo session around St Pauls and Smithfields, near where they live.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080209_1213-725597.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080209_1213-725575.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080209_1259-719228.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080209_1259-719219.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080209_1282-717422.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080209_1282-717403.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-75449201415401409482008-02-05T07:42:00.000-05:002008-02-05T07:54:40.726-05:00I am currently taking photos of women before and after they have their first child. The idea is to try and capture some of the unique changes that a woman goes through at this point in their lives. So far, I've only done some before photos. Here are a few of my favourites.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080118_0177s-710773.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080118_0177s-710759.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080114_1040s-766687.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080114_1040s-766676.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080110_0122s-730168.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20080110_0122s-730159.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20071203_0533s-785300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20071203_0533s-785278.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-87042674967763889012007-12-17T11:58:00.000-05:002007-12-22T15:46:30.523-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20071211_0713-715670.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/uploaded_images/20071211_0713-715092.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />It was the <a href="http://www.franmonks.com/photoessays/2007/12/babies-in-real-nappies.html">Real Nappy Christmas Party</a> this week - Hackney's attempt to promote the use of cloth nappies. I was working for Hackney Council again to try and capture the mood of the day.Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-83344799175629367032007-06-04T09:17:00.000-05:002007-06-04T09:24:26.012-05:00I've been photographing for Hackney Council again. There are more photos of this festival of recycling on the <a href="http://www.franmonks.com/photoessays/2007/06/be-recreative.html">photo essays</a> page.<br /><br /><br /><img style="width: 386px; height: 257px;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/103s.jpg" />Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-23709674376771377712007-03-24T16:36:00.000-05:002007-03-24T16:45:21.212-05:00I've posted some photos on my <a href="http://www.franmonks.com/photoessays/2007/03/international-womens-day-in-hackney.html">photo essay</a> page of an International Women's Day event which took place in Hackney last week.<br /><br /><br /><img style="width: 358px; height: 537px;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/131s.jpg" />Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-60190627101772202942007-03-20T16:13:00.000-05:002007-03-20T16:16:37.697-05:00There are some new photos <a href="http://www.franmonks.com/photoessays/2007/03/real-nappy-week.html">here</a> which I took for Hackney Council of their Real Nappy Fashion Show.<br /><br /><br /><img style="width: 404px; height: 269px;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/real%20nappy%20show%205s.jpg" />Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-38446107131253969562007-03-13T17:06:00.000-05:002007-03-13T17:22:05.155-05:00<img style="width: 394px; height: 590px;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/james.jpg" /><br /><br />I've been meaning to start photographing people in my neighbourhood, but hadn't plucked up courage until I was caught out with my camera by James, pictured here. He's often seen on Lower Clapton Road and had plenty of advice to give me on this day about how to hold my camera (and it was good advice too, I think!).Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-27210909073677113502007-03-05T10:38:00.000-05:002007-03-05T10:41:09.515-05:00You can see some of my photos on the website which I've just put together for <a href="http://www.littlebuds.org.uk">Little Buds Day Nursery.</a>Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-1166698534500461282006-12-21T05:53:00.000-05:002006-12-21T05:55:34.513-05:00<img style="width: 425px; height: 283px;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/christmas%20hands%20small.jpg" />Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-1166536003274537022006-11-30T08:45:00.000-05:002006-12-19T17:22:16.973-05:00This lovely bundle isn't my own, but is still very cute!<br /><br /><img style="width: 414px; height: 275px;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/Rafe%20s.jpg" />Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-1166535691789100462006-10-30T08:39:00.000-05:002006-12-19T08:42:14.636-05:00I have quite a good excuse for not posting more regularly at the moment...<br /><br /><br /><img style="width: 395px; height: 263px;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/2%20weeks%20olds.jpg" />Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-1166532353005113112006-10-19T06:40:00.000-05:002006-12-19T08:35:36.926-05:00I had fun photographing several weddings this summer...<br /><br /><img style="width: 380px; height: 570px;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/Jill%20and%20Christopher%20-%20106s.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="width: 373px; height: 557px;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/Moore%20and%20Alan%20-%20150s.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="width: 374px; height: 249px;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/Moore%20and%20Alan%20-%20136s.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><img style="width: 372px; height: 557px;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/Sophy%20and%20Al%20bw%20s.jpg" />Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-1157470997901573792006-09-05T10:41:00.000-05:002006-09-05T10:45:45.103-05:00<img style="width: 380px; height: 253px;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/Whittington%20Annual%20Report%20-%2089s.jpg" /><br /><br />During the summer I was asked to take photos in a North London hospital. Check the <a href="http://www.franmonks.com/photoessays/">photo essays</a> section of the site to see a selection of these photos.Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-1150638026662113352006-06-18T08:39:00.000-05:002006-06-18T08:40:26.663-05:00<img style="width: 405px; height: 269px;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/Trust%20me%20I%27m%20an%20economist%20001s%20copy.jpg" /><br /><br />OK, here's the last Trust Me I'm An Economist shot for a while at least!Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-1150637814004025952006-05-18T08:33:00.000-05:002006-06-18T08:36:54.006-05:00<img style="width: 408px; height: 270px;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/Trust%20me%20I%27m%20an%20economist%20010s.jpg" /><br /><br />Another shot during the filming of Trust Me I'm An Economist.Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-1150637149858542482006-04-18T08:19:00.000-05:002006-06-18T08:26:27.800-05:00<img style="width: 402px; height: 268px;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/Undercover%20economist%20001.jpg" /><br /><br />Tim Harford's new book, the Undercover Economist, is out now! Here's one of the publicity shots which I took for the book.Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9251125.post-1150622462517489512006-03-30T05:21:00.000-05:002006-06-18T08:42:12.073-05:00<a href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/hello/436447/1024/Trust_me_I_m_an_economist_006s-2006.06.18-02.17.22.jpg"><img style="border: 4px solid rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 2px;" src="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/hello/436447/400/Trust_me_I_m_an_economist_006s-2006.06.18-02.17.22.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.franmonks.com/newphotos/hello/436447/1024/Trust_me_I_m_an_economist_006s-2006.06.18-02.17.22.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></a><br />I've been doing the publicity photos for Tim Harford's new TV show on BBC2 - "Trust me I'm economist", so I'll be posting a few of them here. This one was taken in Roka, a top London restaurant, where Tim uses economic theory to help a wanna-be Maitre d' get a foot in the door.Fran Monksnoreply@blogger.com