I have now discovered another photographer to go on my 'favourites' list. Her name is Jane Hilton. Her personal projects with titles such as; The Brothel, The Nudist Camp, The Isle of Sheppey, The Silent Order and El Rancho Casino are right up my street. She was brought to my attention when my friend applied for a placement with her. Since I've discovered her I can't help but notice she is everywhere at the moment... the last edition of Hotshoe, Foto8 and last weeks Sunday Telegraph magazine supplement all feature her new book, Dead Eagle Trail. The book documents the 21st century cowboys she encountered on one of her road trips in the western states of America...
She has an exhibition featuring these photographs starting at Host Gallery, London starting 21st April.

I am keeping my eye on Simon Roberts...
Although I don't take photographs that look like anything like his in genre or style (...in my dreams!.) I really love his work.
I sent him an email to see if he could do with an extra pair of hands over the next couple of months because I know he is busy.....




He has been commissioned as the official Election Artist by The House of Commons to produce a body of work around the upcoming General Election. Alongside his own photographs he’s calling for members of the public to contribute their own photographs of political activity in their area. The submitted photographs will be displayed on The Election Project online gallery and some will be exhibited as part of the final artwork in the House of Commons this summer. He wants to create the nation's snapshot of this election.

I still haven't heard from him yet.........

Finally found the courage to post one my own images on my blog .
This is an image I have shot for my Digital Darkroom unit. I had to produce a front cover for an editorial magazine relating to The Theory of Gaia. My biggest coup here was sourcing a pregnant model and getting her to pose nude for me. I met her while swimming at the local pool and I still can't believe that she said yes! She was so lovely during the whole process - and I am so grateful to her.

While shooting images at a local Tea-Dance as part of my CAP project, I was told about Elaine Constantine's photographs on the same subject. Previously Elaine had photographed dancers in clubs as a project that recalled her own experiences of dancing in clubs in the 80's - so the Tea-Dancers project was linked to her previous work but resulted in quite different images. I had to look at this project so not to just repeat it


Tea Dance


....and her previous project ...........

These images are taken from projects by a young photographer called Laura Pannack. She has won many prestigious photography awards both while she was studying at Brighton University and since she graduated only two years ago. The top image 'Graham, The Anorexic Teenager,' was only just last week announced the World Press Photo Award first prize winner. This photo was chosen from 101,960 entries from 128 different countries. She was our guest speaker yesterday and was totally inspirational. Extremely passionate about what she does, her beautiful colour images and the subjects she has chosen obviously reach out and touch people that view them as her success testifies. I am now following her blog with interest.