KRAKOW PHOTOMONTH- WHIPLASH TRANSITION
May has seen a visit to Poland where it was great to be part of the 15th edition of the wonderful Krakow Photography festival. This year saw Gordon Macdonald as the festival curator with the theme of ‘From the Outside, Looking in” ‘The War from Here’ is a group exhibition in the famous Bunkier building, a 1960′s […]
BJP- Whats Hot at FORMAT by Tom Seymour
Published on 28 March 2017 Festival review: what’s hot at Format Written by Tom Seymour Review of FORMAT festival and my new project ‘The Canary and the Hammer’ presented at the festival in its digital form, a collaboration with ICVisual Lab. www.thegolddepository.com
FORMAT International Photography Festival returns next Spring
I shall be showing images from”The Canary and the Hammer” at Format Festival next year. For more information about the festival and a sneak preview from Louise Clements have a look at the British Journal of Photographies interview with Louise by Diane Smyth.
Covert War and Cultures Collide
2pm Join a discussion with our exhibiting artist, Mahwish Chishty, photographic artist Lisa Barnard and IWM contemporary art researcher, Clare Carolin, on the challenges of creating artworks which represent and comment on covert war. This event runs alongside the upcoming exhibition IWM Contemporary: Mahwish Chishty, which features a mixture of 2D and 3D works that combine […]
Lee Miller Curator Talks 19th March
I shall be discussing the work of Lee Miller with Alison Baskerville and Corporal Chantelle Cook after a presentation on my work, including images from a new project on the Osama Bin Laden tapes. http://www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-london/lee-miller-curator-talks-fully-booked
The Photobook Review 009/Fall 2015
An interesting review of my book ‘Hyenas of the Battlefield, Machines in the Garden’ by Glulla Zorzi, cofounder of Micamera, a book shop and gallery in Milan specialising in photography, published in the aperture Photobook Review 2015.
Lianzhou Foto Festival
I have just returned from exhibiting ‘Hyenas of the Battlefield, Machines in the Garden’ in china. The project was curated by François Cheval from Museé Nicéphore Niépce in France after seeing the work at Rencontres d’Arles in the Discovery Award earlier this year. The festival at Lianzhou was started in 2005 by Lin Wenzhao, then […]
New Prestige Grant from Getty Images
I am trilled to announce that I have been awarded a $15,000 grant to continue developing a new project with the provisional title of Sweat of the Sun, Excrement of the Gods. The project will develop over the coming year and is a direct response to the financial crisis of 2008 and a desire to connect particular interests […]
Arles 2015 / The Brit Awards: Love, life and death at the 2015 Rencontres d’Arles by Simon Bowcock
http://www.photomonitor.co.uk/2015/08/arles-2015/
Installation Images from Rencontre D’Arles
Images from the 2015 Rencontres D’Arles Discovery award, chosen by Louise Clements. The installation was curated by myself and Louise and included smells, images, video and objects.