Great to be back where it all began, shooting on film. Using my 1950s Rolleiflex and only fully seeing what’s been captured, once developed. Those were the days. Back in 70s when I first started out in the photographic studio of FCB Agency (Foote, Cone & Belding) everything was shot on film before the digital revolution, imagine that! Decided now is the time to focus on a retrospective ’50 years behind the lens’ Including my 1970s unseen works around Portobello Road and Brighton. A book and an exhibition will work well with that… Finding a home for my very extensive archive is a work in progress.A fabulous collection of thousands of photographic transparencies (from assignments around the world) art work, magazines, prints and so such more…More recently: my Analogue Sparks Award Winners: Stormy New York https://www.analogsparksawards.com/winner/zoom.php?eid=3-3706-24 and Havana https://www.analogsparksawards.com/winner/zoom.php?eid=3-6293-25 can also be seen in the November issue of the AOP Focus Magazine Link These follow on from other recent awards, I just haven’t had time to post/share: https://fineartphotoawards.com/winners-gallery/fapa-2018-2019/professional/fine-art/hm/8433 and: https://fineartphotoawards.com/winners-gallery/fapa-2018-2019/professional/fine-art/hm/8509 Revamped website to follow and exciting times ahead. Do get in touch if you’ve an interest in any of the above, or just to say hello!
Winner with an Honorable Mention in Life Style and Street category for my series around the streets of Havana. All shots taken on 120 roll film with my Linhof 6X17 format camera. I met amazing people along the way, especially the children, all only too pleased to be be in my shots.
Winner with Silver in the lifestyle and street category of the Analogue Sparks awards, for my series, Stormy day in New York. Shot entirely on 35mm 1000 ISO film. See the rest of the images on Analogue Sparks Winners page, link here
Glass Mill centre is a new leisure facility in lewisham South London. Created with a kinetic glass facade designed by artist Phil Coy. A palette of 1,800 glass pixels form a multicoloured grid across the vast curved facade of the building. The grid is backlit, fitted with sensors which through computer programming, respond to the level of external sound around from traffic noise to human voice’s. Glass Mill won best Built Project-community scale in 2014 for “it’s transformational impact on the wider area, benefits to the local community, design and ingenuity”
“Message from the Unseen World” is a digital art installation memorial wall dedicated to mathematician Alan Turing.
Located in Paddington West London, It celebrates the life and work of Alan Turing who was born in Paddington and is best known for the role he played in breaking the enigma code during the second world war.
The piece was curated by Futurecity and devised by United Visual Artists (“UVA”) in collaboration with Hackney based poet Nick Drake. Nick Drakes verse depicts Turing speaking posthumously about his life.
The installation comprises aluminium panels perforated by holes and LED’s which display extracts from Turing’s ground breaking “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” in patterns based on the Baudot code.
As the LED’s are illuminated they reveal words and verses from Drakes poem, with the display controlled by an algorithm which experiments with different combinations of letters and words.
Nominated in Fine Art category of the 5th Fine Art photography Awards
Bodie Ghost Town
Ron produced this series while exploring the gold rush areas around California. These are just few images form the collection taken around the Ghost Town of Bodie. Shot entirely on black & white roll film and large format cameras.
Series Nominated in the 5th Fine Art photography Awards
Dungeness
Dungeness on the south coast of England is officially classed as desert due to the enormous expanse of shingle there. A lonely desolate place, the beach is dotted with derelict fishing boats, an indication of its past as a small craft fishing centre. It sits in the shadow of an enormous nuclear power station.
Nominated series in the 3rd Fine Art photography Awards
Documentary series on the abandoned areas around the city of Detroit.
I discovered a consequence to Detroit’s problems had been the abandonment of many homes, commercial and government buildings, including even some schools, libraries, and churches. Interested in the visual transformation of many parts of the city, I decided to take a trip there to shoot a documentary series.
Following on from the Brooklands book project, four images from the series were selected to be included in this years Creative Review photography Annual.
During my recent shoot producing photography for the Natural History Museum’s annual review, I had the privileged experience of photographing the amazing work done by the conservation team in the Darwin Centre, on the skeleton of the Blue Whale, the museum’s largest specimen. Continue…
Following on from the Brooklands book project, four images from the series were selected to be included in this years Creative Review photography Annual.