Installation images NPG/Taylor Wessing London, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Side Gallery Newcastle

It's been a busy return.
On the way home from Ukraine we stopped off in Rotterdam to make a couple of images of my exhibition at the Kunsthal
Then at the award ceremony of the National Portrait Gallery/Taylor Wessing Award.
I'm standing between my own image on the left which received the second prize, and the winning image made by Paul Floyd Blake of Olympic hopeful, Rosie Bancroft.
Finally up to Newcastle for the the opening of The Black Sea and Sweet Nothings at the Side Gallery.
If you happen to be near any of these galleries and museums you can also see Edward Hopper and some of his contemporaries at the Kunsthal,


Faisal Abdu’Allah and the Chasing Mirrors Collective, at the NPG
and
PARRWORLD at the Baltic almost opposite the Side Gallery.

Side Gallery

I will be opening an exhibition of both the Black Sea and Sweet Nothings at the Side Gallery this Saturday.
I'll also be giving a small presentation there at 2pm if anyone happens to be around, it's free.

The Side Gallery along with Amber films and cinema has a long history, and is one of the only galleries in the UK completely devoted to documentary photography and film.
The Side is a real gem and has supported many photographers over the years.
One of my early favorite photographers, Chris Killip was one of the directors of the early days of the gallery in the seventies.
Killip's In Flagrante has recently been remade as one of the Books on Books series by Errata Editions.
The Side also has an incredible archive including Killip, Weegee, Iturbide,Konttinen, Chapman, Davies, Steel Perkins....and more.

Paul Strand

Just for the hell of it....have a bit of a look around the net

Arja Hyytiäinen

I just wanted to write a post about a photographer whose work I really like.
I first met Arja Hyytiäinen at the offices of VU, the agency we are both members of.
We were both nervously preparing to visit a publisher...
Arja's book Distance Now published by Images en Manoeuvres is now available from VU as a special edition.
Arja currently has an exhibition on at the V8 gallery at Mohrenstrasse 2, 50670 Cologne.

Rafal Milach

I met Rafal Milach at last years World Press Photo in Amsterdam, so I was delighted to hear he'd won this years Photography Book Now award.
I thought it would be interesting to make a joint exhibition with my own work from the Black Sea sometime.

Dorien Plaat

I recently received an email from painter Dorien Plaat
She'd seen Sweet Nothings at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam and wanted to share some of her images with me.

Alina Orlova

And if you happen t0 be awake in the early hours here's a link to Alina Orlova's My Space site
sent to me recently by Anna Block whose work I posted about recently, thanks Anna
http://www.myspace.com/alinaorlova