Simon Høgsberg
May 16, 2008
Over a period of 3 months I stopped 150 strangers on the street and asked them what they were thinking about the second before I stopped them… then took a picture of them.
South Bank
May 13, 2008
South Bank HD from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.
As a photographer I take great pleasure in finding something interesting or beautiful in things you would normally identify as unremarkable. So it’s with great pleasure that I stumbled (via Matthew Buchanan) across the work of Philip Bloom. The South Bank is my favourite place in London and I’ve walked the route from Waterloo to the Tate Modern many times yet this beautifully observed video is full of images I feel ashamed to admit I’ve completely missed.
There’s more work on Philip’s site and it’s all beautifully observed. Great stuff.
Of Montreal
May 10, 2008
The past is a grotesque animal and in its eyes you can see how completely wrong you can be.
Freedom Riders
May 06, 2008
I decided to try to find as many of the Mississippi riders as I could and make contemporary portraits to accompany these earlier photographs.
The mug-shot. Usually a photograph of a felons face made for police record. Or, in the case of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders, a visceral account not of justice served but of a massive injustice.
By the photographer Eric Etheridge, this is an enlightening project about an important part of history, not be lost or forgotten, and testimony to the power of the individual to make a difference.
The book, Breach of Peace - Portraits of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Riders , is available on Amazon here.
‘bad night’ for Labour
May 02, 2008
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