The show consisting of 52 unique portraits runs from today until the end of November in the main gallery space at C4FAP

and artist Victor Alimpiev. Both can now be seen on the Ikon website...

I recommend a trip to the gallery to see both shows and in particular the incredible video work of Victor Alimpiev which I found both mesmerising and slightly disturbing with intricate choreography set against a backdrop of nothingness…

They just uploaded a quirky slow motion clip I made whilst testing out the slow motion capabilities of the Sony Z5 HDV video camera. It’s a pretty cool function on the camera allowing you to record 200fps in bursts of 3, 6 and 12 seconds! The camera records into its own memory at a slightly lower res than SD then records back to HDV… The quality still looks pretty good…

Slomo tea from 7inch cinema on Vimeo.

The Art of Photography Show 2009 is a world-class international exhibition featuring all forms of photographic art. This year they received over 16,000 entries from 57 countries, 111 pieces were chosen for the final exhibition and my image of Franz Joseph Glacier was one of them! The selection was made by Charlotte Cotton, curator and head of the Wallis Annenberg Department of Photography at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Cotton was previously curator of photographs at the Victoria & Albert museum and head of programming at The Photographers Gallery.

It feels a great achievment to have my work selected by a leading authority on photography today, especially from such a vast amount of entries! The show opens in just a few hours at the Lyceum Theatre Gallery next to Horton Plaza, Gaslamp quarter, downtown San Diego. It runs for two months until 1st November. So if you’re around this part of the world then go take a visit!

I’m off now to get ready for the opening… Exciting! 

I interviewed Reverend Billy and documented this important, powerful and at times hilarious performance which can now be seen on the Ikon site…

Go get converted!

The current Joyful Bewilderment exhibition at Here Gallery in Bristol has been receiving some local press attention from Venue magazine. I was delighted they decided to use my piece to represent the show… Brilliant that they chose a photographic work as the show mainly consists of illustration… So extra special to be featured!

As they say it’s a corker of an exhibition.. so if you’re in Bristol get to the Here Gallery and have a gander! 

You can now see all the print submissions from the night on the Synth Eastwood site, plus if you look down at video of the night below and scroll to 0:51 you should see me having a banter about my work…

Penone is an incredibly important and influential artist, his work linked to nature and how we interact with our environment, it raises many questions and often challenges conventional notions of art.

I recommend giving the documentary a watch and taking a trip to the Ikon before the show closes on 19th July. 

Seventeen artists are exhibiting in a display which includes fine art painting, sculpture, photography and contemporary craft and I’m one of them!

Stephen chose works from the Visual Collection and picked out my Last Flight From Brighton and Franz Joseph Glacier images as they tied in with his chosen theme of nature.

I was stationed at the SoCo Social tent which was rammed with wild audiences the entire weekend! A week later and I have just about recovered from the Rockness!

Below are a couple of my favourite moments from the festival…

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band as they walked through the tent onto the stage… Proper New Orleans style…

Dub Pistols font man Barry Ashworth amping up the crowd!

Followed by a bit of crowd surfing…

The crowd loving their glow sticks!

Took way more shots which I’m sure will be going up on the SoCo Social site over the next few days…

Half of the shots I take using Holga cameras are covered in light leaks and this is what gives them their beautiful random quality which makes them so unique.

I decided to submit the Holga shot below..

What do you know it already has a four star rating!

My early attempts with this positive / negative Polaroid film are now live on the site. The portrait of Log Roper below is probably my favourite out of the first outing with the film…

On Tuesday night I had the privelage of attending the Cure Leukaemia Art Auction with one of my works going under the hammer! An array of wonderful art and photography was full sale including my Franz Joseph Glacier image. It was also used as the key promo image on all marketing and ended up selling for the healthy sum of £375.00 in the live auction!

Below are the lucky couple who bought my work!

I was delighted that my entry, image of a Birmingham Prefab house with owner Tom, was selected to be one of the A1 Posters in the exhibition.

This is the second time my work’s been shown at Synth Eastwood but my first visit over to experience the mega show they put together! I had some interesting chats with people about Prefab’s and the image genuinely received a lot of attention on the night!

Got to give huge props to the Synth Eastwood crew who work incredibly hard, pulling together what is a full on assault of the senses around the theme! They’ll have images up on their site soon enough.. I’ll put a link up here as and when…

Can’t wait for their next show! 

This time the acclaimed piece of theatre is in Bristol for Mayfest!

I’d recommend you go and get tickets but looks as though they’ve already sold out!

If you don’t know about Black Tonic then have a quick watch of the trailer below. Put together after last years Manchester performance, it gives a tiny taste of this unique theatre performance experience! 

My role has been to create video pieces that fill you in on the characters, such as the ethereal Super 8 sequence at the start of the trailer and the CCTV sections showing a maid ransacking one of the hotel rooms! These elements spring into action on TV sets inside the hotel rooms when you least expect it. The audience really are receiving information from all directions in this experience. I also shot the Paparazzi style photo’s of a couple having an affair! Uncovered by the audience after entering the ransacked room! Exciting stuff!

Keep an eye on the Black Tonic page for more info on upcoming shows!

The theme for the show is ‘Home Made’. I had various reactions to this theme, but the one that jumped out most was to capture images or video of Prefab houses.

Prefab’s for those who don’t know, were originally built after World War 2 as temporary homes to house those whose homes had been destroyed by bombs. However English Prefab’s are now cherished by many as part of our heritage and as such have gained listed status over recent years. They often have a seaside holiday cabin feel to them and although basic I think they’re wonderful homes that should be celebrated.

There are a row of Prefab houses in Moseley, Birmingham, just a short walk from where I live. These were amongst the first Prefab’s to gain listed status and I thought given the Synth Eastwood brief I’d take a visit to the last row of Prefab’s in Birmingham…

About a month ago I went to visit and create the current Ikon documentary with Iain Bain, art historian and authority on Bewick.

Iain discusses his connection with Bewick and the tools used to create such detailed wood engravings and how these are then turned into prints using a hand press.

The video is now live on the Ikon site. Watch to get an insight into the talent of Bewick and what went into creating such magnificent prints.... 

Just added a few more Polaroid 600SE portraits to the collection… Shot on the awesome Polaroid 664 film… Still getting around to scanning my shots on the super rare Polaroid 665 film.

The images I’ve captured from Belfast and all this years UK SoCo events are up on their site for you to get a taste of the party action!