Looking without Seeing

Harmony in Blue

2011-11-19T13:27:34Z

Taken in woods in Wales, Spring 2011. Medium format, Yashica 124g, Fuji Reala 100iso. Just received back from the printers this morning. Finally something decent in colour worth shouting about. Finally some prints back from 20 or so rolls waiting for me to have enough spare change in my pockets to get them processed. Well, here's the first of that batch. Delight, for you dear reader.

At 30th & Broadway

2011-09-03T14:53:33Z

New York, August 2011. A lot going on, so try it larger. Where's JP?!

Muchmore La

2011-08-31T15:29:43Z

This book taught me much about street photography. If you haven't read it, you really should. The white fence, as shot by Paul Strand, takes its origins from Cubism, but beyond the relation of shapes and shades the fence also symbolises a key part of Americana; later the American Creed. The fence conveys a message of hope, opportunity and freedom, much as conveyed in Lenny's dreams in Of Mice and Men. Here, I play on that theme, using the fence as backdrop to juxtaposing iconography.

Rain on 32nd Street

2011-08-22T14:18:42Z

Made on 17th August, 2011. New York. Much has changed in my life since the last post. I've met the woman of my dreams in New York and she's shortly going to move to the UK to live with me. In the mean time, I've been spending plenty of time in New York, trying to balance work, life and love. I am happy and I am planning to rejuvenate my photographic exploits in the Fall. I hope there might be the odd fan out there still.

Looking Out

2011-01-31T14:13:50Z

Crikey, two images in the space of the week. A near record. Another from Liberty Island looking towards Manhattan. Shot on New Year's Eve, 2010.

Manhattan

2011-01-26T03:05:45Z

Too many excuses from me about posting here and I'm guessing most people have long since got bored and left! But I will be back on a regular schedule, one day, when I can find the time to post. Life right now doesn't seem to give me much free time - I'm shooting a lot, I'm posting less. Hello to you if you're still visiting!

Book Signing - New York, 2010

2010-11-21T19:58:24Z

Taken outside Barnes & Noble on 5th Avenue, 17 November, 2010. I deliberately wanted to shoot this in the style of Robert Frank's Movie Premiere - Hollywood, 1955. Suffice to say, I am pleased with the results! (This is a deliberately low quality version).

An intersection of now

2010-11-09T13:23:39Z

The Rio series is on hold for now, a little too much going on in my life to get round to scanning them. Just to say hi, this beast isn't completely dead and I want to find time to escape here. I find myself with too much to do on a day to day basis. Hope all are well. Taken on 168 St in NYC. Loving NYC, finding a lot out about myself, challenging me. Taking a street photo course at ICP which is pushing me.

Views from Rio ~XV~

2010-08-11T07:26:37Z

Hello Been a while. Been too busy. I'm going to live in New York for 6 months at the end of August. Between the nerves and the excitement lies my life; busy, a bit of a wreck, adrift. Anyway, the plan is, when I get to NYC, to spend a considerable amount of time on photography. And buy my photobook. It's great. Santa Teresa, Rio, February 2009.

Views from Rio ~XIV~

2010-06-29T22:40:46Z

Very exciting this, two posts in as many weeks. Somewhat of a record, but I'm on a roll, or at least have a vague system in place for scanning. Shot in Santa Teresa, Rio. This boy was fascinated by my camera and his mum asked if I'd take a photo of him. I obliged, printed this shot in the dark room back in Blighty and sent it to her. She lived in a favella so I wasn't sure if it would ever reach her, and sadly a few months later, I got the image back. Larger