I have neglected updating my news section these last six months. Domestic work has taken precedence, having moved into a new home early in the summer. My days have been occupied with building work, floor laying, painting and various other DIY jobs. It is a complete privilege to be a homeowner after years of renting, but thankfully these jobs are all nearing completion and hopefully I can focus again on taking pictures. Although I haven’t taken many pictures, I have quite a few news updates, which I will collate together rather than doing individual posts, with the most recent news first.
Bristol Photo Festival
My series the island is currently being shown as part of the Bristol Photo Festival in a collective show with Helen Sear, Turn to Return. I had a lovely time in Bristol over the weekend, opening the exhibition with an in conversation hosted by Ken Grant. The exhibition is at Centrespace and runs until the 23rd of October.
Facing Britain
My series the Island is currently being exhibited in Germany as part of a large group exhibition of British Documentary Photography, Facing Britain. This is the second incarnation of the show, curated by Ralph Goertz and featuring 48 photographers, including:
Mike Abrahams, Meredith Andrews, James Barnor, Rob Bremner, Rachel Louise Brown, John Bulmer, Tessa Bunney, Thom Corbishley, Robert Darch, John Davies, Anna Fox, Ken Grant, Judy Greenway, Mohamed Hassan, Paul Hill, David Hurn, Tony-Ray Jones, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, Kalpesh Lathigra, Barry Lewis, Markéta Luskačová, Kirsty Mackay, Fran May, Niall McDiarmid, Daniel Meadows, Roy Mehta, Sandra Mickiewicz, Peter Mitchell, David Moore, Tish Murtha, John Myers, Kevin O'Farrell, Martin Parr, Mark Pinder, Yan Wang Preston, Ryan Prince, Kavi Pujara, Paul Reas, Simon Roberts, Michelle Sank, Syd Shelton, Hazel Simcox, Dave Sinclair, Homer Sykes, Alys Tomlinson, Jon Tonks, Dan Wood und Tom Wood.
It is a complete privilege to be included as part of this retrospective of British Documentary photography, the largest exhibition of its kind on this subject. The exhibition is showing at Kunsthalle Darmstadt until early January 2022. General install images Copyright IKS.
You can see my work included as part of a short ARTE documentary <LINK>
Martin Parr Foundation Collection
In the Autumn Martin Parr visited me at home to look through my archive and selected 39 images that he wanted to include as part of the growing archive of British photography he is collecting and housing at the Martin Parr Foundation. It is of course a real honour to have my work recognised and included as part of the archive. I recently visited the foundation to sign the prints.
Sidmouth School of Art
Over the Summer I was invited by David Shrigley and Sidmouth Coastal Community Hub to contribute to a new initiative created by David Shrigley, Sidmouth School of Art. As part of the project I exhibited images from my Tree on the Hill Series on a Billboard in Sidmouth and worked with the Local Camera Club, helping selected members create work around the idea of, ‘Sense of Place’. Their work will subsequently be shown on the Billboard in Sidmouth and on the Sidmouth School of Art Website which is currently being developed.
You can see me talking about the project in this short film below.
Southbank Centre - Art by Post
In the late spring I was commissioned by the Southbank Centre to photograph several participants involved in their national ‘Art by Post’ project. The project has provided free cultural activities to 4,500 people across the UK aged 18 to 103 at risk of social isolation, loneliness and digital exclusion. The exhibition is made up of more than 600 artworks made in the confines of people’s homes, in response to the artist-commissioned booklets. The physical exhibition, taking place in the Royal Festival Hall, presents a curated selection from the Art by Post project. Participants’ drawings, paintings and poetry are organised by three key themes for the exhibition: nature, sound and movement, and hope. In addition, a selection of portraits of participants photographed on their doorsteps will be shown outside along the Riverside Terrace. The exhibition is running from 20th September to the 3rd of October.
