Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 8th, 2010
The above picture is taken from the book ‘Our True Intent Is All For Your Delight’. This book is comprised of photographs taken in the 1960s and 1970s by John Hinde and a team of photographers. The photographs were taken at Butlins holiday camps around the UK to be used as promotional materials. Despite the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 30th, 2010
I’m a member of the photographic collective, west and our debut exhibition opens on the 2nd July at the Light House Media Centre in Wolverhampton. Our intention as a group is to come together and exhibit on a twice-yearly basis. Our individual interests as photographers are very diverse and this creates a dynamic group aesthetic. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 17th, 2010
This is the very first black and white film I have received for this project. I was extra excited for this one because I could develop it myself (I am looking into developing colour film at home but at the moment I can only do black & white) Until you have developed a film for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 5th, 2010
…to say a big hello to all the people who have dropped by from Yes and Yes! Good luck to everyone who enters the birthday giveaway over there, the prizes look amazing! I just thought it seemed like an appropriate time to repost the location of the Facebook group and Twitter account for the project. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 4th, 2010
I’ve been a fan of Yes and Yes run by the lovely Sarah Von for ages now and when I read her posts asking for submissions for a big (and I mean BIG) birthday giveaway, I knew I wanted to be involved. To that end I have offered a 15×10″ print of any photograph from [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 4th, 2010
I thought it might be a good idea to give you a sneak peek at what’s in the pipeline for The Forgotten Negatives Project. These are my promises to you! > More film! I have 2 developed and scanned films ready to show you as well as another 5 processed films that I need to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 22nd, 2010
I seem to be having some problem with my Flickr account whereby my images aren’t showing up on these pages. The best part of which is that I can see them fine so I’m relying on other people to tell me where things have gone wrong (bravo Flickr). Please hold tight, I’m working on getting [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 22nd, 2010
It cannot go without mentioning that I’ve neglected my posting duties lately. It has been the last 2 weeks of my degree and I had a family bereavement and everything was just kind of crazy for a while. I handed in my last final pieces of work this week though so I now have all [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 2nd, 2010
One of the first artists that comes to mind when I look at the photographs I have gathered so far is Nan Goldin, in particular, ‘The Ballad of Sexual Dependency’. The photographs that comprise the book were taken between 1979 and 1986 and are a visual diary of her life in the East Village in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 19th, 2010
We’re in double figures now! I received this film last month and got the film back yesterday. It’s a real mixed bag of photographs, moreso than any other film I’ve received so far. It ranges from a karate competition to a holiday in Spain to a band practice, and others beside. Here are my picks: [...]