Mixing Colours: Video Submission
Roger Eno and Brian Eno invited submissions of single-shot videos to accompany the tracks on their latest album Mixing Colours. I chose 'Iris', a restful piano piece.
I shot my submission very simply on my iPhone, on a small bridge over the Thames and Medway Canal, a couple of miles from my home. This is the point where the countryside ends and the conurbation begins; London is in the distance.
Innocent Unplugged Festival photofilm
We had a great time at the Innocent Unplugged Festival. Thanks to Innocent for holding such an inspiring, creative, mellow and free event.
Also a huge thank you to Antigoni who I first heard playing at the festival and who generously allowed me to use her music.
Henk Wildschut - Calais, December 2012
In this video, Henk Wildschut revisits the site of the Calais camps he previously photographed in his series Shelter. It highlights the difficult circumstances of those waiting to get to cross the English Channel, many risking life and limb to make the crossing. It vividly shows that the view of these migrants from either side of the channel is never clear-cut.
Laura Pannack: documentary photographer
This Rave Late video features Documentary and Editorial Photographer Laura Pannack talking about her experiences working on both commissions and personal projects.
It's interesting to hear about how she instigates projects, preferring to concentrate on subjects she feels passionate about rather than those which may be more obviously commercial.
Crop sensors and the psychology of full frame
If you ever look at any photographic forum (which I wouldn’t necessarily recommend) there's generally a thread with about 14,000 posts on the never-ending debate regarding the pros and cons of full-frame (35mm) sensors vs APS-C. As it happens for some time I've been thinking about trading in my Nikon D7000 (APS-C) camera for a Nikon D610 (full-frame), so I find myself in the middle of this debate.
Saul Leiter: The Art of Photography
I finally got around to watching Tomas Leach's documentary about Saul Leiter I mentioned last week. He's such an inspiring photographer, I love his use of minimalist composition and those amazing flashes of colour.
Which way is the frontline from here? - The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington
Which way is the frontline from here?, is a film by journalist Sebastian Junger about his RESTREPO co-director British photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington.
Hetherington was sadly killed in Libya in 2011. I, unfortunately, only became aware of Tim's work following his death.
Jim Mortram: Documentary photographer
Good documentary photography is a mixed blessing. Yes, it enlightens, it inspires, but for much of the time, it shows the vast majority of us how lucky we are and what tough lives some of us live. This is particularly true for the work of Jim Mortram.