A few weeks back I started to follow Mark Power on Instagram. I already had 'The Shipping Forecast' his brilliant 1996 book of black and white photographs. (I was lucky enough to pick this up in Oxfam for a couple of quid). At the time I started following he was posting a series of images… Continue reading Book : Mark Power – DTLFTSOTE
Category: Books
A Simple Pleasure!
I know it's been too quiet around here lately, life has caught up with me on a number of levels over the last little while and I've just not had the energy to dedicate to photography or blogging. Thankfully we managed a really great holiday in France & Spain over the last couple of weeks.… Continue reading A Simple Pleasure!
But Where Can I Get Pizza?
My wife and I live in the Broadway Market area of East London and over the years it has become artified and gentrified. Broadway Market has not one but three bookshops two of which specialise in arty books. There's also a great and long running photo book stall on the Saturday market here. Now I… Continue reading But Where Can I Get Pizza?
On Photography and Money
I just had a request, via flickr, for the image that heads up this page to be used in an academic book. It is, of course unpaid usage with a credit. I'm accepting as I like to get my ego stroked as much as the next guy and it's an image where any number of… Continue reading On Photography and Money
14.02.12 & 13 -> New Books
I spent the 12th and 13th housebound and, mostly, in bed due to a cold. This obviously curtailed my photo opportunities but, luckily, I had a couple of new books to keep me occupied and help me recharge my batteries. As well as being a gear head I also love photobooks - I see it… Continue reading 14.02.12 & 13 -> New Books
29.01.14 -> donLon Books
This is my local bookshop in London, literally 30 seconds from the front door of the building we're living in at the moment. This is likely to be a Very Bad Thing for me as they have some lovely photo books, and I am a bit partial to them… Worse there's another arty bookshop only… Continue reading 29.01.14 -> donLon Books