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My favourite ‘Desert Island’ photographer
Darren Almond (British, b 1971) – is an artist with a very diverse practice including film and sculpture as well as photography. His best known works are described as highly evocative meditations on time and duration. I am particularly drawn to … Continue reading
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Creative inspirations
This category is about camera-less and abstract photography 1 Gina Glover (British, co-founder of Photofusion Photography Centre in Brixton, London). Glover has a wide-ranging practice, but I am particularly drawn to her pinhole camera photographs. See her website. … Continue reading
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Telling a powerful story continued ….
Telling a powerful story continues with this round-up of social documentary photographers: 1 Sebastiao Salgado (Brazil, b 1944) – world renowned social documentary photographer and photo-journalist. I am inspired by his story partly because of the monumental scale and … Continue reading
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Inspirations – escaping lockdown through photography
Recreating a work of art at home Recently, the Getty Museum issued a challenge to recreate favourite works of art using just three objects lying around at home. It was inspired by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and an Instagram account … Continue reading
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Inspirations – local friends of the Club
From Mike J and Diana Jane White I sent an email to Jane White who was due to talk to us about iPhone photography in October …. she wanted to cancel it, but remain available. She sent a link … Continue reading
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Inspirations – from Pete
Here are three photos I have seen lately that appealed to me. The first two were included by a book given me at Christmas titled Read This If You Want To Take Great Photographs, by Henry Carroll. The first is by … Continue reading
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Telling a powerful story 1 – Don McCullin
Don McCullin – photo-journalist witnessing war, poverty, and deprivation “Still photographs have a strong affinity with the way we remember. The vibrations of a still photograph can be intense, and can last forever …. the ripples go out…. The disenchantment … Continue reading
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A Sense of Place 4 – Coming Home from War
Don McCullin: international photo-journalist, ‘war photographer’ … and landscape photographer British. Born London, 1935. Lives in Somerset. “The rural landscape is his greatest salvation” Don McCullin is a major British photographer, and only the second to be made a … Continue reading
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A Sense of Place 3 – Ocean
Rachael Talibart – nature photographer British, born in Bognor Regis, W Sussex, lives in Surrey. Fine art photographer and workshop leader. Black and … Continue reading
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A Sense of Place 2 – Landscape Stories
Jem Southam, landscape photographer British. Born 1950 in Bristol. Emiritus Professor at the University of Plymouth. Lives in Exeter. “I take with me a camera and a single lens. The pictures are made … Continue reading
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