Christophe Maout

Image copyright Christophe Maout

Walking around town yesterday in the sun with a camera, had me making twee & cliched image after image. Which makes me realise just what an achievement Christophe Maout's series "Spring" really is: http://willi.viewbook.com/ and here for an interview with him: http://zoumzoum.blogs.liberation.fr/2008/maout_christophe/index.html

Opportunity....

If you graduated from either a BA or MA course between May 07 & May 08 then this may well be of some interest to you. It's brought to you from The Photographers' Gallery in "old London town" and really is a great opportunity....... HERE: http://www.photonet.org.uk/index.php?pid=230

A Brief History.....

Images from the series "A Brief History" by Mark Page.

I've just uploaded a new series to my website. "A Brief History" is just that, and can be seen at www.manchesterphotography.com I'm once again, looking at this piece of work as a set of "Documents" about Manchester.

"Where None Intrudes" by Tom Munday

Still from "Where None Intrudes" by Tom munday

Found this great little film by Tom Munday over at http://www.exposuresfilmfestival.co.uk/?page=watch&film=1522957711803098740 along with some other crackers over at http://www.exposuresfilmfestival.co.uk/?page=watch

Greg Wasserstrom

Image copyright Greg wasserstrom

Like the sequencing of images over on Greg Wasserstrom's site. http://gregwasserstrom.com/index.html

And Following Nicely on from below............

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have unraveled how a horse tranquilizer and hallucinogenic night club drug known as "Special K" can ease depression, researchers said on Friday.http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSL0284213220080502

Central Station Retrospective @ Richard Goodall.

Grand Central, the group of artist's behind much of the "Madchester" look, are having a retrospective at The Richard Goodall Gallery.http://www.richardgoodallgallery.com/contemporaryart/p42/Central-Station-Retrospective-May-2008/pages.html?CDpath=_3 starting with a private view on May 15th and opening on 16th May. www.richardgoodallgallery.com for more.

Peter Piller

Image copyright Peter Piller

Working with found images...................http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/peter_piller His website: http://www.peterpiller.de/index1.htm

KRO 2 you know, like as in a sequel.........

What? Wetherspoon's + a £, I'm from Kent but "I'm mad fer it"..... pretty boy/girl bar staff....

New Martin O'Neill Book & Exhibition.

Image copyright Martin O'Neill

Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c2_B_cWK_M and then imagine being a young photographer and being at Joy Division's 1979 Bowden Vale gig. Well Martin O'Neill was, and at The Smith's etc etc. A teenager in the 70's/ 80's with a camera and a mission, fixing times from our lifetime in classic B/W, "yes my boy" I was a youth myself then and how fucking cool was it........ A little too young (13 in 1979) but wrote joy division on the stripes of my Adidas (All Day I Dream About Sex) school bag in "biro" along with "Have a break have a kwik krap" Grew a "wedge" and formed an attitude. Martin O'Neill's book "Don't Miss This" and forthcoming exhibitions I hope will take me back......... Now where's me "Second Image" jeans & me purple KIO's............ http://www.zyworld.com/sugarbeach/Hot_News!.htm

I'm Warning You!

It's local Government voting day here in the UK. This is when we traditionally "fire a warning shot across the bows" of our current government, so we may well be voting for people who we don't really like just to stick two fingers up to the people who we do like. You've got to love us Brits............ More Here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/localelections2008/

Mathieu Pernot

images Mathieu Pernot

Plenty of fascinating documentary work, using both found images, and his own photographs from this French artist over at http://www.documentsdartistes.org/artistes/pernot/repro.html Also some interesting reading.

Why is the Imperial War Museum celebrating James Bond?

"Bums on seats" so to speak. It's the same reason that our main gallery had Kylie's Knickers http://www.manchestergalleries.org/whats-on/exhibitions/?itemID=21 last year.

More Here; http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article3805217.ece

Adrian Tyler

Image copyright Adrian Tyler

Adrian Tyler's work on man made environments and structures are well worth viewing. I particularly liked the abstracted "Road" section. www.adriantyler.net

Believe................

May 21st, Moscow.

Dear God..........

If you could please fix it for United to win tonight, I promise I will never be nasty to anyone ever again on this blog.........................http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7BB4CEE8FA%2D9A47%2D47BC%2DB069%2D3F7A2F35DB70%7D&newsid=549416

Bloody ell..........

After managing to piss off Manchester's New Labour groupies, (see comments last post) a party that's managed to bring the nation to it's knees, within a decade, It's back to photo's.......................................

Who The F#*k..........

Vote for ME, ME, ME..........
Yes, who the f#*k do you think you are you cheeky bastard? You put my name and address on some shit flyer and give it to some gimp to post through my letter box. Data protection? Well here's your Email address and I hope that every decent person who reads this, world wide email's you, you dick........ anthony@citycentrelabour.org.uk This of course is how little respect they have for us, Vote for me, me, me.................................

Salford's Next Big Ting.....

God I'm sorry for that but I couldn't resist. But really we love The Ting Tings here. http://www.myspace.com/thetingtings Download 18th May, CD 19th May, now where was I, oh yes "that's not my name, la la la la"

Vintage Scally Photo Found!

Not really, did I have you fooled? It's off one of those Internets novelty websites from Japan. You upload a photo, press the big blue button and it turns it into instant vintage photo. Entertaining for a good five minutes..................... http://labs.wanokoto.jp/olds