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December 12th, 2015

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Following on from the relaxation of restrictions t

Following on from the relaxation of restrictions this week - I’m posting the other selects from my mini lockdown project. In May 2020 I was prompted to make a small series which focused not so much the Covid crisis but actually on the wider context and framing of it .

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Synopsis below, more on my blog:

Doesn’t it seem like yesterday when everyone, every day was talking about Brexit? Then Covid 19 came along and now no one ever mentions it. It seems to me the ‘affairs of men’ can be very fickle and yet at the time we obsess over the headlines; let them consume our every thought and conversation. As a response to the anxious chatter of the 24 hours news cycle, I decided to shift my focus and photograph a bird a day from my garden and home. Modern birds have been on the planet for a lot longer than we have, and yet we take these remarkable creatures for granted. As lockdown compounds existing mental health problems or even gives rise to new ones, like #coronapsychosis (linked to “the dramatic increase in media coverage of the virus’) it felt like turning the camera on those birds could remind us of something important: we are part of the natural world and the more we forget this, the more we suffer as individuals and as a society. The UN environmental chief is right in seeing the virus as Mother Nature’s warning. Conversely, the cure for many of our modern malaises are found in the natural world. Bird-watching for example, is a tonic to many mental health issues. By running a daily headline over the print of my bird shots (inspired by the metadata shown on pre-digital machine prints), I’m inviting the viewers to reframe and widen their perspective, and take solace from this. Even one month on, the daily news seems less incendiary and in a year, who knows what we will be talking about.
#Lockdownphotography #nature #therapy #birdwatching #ArtCanHelp #biodiversity #birdphotography #canon5dmark3 #gardenbirds #yesterdaysnews #thelivingplanet #Lockdown #envrionment #environmentalart #Covid #photography #art

Following on from the relaxation of restrictions t

Following on from the relaxation of restrictions this week - I’m posting the other selects from my mini lockdown project. In May 2020 I was prompted to make a small series which focused not so much the Covid crisis but actually on the wider context and framing of it .

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Synopsis below, more on my blog:

Doesn’t it seem like yesterday when everyone, every day was talking about Brexit? Then Covid 19 came along and now no one ever mentions it. It seems to me the ‘affairs of men’ can be very fickle and yet at the time we obsess over the headlines; let them consume our every thought and conversation. As a response to the anxious chatter of the 24 hours news cycle, I decided to shift my focus and photograph a bird a day from my garden and home. Modern birds have been on the planet for a lot longer than we have, and yet we take these remarkable creatures for granted. As lockdown compounds existing mental health problems or even gives rise to new ones, like #coronapsychosis (linked to “the dramatic increase in media coverage of the virus’) it felt like turning the camera on those birds could remind us of something important: we are part of the natural world and the more we forget this, the more we suffer as individuals and as a society. The UN environmental chief is right in seeing the virus as Mother Nature’s warning. Conversely, the cure for many of our modern malaises are found in the natural world. Bird-watching for example, is a tonic to many mental health issues. By running a daily headline over the print of my bird shots (inspired by the metadata shown on pre-digital machine prints), I’m inviting the viewers to reframe and widen their perspective, and take solace from this. Even one month on, the daily news seems less incendiary and in a year, who knows what we will be talking about.
#Lockdownphotography #nature #therapy #birdwatching #ArtCanHelp #biodiversity #birdphotography #canon5dmark3 #gardenbirds #yesterdaysnews #thelivingplanet #Lockdown #envrionment #environmentalart #Covid #photography #art

As restrictions are relaxed today it feels like th

As restrictions are relaxed today it feels like there is a tilt of the axis which could mean that we can now learn to live with Covid . In May 2020 I was prompted to make a small series which focused not so much the Covid crisis but actually on the wider context and framing of it .

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Synopsis below, more on my blog:
Doesn’t it seem like yesterday when everyone, every day was talking about Brexit? Then Covid 19 came along and now no one ever mentions it. It seems to me the ‘affairs of men’ can be very fickle and yet at the time we obsess over the headlines; let them consume our every thought and conversation. As a response to the anxious chatter of the 24 hours news cycle, I decided to shift my focus and photograph a bird a day from my garden and home. Modern birds have been on the planet for a lot longer than we have, and yet we take these remarkable creatures for granted. As lockdown compounds existing mental health problems or even gives rise to new ones, like #coronapsychosis (linked to “the dramatic increase in media coverage of the virus’) it felt like turning the camera on those birds could remind us of something important: we are part of the natural world and the more we forget this, the more we suffer as individuals and as a society. The UN environmental chief is right in seeing the virus as Mother Nature’s warning. Conversely, the cure for many of our modern malaises are found in the natural world. Bird-watching for example, is a tonic to many mental health issues. By running a daily headline over the print of my bird shots (inspired by the metadata shown on pre-digital machine prints), I’m inviting the viewers to reframe and widen their perspective, and take solace from this. Even one month on, the daily news seems less incendiary and in a year, who knows what we will be talking about.
#Lockdownphotography #nature #therapy #birdwatching #ArtCanHelp #biodiversity #birdphotography #canon5dmark3 #gardenbirds #yesterdaysnews #thelivingplanet #Lockdown #envrionment #environmentalart #Covid #photography #art #lockdown

Three of the amazing women who have benefited from

Three of the amazing women who have benefited from twenty years of a liberal Kabul: a female MP; Afghans answer to Oprah and a business women . What happens if the Taliban return to their their rights is a question which invites a chilling response . This week it’s been announced US forces and NATO are to pull out of Afghanistan after 20 years; leaving behind the very real prospect of country wide civil war and a return to Talban rule . When I did this story about the people of Kabul in 2008 it was an attempt to understand the war from their perspective and not the NATO-centric version offered by the news machine .

More on this story on my website under ‘work’ #Kabul #USwithdrawal #ordinarypeople #filmphotography #iconoclastic #iconoclasm #everyday #afghanistan #hunger #womensrights #womenatwork #liberal #feminism

Hairdresser with his family and a long shot of the

Hairdresser with his family and a long shot of the mountain where he lives. Half of Afghanistan is facing a humanitarian crisis this year and 10 million are facing starvation a UN report states today. US forces and NATO are to pull out of Afghanistan after 20 years; leaving behind the very real prospect of country wide civil war and a return to Talban rule . When I did this story about the people of Kabul in 2008 it was an attempt to understand the war from their perspective and not the NATO-centric version offered by the news machine .

More on this story on my website under ‘work’ #Kabul #USwithdrawal #ordinarypeople #filmphotography #iconoclastic #iconoclasm #everyday #afghanistan #hunger

US forces and NATO are to pull out of Afghanistan

US forces and NATO are to pull out of Afghanistan after 20 years; leaving behind the very real prospect of country wide civil war and a return to Talban rule . When I did this story about the people of Kabul it was an attempt to understand the war from their perspective and not the NATO-centric version offered by the news machine . This picture shows the museum director, many of the museums treasured items were destoyed by the Taliban; last time they were in control.

More on this story on my website under ‘work’ #Kabul #USwithdrawal #ordinarypeople #filmphotography #iconoclastic #iconoclasm #everyday #afghanistan

Before They Were Fallen is a series that asks ques

Before They Were Fallen is a series that asks questions very directly about the sacrifices made by both our soldiers and their families in the Afghanistan conflict. I photographed this project in 2015 ; 7 years after the series about daily life in Kabul posted earlier this week , but really they are two sides of the same coin. I’m posting this now as the US pulls out its troops from Afghanistan raising the very real prospect of a return to Taliban control ; What was the war for one might ask ? Please visit my site to get the full story . —————————-
Before They Were Fallen is a project that deals with remembrance. It uses photographic portraits and testimony to link memory, the passing of time and loss to create a body of work, which pays tribute to the fallen soldiers of Afghanistan.

The central concept of the work is the recreation of a family snap. The pair of pictures; the original and the recreation which shows a space where the soldier should be, together challenge the viewer to compare the past – before the soldier was fallen – to the present and the reality of their absence.

The work questions our traditions of remembrance, offering an alternative perspective, using testimony from surviving families and friends to enrich our understanding and demonstrate the sacrifice of the soldiers showing the impact on those left behind.

This project is dedicated to the 453 British soldiers and all those who lost their lives as a result of the war in Afghanistan; as well as the families and loved ones they left behind. #aftermath #beforetheywerefallen #theafghanwar #Afghanistan #rememberance #conflict #family

Felt like I should mark the decision by US forces

Felt like I should mark the decision by US forces to pull out of Afghanistan after 20 years leaving behind the very real prospect of total civil war . When I did this story about the people of Kabul it was an attempt to understand the war from their perspective and not the NATO-centric version offered by the news machine . I think these people and of course the NATO soldiers and their families who sacrificed themselves will be most affected by this news but we should all be aware of the consequences of these geo political wars and how they end? More on this story on my website under work #Kabul #afghanistan #uswithdrawal #ordinarypeople #filmphotography #

Huge congratulations to @poulomi07 for her nomin

Huge congratulations to @poulomi07 for her nomination to the Deutsche Borse Photography prize . #alreadyawinner #deutchseborse #photographyexibition #centralia such a vital and dynamic body of work !!

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