Prime Objective Blog http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php en Copyright 2011 2011-07-T;10:39:00+00:00 The Burning House http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/the_burning_house/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/the_burning_house/#When:18:26:00Z It’s been a quite a while since my last post but I just stumbled across an interesting project I couldn’t resist posting about.

I love simple ideas and The Burning House project asks the simple question - “What personal belongings would you take with you if your house was on fire?”

The photographed responses of these items make for some interesting viewing…

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]]> {tags} 2011-06-19T18:26:00+00:00 The Woods Trailer http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/the_woods_trailer/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/the_woods_trailer/#When:13:51:00Z I spent a day at Midlands Art Centre last week, photographing and filming The Woods, an ambitious installation and theatre piece by Jane Packman company.

The show tackles issues of grief and loss set against the incredible backdrop of a woodland setting constructed inside the main gallery space at the mac.

Jane commissioned me as photographer and film maker for all press and marketing material and to also make a trailer of the piece which gives a brief and beautiful glimpse into The Woods...


]]> {tags} 2011-02-04T13:51:00+00:00 The Witching Hour http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/the_witching_hour/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/the_witching_hour/#When:13:58:00Z The Witching Hour - curated by Matthew Collings & Matt Price opens today at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, within the Waterhall Gallery. It’s a group show featuring a over twenty artists all with a connection to the Midlands area.

The curators selected my Prefab Tom work as they thought it fitted well with their theme of the darkness & uncanny. I’m delighted to have my work in the exhibition, showing alongside a number of big names and highly respected artists such as Richard Billingham, Brian Griffin, Idris Kahn and Gillian Wearing.

The Withing Hour is part of Art of Ideas, an Arts & Business initiative which aims to promote contemporary visual art making it more accessible to audiences and new potential buyers. The exhibition only runs for four days, from Thursday 11th until Sunday 14th November, so be quick if you want to see it. 

]]> {tags} 2010-11-11T13:58:00+00:00 Let’s Colour http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/lets_colour/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/lets_colour/#When:09:42:00Z Earlier this year I was commissioned by Dulux to shoot some stills on the making of their incredible Let’s Colour advert. Just caught glimpse of the ad for the first time and I love it! The film takes us around the world from India to the UK with communities working together to add a splash of colour to their environment, the lovely time-lapsed results courtesy of award winning director Adam Berg!

I was only commissioned to shoot the London leg of the project. You can see a few of my stills featured on the Let’s Colour gallery and a few of my favourite shots below…

]]> {tags} 2010-07-02T09:42:00+00:00 Treasured in the Guardian Guide! http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/treasured_in_the_guarian_guide/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/treasured_in_the_guarian_guide/#When:15:47:00Z Just spotted one of my press shots for Treasured - A Secret Journey in the Guardian guide - theatre section!

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On the web and in print! Just got back from buying a copy for the archive! You can read more about Treasured on a previous post.

]]> {tags} 2010-06-12T15:47:00+00:00 360 Spinner http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/360_spinner/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/360_spinner/#When:06:55:00Z image

Just spotted the new Lomo 360 Spinner camera! Pull the cord for some panoramic madness! I want one of these! Check out the techniques especially the timescan technique, reminds me a lot of the work of photographer Jonathan Shaw, who experiments with time and motion in his practice.

]]> {tags} 2010-06-10T06:55:00+00:00 Happy St Patrick’s Day! http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/happy_st_patricks_day/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/happy_st_patricks_day/#When:16:31:00Z A belated Happy St.Patrick’s day from the Irish Elvis I bumped into down at Covent Garden yesterday!

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]]> {tags} 2010-03-18T16:31:00+00:00 Hit The Baby, Natasha! http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/hit_the_baby_natasha/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/hit_the_baby_natasha/#When:09:00:00Z Last year I was commissioned to take press shots for Hit the Baby, Natasha! a reworking of Russian playwright Anton Chechov’s 1900 play Three Sisters, staged by Walsall-based theatre company The Happiness Patrol.

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I didn’t get to see the show but did get to photograph some of the incredible puppets created by artist Caroline McDowell, a few of which can now be seen on the Arts Council website...

]]> {tags} 2010-01-27T09:00:00+00:00 BDE 2010 - Light Logo http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/bde_2010_light_logo/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/bde_2010_light_logo/#When:13:00:00Z Back in April this year I worked with TAK! Design to create a logo and brand identity for British Dance Edition 2010, a bi-annual dance festival showcasing the freshest work within the British dance scene…

Online contemporary dance zine Article 19 were on the shoot to document our experimental logo production and created a really nice making of film…

]]> {tags} 2009-12-09T13:00:00+00:00 The Friday Prefab Photo… http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/the_friday_prefab_photo/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/the_friday_prefab_photo/#When:15:51:00Z Just spotted that the lovely chaps at Created in Birmingham chose to feature my Prefab Tom portrait on their regular Friday Photo slot....

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]]> {tags} 2009-11-13T15:51:00+00:00 Prefab Portrait in Colorado! http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/prefab_portrait_in_colorado/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/prefab_portrait_in_colorado/#When:13:05:00Z Tonight sees the opening of the Portraits exhibition over at the Centre for Fine Art Photography, in Fort Collins, Colorado. My Prefab Tom work was selected from over 2,500 submissions by Mary Ellen Mark, one of the most respected and influential photojournalists of our time.

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

]]> {tags} 2009-11-06T13:05:00+00:00 The Art of Photography - San Diego! http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/the_art_of_photography_san_diego/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/the_art_of_photography_san_diego/#When:17:25:01Z I’m currently in sunny San Diego for the opening of the Art of Photography!

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! 

]]> {tags} 2009-08-29T17:25:01+00:00 Bewilder Beast! http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/bewilder_beast/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/bewilder_beast/#When:08:00:00Z image

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!

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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! 

]]> {tags} 2009-07-28T08:00:00+00:00 SynthEastwood HomeMade Exhibition footage online! http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/syntheastwood_homemade_exhbition_footage_online/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/syntheastwood_homemade_exhbition_footage_online/#When:12:32:00Z Back on 15th May I went over to Dublin for the seventh Synth EastWood exhibition, featuring various print and audio visual works around the ‘home made’ theme including my Prefab Tom portrait shot specifically for the Synth Eastwood exhibition.

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…

]]> {tags} 2009-07-27T12:32:00+00:00 Bewildered Bristol… http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/bewildered_bristol/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/bewildered_bristol/#When:08:59:00Z I’ve been part of The Joyful Bewilderment exhibition since it started touring last October, with its first opening at Rough Trade in London.

The show consisting of illustration and photography from over 100 international artists has since graced the walls of Analogue in Edinburgh and opened for it’s third time last night at Here Gallery in Bristol.

The current show runs at Here till 8th August - so if your down in Bristol please give it a look and see if you can spot my Mardi Gras Elephant image in the show…

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]]> {tags} 2009-07-08T08:59:00+00:00 Art of Ideas 2 - Visual Exhibition http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/art_of_ideas_2/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/art_of_ideas_2/#When:10:09:00Z Art of Ideas 2, an array of art events and debates in the city of Birmingham launches tonight with an exhibition of works curated by Stephen Snoddy, director The New Art Gallery Walsall and Curator of British Art. 

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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.

]]> {tags} 2009-07-01T10:09:00+00:00 Rockness Recovery… http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/rockness_recovery/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/rockness_recovery/#When:10:30:00Z Last weekend I was working up in the highlands of Scotland, documenting Scottish ravers partying hard at the Rockness music festival, overlooking Loch Ness!

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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…

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Dub Pistols font man Barry Ashworth amping up the crowd!

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Followed by a bit of crowd surfing…

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The crowd loving their glow sticks!

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

]]> {tags} 2009-06-21T10:30:00+00:00 Beautiful Disasters http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/beautiful_disasters/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/beautiful_disasters/#When:22:02:00Z The Photographers Gallery have put together another online public web gallery under the theme Beautiful Disasters! Where photographic blunders lend themselves to the outsider aesthetic!

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..

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

]]> {tags} 2009-06-08T22:02:00+00:00 Flak Photo http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/flak_photo/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/flak_photo/#When:07:02:00Z image

I recently stumbled upon Flak Photo, an online photography blogzine… It’s beyond inspiring! Put together by Flak Magazine and Andy Adams...

]]> {tags} 2009-06-01T07:02:00+00:00 Polaroid 665 Film! First Scans! http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/polaroid_665_film_first_scans/ http://blog.primeobjective.co.uk/index.php/poblog/post/polaroid_665_film_first_scans/#When:17:08:00Z A few weeks back I bought a batch of the rare Polaroid 665 film…

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…

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