Less sugar for me… »

Less sugar for me…

Above image from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice/videos.html
Warning: this post has nothing to do with photography. Yippee!
I think I am losing respect for Sir Alan Sugar. Throughout the previous three series of The Apprentice, one of the most enjoyable and stimulating programmes I have ever watched, I have always trusted Sir Alan to act as God on Judgement Day [...]

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Posted in Essays, musings on June 7th, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Telly »

Telly

Before the opening of my exhibition on Thursday evening I was interviewed by two TV channels, TVE2 and Atena 3. The first one was aired on Wednesday night (16th) at midnight on La 2 Noticias, which I am sure will be on the net at some point, so I’ll put a link here as soon [...]

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Posted in Press/sponsors on April 22nd, 2008 | 20 Comments »

Madrid show opens »

Madrid show opens

My exhibition opened on Thursday night (17th April) at Camara Oscura in Madrid.
The publicity for the event was excellent; there has been coverage by El Pais, Yo Dona (in El Mundo), and I was interviewed by two TV channels – one, La 2 Noticias, which aired on Wednesday night (16th) on TVE2, and the other [...]

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Posted in Exhibitions on April 19th, 2008 | 29 Comments »

Next Thursday (17th) »

Next Thursday (17th)

(front and back of invitation:)

My exhibition launches at 8pm at Camara Oscura Galeria de Arte, C/Alameda 16, Madrid (near Atocha metro). I’ll be there to sign autographs for everyone… joke.
If you want an invitation just drop a comment here or mail me. I’m not sure yet whether you need an invitation to get in. I’ll [...]

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Posted in Talks on April 9th, 2008 | 11 Comments »

Top 5 current Flickr inspirations (and a bit of Flickr criticism) »

Top 5 current Flickr inspirations (and a bit of Flickr criticism)

Above: l-r, 5-1!
Ok, here’s my current ‘Top 5 flickr inspirations’. It comes as an odd time to write this, because at the moment I’m kind of pissed off with the Flickr community.
I fully appreciate my Flickr viewership, exemplified by the 170+ comments on my latest pic, ‘Their evening banter’. I consider this one of [...]

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Posted in Essays, musings, Inspirations - References to other artists on April 7th, 2008 | 20 Comments »

Top early Flickr inspirations (part 2) »

Top early Flickr inspirations (part 2)

Above: l-r, 5-1!
My Top ten of early inspirations on Flickr, continued, 5 -1. (No. 1 strongest)
For 10-6, click here.
5. Jaime Bley
When I was first around on Flickr I was looking at all the work of people who ‘cloned’ themselves. Jaime was into multiplicity and I liked her work. However, not until recently, when I [...]

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Posted in Inspirations - References to other artists on March 27th, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Top early Flickr inspirations (part 1) »

Top early Flickr inspirations (part 1)

Above: l-r, 10-6!
On a recent post there was a little discussion about whose inspirations people could see in my work. I slightly disagreed on their choice. I thought therefore it might be interesting for me to sit down and analyse the most powerful inspirations I have encountered on Flickr.
I try not to be someone who [...]

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Posted in Inspirations - References to other artists on March 22nd, 2008 | 5 Comments »

The Bride »

The Bride

…at the funfair.
This picture is one of two images taken by Lola Gets, an artist on Flickr, and processed by me.
You can see the other collaboration here!

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Posted in Collaborations & commissions on March 13th, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Madrid exhibition »

Madrid exhibition

These are the nine images that will be exhibited at camara oscura galeria de arte, Madrid, from 17th April to 31st May 2008.
The images are, from left to right starting with top row and going down:
An impromptu performance (2008)
The chase (2007)
Sea view (2007)
Girl dreaming (2007)
South by southeast (2007)
On the rocks (2007)
Memoirs of a woman of [...]

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Posted in Talks on March 6th, 2008 | 22 Comments »

Pretty ugly »

Pretty ugly

Here’s my rant on beauty. I hope that some parts of this will appear in my press release for my exhibition at Camara Oscura, Madrid, April 17th – May 31st, along with some other issues my work seems to have raised…
There is one remark that lots of people make about my work, even when they [...]

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Posted in Essays, musings on March 1st, 2008 | 50 Comments »

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