Posts from — July 2009

What a weekend! A proper post soon but in the meantime check this amazing movie made from 1200 of Pete Ashton’s awesome TTV photos taken over the weekend.

Well done Pete for a) your ace pictures and b) the speed at which you’re sharing them with the world.

Also another massive Hooray for those lovely Capsule ladies. You rock!!

Lots more pics will appear here too. Tis good this t’internet thingymejig…

Tomorrow night sees the opening of the new solo show by Birmingham based photographer Jonathan Shaw at New Art Gallery Walsall.

Exhibition Visualisation at Walsall, UK

Jonathan’s unique photographic images capture motion using hand modified cameras with amazing results.

By the looks of the info on his website, we can expect huge reproductions on the gallery walls. 

I first met Jonathan when I started my degree in Bristol. Seeing his works (and cameras) develop over the years has been a real treat – from the early black and white shots of Will on his BMX at Bedminster skate park (moving so fast he ended up looking like a carrier bag floating in the wind) to these large scale colour images, some with obvious distortions and some very, very subtle.

Gallery 13, 10th August 2002, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK, 2003

It’s really great to see his hard (and brilliant) work now being rewarded with a solo show in such a prestigious venue as New Art Gallery Walsall.

The exhibition runs from 10th July – 6th September 2009 and a new publication will accompany the show.