The Crashing Of The Waves – A Personal Response To Isaac Julien’s ‘Ten Thousand Waves’
When I lived in the north west of the UK, the Morecambe Bay tragedy was one of those things that…
The Need To Take A Stand – A Review Of ‘The Long Road: From Selma To Ferguson’
“There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down Brothers on the instant replay.” From The Revolution Will Not Be…
Fighting the Battle for the Mind of North America – David Cronenberg: The Exhibition
David Cronenberg – The Exhibition, currently at EYE Amsterdam, is dark and sinister. And that is a compliment. Walking into…
Beloved Country – A Review of Alberto Garcìa-Alix’ Patria Querida
An empty seat of a swing sways in the late afternoon sun. An elderly couple dances slowly. A dog barks….
After the Battle – The Battered Landscapes of Hmeli-Suneli
Dawn has arrived. The fog of the previous night dissipates slowly. Shapes loom in the distance. Blurry at first, but…
Look Me In The Eyes – A Review of ‘Voici Paris – Modernites Photographiques 1920-1950’
During my recent visit to Russia I was lucky enough to catch the beautiful exhibition Voici Paris – Modernités Photographiques…
The City as Playground – A Review of Vivian Maier: Street Photographer and Ai Weiwei in New York: Fotografien 1983-1993
During my recent stay in Budapest I visited two fascinating exhibitions. At the Hungarian House of Photography in Mai Mano…
1984 Looks Like This – An Exhibition by David Dunnico
War is Peace. Ignorance is Strength. Freedom is Slavery. These are the three slogans aimed at the citizens of Oceania…
Film and the Art Gallery – Gillian Wearing at the Whitechapel Gallery
I am in front of the Whitechapel Gallery in London on a rainy Sunday morning. I am waiting for the…
In Pursuit of Light – A Review of Roger Ballen’s ‘Shadow Land: Photographs 1983-2011’
At first sight Roger Ballen’s work seems rather perturbing and harrowing. Dirty, ugly, grimy characters populate his images as do…
American Photographer Abroad – Joel Sternfeld Breaks Free from his Comfort Zone
Joel Sternfeld strikes me first and foremost as an American photographer. By this I do not refer to his nationality…
A Brave Attempt – A Review of ‘Focal Points: Art and Photography’ at Manchester Art Gallery
Currently on at the Manchester Art Gallery is the exhibition Focal Points: Art and Photography. After having been to it…
Bearing Witness? Brian Harris’ Documentation of Commonwealth War Graves
As Broomberg & Chanarin have brilliantly shown with their work The day nobody died¹, photographing war these days does not necessarily…
Battling The Pervasiveness of Visual Cliches – Jean Depara’s Images of Kinshasa in 1950s-1970s
What is the first image your mind conjures up when thinking of sub-Sahara Africa? It can go two ways really….
A Brief Foray into the Icelandic Photography Scene – Hjalmar R. Bardarson, Leifur Þorsteinsson and Soffía Gísladóttir
Grim. Desolate. Imposing. Brisk. The landscape in Iceland is reminding me both of the Moors in the north of England…
Contact Sheets, The Mexican Suitcase, and the Ruining of Three Photographers
As any self-respecting photographer or film maker knows, capturing the scene is really only about one third of the job….
New Cartographies: Algeria – France – UK
I have got to give it to The Cornerhouse, the cinema and arts centre based in Manchester. Time after time…
Analogue versus Digital – An Appraisal of a Master Printer?
Never has the analogue versus digital debate been dealt such a resounding death knell as the current Digital? Analogue! exhibition…