visible light / the sun

traditional 35mm film. as yet unprinted.
data: visible light / surface temperature in thousands of degrees centigrade

objection

approx 40cm x 50cm R-type analog print from 35mm.

red river shore

modern love

this lovely magazine/book arrived yesterday. it's from dayfour, and it's about 'modern love'. my angle was the often misunderstood 'one parent family'. as well as including some fine photographers, it opens with one of my favourite lyrics, stephin merritt's (the magnetic fields) 'the book of love' and closes with pushkin's impossibly beautiful 'when i enfold your waist, my dove'...

the milky way

35mm expired film. found material.

Carr Gomm Portraits

A small selection of my portraits commissioned by The Carr Gomm Society who provide support and housing for, amongst others, the homeless, lonely and mentally ill members of the community.

les voleurs

the sorrowful mysteries

taken from a series produced from the contents of the home of a former priest. one half of his house was filled with religious material, the other half with pornography.
16mm cine film and 35mm transparency. no photoshop.

test

12x16. cine film + 35mm. (between the bars)

i blinked once and it was gone

35mm cine film. mixed media.

the three of us

ink. tape. 35mm film.

'rough translation' demo

video project for my friends in paris, 'rough translation'

untitled

film etching.

whorl

35mm cine film.

ju dou

special thanks to my friend, martin, for discovering the source of these chinese characters which i randomly etched into this negative years ago. the picture now has a completely new meaning for me.

Saatchi top ten 'portraiture'

Many thanks to Rebecca Wilson at the Saatchi Gallery for this.

the flickering

roves and roams

Roves and Roams, stimulating development, extending knowledge of and providing access to contemporary art.

barefoot

single edition fibre print. 17.5 x 26.5 image on 24 x 30 cm paper.

how do particles adhere. plate 2

how do particles adhere. plate 15

how do particles adhere. plate 9.

how do particles adhere. plate 13

rolling in heavy seas. from a new series of 22 collages. 22 x 26 cm

random thought

ink. cine film. saliva.

300 and something days

wreath

small toned print from 35mm film. barbed wire and flowers.

dedham

And wander with a wandering star,
The wandering heart of things that are ...

white hotel

from a set commissioned for paperback of dm thomas' 'white hotel' ages ago ...
this version was my favourite but the version used was slightly 'cleaner'.

ampersand magazine

nice little australian magazine featuring the show bill henson curated last year and 'memory'.
available at harrods, selfridges, serpentine gallery, etc.

clean version

better version of something from before. small R-type from cine film.

hazchem

small detail from a mixed media piece that later became a sort of blueprint for 'custody'.
'hazchem'. 17.75 inches by 22 inches. R-type print, wood, glass, enamel, pencil, tape.

whiteloupe

a nice little featurette on my work on this excellent photography blog based in texas.
many other photographers there, some great alternative processes and ideas ...

oxidation

been working on a new edition of this...
20 x 16 R-type from 35mm cine film. tape. fungus. oxidation. debris.

statuettes

joy (notebook)

wave theory

iraq/detail

detail from notebook ...

working notes/art star

notes from art star project ...

day 5

life began when a star, in its dying stage, exploded ... our bodies are stars.
the final day saw this 'star' become a locked container.... as we all are, just containers of accumulated memories, regrets, yearnings... a loose meditation on childhood, growth, decay, remembering, forgetting, wishing ... all stitched loosely together with images of children in autumn who--like falling stars and windfall apples-- burst with life and light all too briefly...