We’ve all seen those unnerving billboards with the ersatz face of David Cameron on them. Now those clever kids at mydavidcameron.com have given us the chance to give his ego a make-under by allowing us to create a pastiche of said billboard. Brilliant.
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There are some absolutely beautiful photographs on Laura McPhee’s website. I was especially interested in the “Family Portrait” series as most of my work focuses around the domestic sphere, she approaches the subjects with grace and humility. I just wish the images were bigger and the website easier to navigate.
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One of my favourite bloggers, Colin Pantall, has just raised some interesting questions in this post here. He talks about the iconic Myra Hindley photograph and the person who created it.
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It’s nice living with friends again. All the wonderful eccentricities come flooding out!
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My main man – Jonathan Cherry talks to photographers about their work (me included) on his website Mull it Over. He’s just interviewed Noah Kalina, I like Kalina’s work (it’s very humorous in places, see above – he took a picture of himself everyday for a long time) and I like Jon interviewing him.
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Now that the festive season is over, time to think about photography again. It was nice to not think about it for a while as well move into a lovely new apartment. I’ve really been enjoying Mike Brodie’s (a.k.a The Polaroid Kidd) work recently, he photographs the marginalised members of American society with a care-free meandering vernacular aesthetic. His portraits are truly stunning.
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One of my all time favourite photographers , Larry Sultan, has died of cancer. Incredibly sad news. Full story here.
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“Since teaching art has been destructive to the practice of every artist I know who teaches, I try never to forget that the few good, serious teachers of art pay a price that’s way too high for the privilege of doing it.”
- Dave Hickey
It’s funny, since I’ve been teaching – I haven’t taken a single photograph until yesterday. This is the first new piece of work I’ve made in over three months. How am I meant to teach anything new if I’m not making relevant work? Well, I’m not sure how relevant my work is – but you get what I mean. I love teaching but it does seem to harm your own practice.
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Last weekend I met up with a few friends who I used to go to university with, it reminded me how lucky I was to be surrounded by such talented people (I sound so gushy!). One my favourites had always been Chloe Lelliott, she mixes beautiful existential interiors in the project “Between Silence and White Walls” with wonderful kitsch portraits of chairs in the series “Where did all the Good Chairs Go?”.
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FREESTYLE is a showcase consisting of a small selection of works from twelve different photographers and illustrators in Birmingham. With a myriad of styles – from the colourful portraits of Alis Pelleschi and the conceptual photographs of Holly Nind all the way to the imaginative graffiti illustrations of Phill Blake and Daisy Whitehouse. It aims to represent the different styles and ideas of artists throughout our city from all walks of life.
The showcase features the work of photographers & illustrators:
Alis Pelleschi
Luke Halliley
Holly Nind
Tony Hill
Helen Flanagan
Lucy Pryor
Mark Wilkinson
Mia Maher
Leon Sparkes
Daisy Whitehouse
N4T4
& Phill Blake.
The showcase is located in the BACK BAR of the Hare and Hounds (Kings Heath) and starts on December 8 at 8pm. It is completely FREE. There will be a DJ set from THE OTHER WOMANS CLUB and a spoken word set from the amazing Jodi Ann Bickley.
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