Johnathan Gitelson

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I've been a fan of Jonathan Gitelson's work for a while now. Whenever I'm feeling a bit down or have been looking at "heavy" work, his pictures always make me smile to myself. It's not that they are light weight in any way, just that there is something really understated about them. In some ways they remind me of Stephen Gill's work. Anyway take a look here: http://www.thegit.net/

"Woke up this morning, got yourself a gun"

The Sopranos, Bon Jovi, Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen. What do you know about New Jersey? Well the folks at I Heart Photograph would like to see you portray the place even if you've never been! Here's the call.

"You were born in New Jersey. You’ve been there. You’ve never been there. "You know it from movies. TV. Songs. Newspapers. You’ve Googled it. YouTubed it. Wikipediaed it. Flickred it. You’ve never even heard of it.
So ask yourself: is it possible to make a photograph of New Jersey regardless of where you are in the world? The Pierro Gallery and iheartphotograph.com invite photographers, designers, and artists of all kinds to participate in this global open call for work".More here:http://www.aphotographofnewjersey.com/

Skylines

Images copyright Mark Page

In yesterdays M.E.N and over on Manchester Confidential http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/property/index.asp?Sessionx=IpqiNw86KDImNwB6IaqiNwA were articles about the latest tall builds from Ian Simpson and West Properties, pretty impressive even I have to admit. There is little doubt that the Manchester Skyline has changed, massively over the last decade. The above photographs where taken around eight years apart.

sorry

I've noticed that because I've posted about Shell dropping it's sponsorship of The Wildlife photographer of the year award, google have put an advert for petrol on the blog!

Robert Adams interview

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Interesting interview with Robert Adams over on Bloomberg.com of all places...... here: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=ahiXJH1OdpMc&refer=muse

Curious............

Should you be curious in knowing what Martin Parr gets up to......... here :http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml;jsessionid=DTOMPGZEDZAL1QFIQMFCFGGAVCBQYIV0?xml=/arts/2008/01/26/baweek126.xml

Shell drop wildlife photography prize.

Not that I do any wildlife photography, the odd pigeon perhaps, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3257039.ece

In my case DNG's & tiffs

"Negatives are the notebooks, the jottings, the false starts, the whims, the poor drafts, and the good draft but never the completed version of the work... The completed version a print should be sufficient and fair return for a magazine's investment, for it is the means of fulfilling the magazine's purpose ,,,, The print and a proper one is the only completed photograph, whether it is specifically shaded for reproduction, or for a museum wall. Negatives are private, as is my bedroom " ....

- From W. Eugene Smith's letter to Life, refusing to allow the magazine to have possession of his negatives.

Michelle Sank

Third Prize 2007 National Portrait Gallery Photographic Prize "Janine" from the series Reality Crossings, Germany.

From the series "The Water's Edge series".

I have long been a fan of Michelle Sank's portraits and the quality of her work has now been endorsed by The National Portrait Gallery http://www.npg.org.uk/live/photoprize.asp where she was awarded 3rd prize in 2007. "The Water's Edge" work which was commissioned by Open eye Gallery to mark Liverpool's 800th anniversary in 2007, is one of my favourite pieces of Michelle's work. See some more here: http://www.michellesank.com/

Cat head man

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Feeling completely inspired after yesterdays post, I present a picture from a series on people who share their pets heads, and I promise to put this silliness behind us tomorrow............

A dog of an idea..

This has to be the stupidest photograph I have ever seen. I thought at first that maybe it was the genius idea of some art director somewhere, but no it was actually the idea of a photographer! What must he have been thinking...........Apparently it's about people that look like their dogs, I'm not being funny here mate, but she looks fuck all like that dog, and even if she had a black nose and a furry face why would you cut and paste them together? And as a model why would you agree to be photographed like that? "Oh here's Tracy or half dog half woman head as we now call her". If anyone out there knows of a dafter idea for a picture then I for one would love to see it.....................

Pete Davis

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Here's one I've got circled in the diary! Pete Davis is at Bolton Museum from 2nd February to 3rd May, with a show entitled "Wildwood" more info on Bolton here:http://www.boltonmuseums.org.uk/exhibitions/ and on Pete Davis here: http://www.pete-davis-photography.com/

Economic down turn..........

Image copyright Mark Page

Some folks never had the up turn...................

John Angerson at Impressions Gallery Bradford.

Book Signing and Talk: John Angerson
Thursday 24 January 2008, 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Photographer John Angerson will be talking about his work and signing copies of his latest publication Love, Power and Sacrifice, with plenty of opportunity for your questions.Photographed over twenty years, this body of work is a portrait of the Jesus Army. The Jesus Army is an evangelical Christian movement based in the United Kingdom. Their motto and three basic tenets - Love, Power and Sacrifice - form the title of the book.John Angerson has worked around the world on photographic assignments for a variety of international publications. His personal work, however, is concerned with Britain and it’s changing cultural landscape. His long-term projects address definitions of community - focusing on how specific communities form, shift and develop.The publication Love, Power and Sacrifice is available to buy in the gallery bookshop priced £12.99
Click here to read more
Image © John Angerson. A rain storm hits the Power Festival Weekend, a yearly gathering of members from across the UK, at Cornhill Manor, Northamptonshire.

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John Stezaker at Openeye

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Below text sent from Openeye Gallery

Out of Body
25 January 08 - 22 March 2008
Open Eye Gallery is proud to present the most substantial UK exhibition of John Stezaker's work in many years.
Using manual cut-and-paste techniques, Stezaker breathes new life into photographs salvaged from forgotten film archives and old magazines, transforming them into otherworldly, uncanny objects. His subtle, unsettling interventions allude to the subconscious and the surreal, and explore our seemingly endless fascination with the human face. Stezaker ruptures the naturalistic surface of his images, constructing views which are fragmented and dislocated. His pictures fuse and separate before our eyes, creating surreal new creatures and worlds.
Stezaker has played a central role in a number of developments in contemporary art practice over the last three decades, from Conceptual Art and New Image Art in the 1970s, through to the recent resurgence of interest in collage. Stezaker first showed his work as part of the British Conceptual Art group in 'The New Art', 1972 (the first Hayward Annual exhibition). His interest in the conceptual later gave way to a long-term fascination with images themselves, and it is this interest which he has subsequently pursued through much of his work with found photographs and printed matter.
John Stezaker lives and works in London.
A Stills Gallery touring exhibition, presented in partnership with the Approach Gallery, London.

www.openeye.org.uk

Gareth Phillips

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Sooo much interesting work (although quite dark) on his site it's hard to know where to start! He is also showing as part of projection 08 so here's a bit of a taster. http://www.garethphillipsphotography.com/

Police horses Ronaldo & cans of Tennants.....

Finished....... opening tommorrow at The Social, Urbis. Private view in the morning. All in all am very pleased with how it went. Both The Booth centre and Urbis learning were great to work with. And of course, Brian John, Andy, Lee, James, Paul, David and Stephen. Thanks fella's............ The work can also be seen on my main site. here: http://www.manchesterphotography.com/

It's coming!

Projection 08 coming soon!

www.redeye.org.uk

Martin Amis

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Nice work unfortunate name! I really like the "Racing Seen" work http://www.lifeshots.co.uk/ he also has a great blog over at http://www.hipshots.co.uk/

Yawn yawn

It's boring but I suppose necessary to keep up to date, latest on copyright here: http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=686066