FORMAT 17 – Initial thoughts on Derby’s Photo Festival
Today I went on a press tour of Derby’s FORMAT 17 photography festival. The theme – HABITAT – is complex and wide-ranging and has, I feel, been a little over-intellectualised, which I suppose is to be expected in the photo exhibition world, but it has at least led to a great variety of work […]
What makes photography special?
I do a talk to camera clubs entitled The Wider World of Photography where I cover most of the genres of photography. I’ve been presenting it for just over two years. At the close, I present my Top 10 images. Up till now, I finished the talk by showing a photo of Marilyn Monroe taken by […]
Belper Food & Drink… & Heat
I’ve just processed my photos from the recent Belper Food & Drink Festival and it’s reminded me of a day I felt proud to consider myself a Belperian. The Festival began in 2007 in the rain, and with a couple of dozen stalls. It rained on the next four festivals, though the stalls and the […]
Cover Story & Cornish Delight… and an audience with ‘A Poet of Light’
From delight to disappointment to delight again in a matter of moments… There were two items in the morning mail: a package containing two books I ordered as my image is on the front covers. First, Romans, a Bible Study Guide published in America which used one of my favourite images: a solitary boat on […]