Soap Box Corner

I would like to draw your attention to an article in The Sunday Times (7.03.10), entitled 'The Shooting Party's Over', which outlines how photography in public spaces is coming under increasing threat from officialdom. Inevitably, the police - implementing the new rules and guidelines - receive most of the flak, but rather than place the blame on hard working and under-valued officers performing an all ready difficult job, its probably fairer to widen the debate to try and understand why photography is suddenly seen as such an threat. From this starting point, maybe there is some common ground that will help resolve some of the issues and keep photography possible in public spaces.

Do read the article if possible and do be aware of the issues - if you are a photographer, amateur or professional, you should understand the issues so that a) you don't make a situation worse if stopped & challenged and b) start campaigning to reverse this nonsense. The article in The Sunday Times highlights some of the classic, iconic photographs that just won't be possible to recreate in the future, but the rationale for not accepting this situation goes beyond creative picture making and historical documentation and embraces issues central to our civil liberties.

Back to Work!

Seems ages since the last post - no real excuse except that I've been much, much busier than expected at the start of the year. Obviously a good thing, but with everything going on, I've neglected the blog. That's not good!

Since the last blog, I've won a great commission to document a community project - more on that later; also, the first training workshop at Bailbrook House has taken place (great fun had by all judging from the positive feedback); we have a competition winner for the boudoir competition in Exeter, we've done some commercial 'stuff' and shot some weddings - its been a good start to the year. So watch this space. As promised on blog No: 1, I really want to use this space to post most recent work, keep you up to date with special offers and events and - occasionally - climb on to my soapbox...