Category Archives: Photography

Photo-a-Day 17th March

So it’s the second day and I’m already slightly cheating. I’m in the process of attempting to sort through my things before I move house in a few weeks and I keep finding unprocessed rolls of film (and more dvds of documentaries than I ever thought possible to own, not complaining). I got two rolls developed today, one turned out not to be mine and the other contained the photos below, which I took about a year ago just after I got back from the Hurricane Ike filming debacle. The first two are my grandparents, and in life’s peculiar way they are very timely as my grandfather was in hospital this week for two fairly scary operations and today he came home, so it was wonderful timing to see these. The third photo is from a shoot I did for a friend’s documentary. Not very interesting out of context but it reminded me how much I like photos that are slightly out of focus. I will never see my photography as something to consider professionally, mainly because I will never be good enough, but also because I like flaws too much and this was an example of that.

I have no excuses tomorrow so we’ll see what happens.

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Crazy Photo-a-Day attempt

I need to take more photos. It’s something that has slipped of late and I really have no excuse for it. So I’m setting myself the impossible challenge of taking at least one photo a day. I’m sure I’ll struggle at this but it’s worth a go and as it’s just for practise if nothing else it’ll be good to just keep improving (hopefully).

As I’m fairly unwell and haven’t really left the house today (other than to get chips, but that doesn’t count) it’s been Henry who’s unfortunately been the focus. There is also the fact that I only have two weeks left with him before he has to go and live with my parents so I’m a little soppy towards him at the moment. But this is my photo for today. I’m going to be uploading them all to this set and see how I get on.

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Remembering Dennis Stock

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Magnum Photographer Dennis Stock sadly died today.

Stock started his career as an apprentice to Life magazine photographer Gjon Mili and joined Magnum in 1951. Although best known for his intimate portraits of James Dean he was also a prolific Jazz photographer taking some of the most iconic Jazz portraits in history for his book Jazz Street. in 1968 he founded the production company Visual Objectives and shot several documentaries but returned to Magnum to serve as president of Magnum’s film and new media division in 1969 and 1970. Stock generated a book or an exhibition almost every year since the 1950s.

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“Art is a well-articulated manifestation of an aspect of life. I have been privileged to view much of life through my cameras, making the journey an enlightened experience. My emphasis has mainly been on affirmative reactions to human behavior and a strong attraction to the beauty in nature.”

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Capturing Conflict Film Festival

I’m really proud to be able to announce the Frontline Club’s Capturing Conflict Film Festival. The festival is something I have been working on for months and I really hope the lineup showcases a selection of the most important films about the risks journalists and filmmakers take in order to get their stories out.

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The festival begins on the 7th September and the listings are below, for a more in-depth description of the films please visit the club’s main listings page here:

Tortured Truths – September 4, 7pmbook
Followed by a Q&A with Director and Producer Christine Garabedian

Russian Newspaper Murders – September 7, 7pmbook
Followed by a Q&A with Director Paul Jenkins

Death in Gaza – September 10, 7pmbook
Followed by a Q&A with Reporter Saira Shah

Unseen Gaza – September 14, 7pmbook
Followed by a Q&A with Jon Snow and Director Katherine Churcher

Somalia: Al-Qaeda’s New Haven – September 24, 7pmbook
Followed by a Q&A with Director James Brabazon

Cry Freetown – September 25, 7pmbook
Followed by a Q&A with Writer, Reporter and Cameraman Sorious Samura and Director Ron McCullagh

Mo & Me – September 28, 7pmbook
Followed by a Q&A with Salim Amin

I would be incredibly grateful if you could help us promote the film festival on your website or blog. Please use the code below to add the festival banner to your site.

Capturing Conflict Film Festival

Capturing Conflict Film Festival

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