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It's great when you stumble across another photographers work, and are completely in awe of every aspect of it. I first saw Richards work in the Times Weekend Magazine about two years ago, it was his series Breach (left) of American bases founded in Iraqi palaces.

It reminds me of squats that take over old buildings. The buildings themselves are beautiful, yet quite uninhabitable in their nature. They need to be modified in order to fit the needs of the military.


His latest series Quick uses a type of film called aerochrome, devised by kodak and the military for use in military purposes during the cold war. The film picks up on foliage and greenery yet usually show military camouflage in a different hue. the end colours are both confusing and surreal. Candy floss pinks in images of the Congo (below) are perculiar.




http://richardmosse.com

westPHOTO Competition blog page

take a look y'all, for any info on the Annual westPHOTO Prize, past present and future. Every year we do a comp and exhibition, every year it just gets more and more exciting to do these comps. Definately one of the most rewarding aspects of working at westPHOTO.

http://www.westphotophotographyprize.blogspot.com/

westPHOTO Blog Launched

Good News Bloggers,

westPHOTO, the Agency that I run has now launched it's very own Blog. Expect some really good posts on current photographers we admire as well as competition news, job opportunities and much more:

http://westphotoagency.blogspot.com/

Favourite Chicken and Ribs

Book review: Fall River Boys - Richard Renaldi

Fall River Boys Is a book by Richard Renaldi, who regularly took trips to visit fall river to create this book. The Towns name sparks romantic almost hollywoodien (sic) thoughts of middle America, prosperity amongst epic nature. His images hold a notion of romantic youth, and also of the decay of American cities and suburbs. Fall river in his own words is An industrial landscape well past its boom years". The remnants of this industry can be seen in the background of portraits and throughout the book.

I like renaldi's honest depiction of different boys, they all seem to have a unity, growing up or living in Fall River, that is present in the portraits. A slight aura of despair lingers over the portraits, almost as if, the boys cannot leave or will always be boys of fall river.









Image Copyright Richard Renaldi

Latest takeaway shot on 5 x 4 with a 150mm Lens.

Carolina Chicken

Image taken on my Toyo 5 x 4 camera, a new addition to the Sanctuary series