Prince Albert Tobacco Tin
This is my submission to the Materialities Research Theme 2019/20 at BCU's Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research (BCMCR). You can see the theme submissions on the BCMCR website.…
Jazz Journeys Exhibition
This new exhibition features photographs and musicians’ quotes from a collaborative pilot research project called Everyday Jazz Life: A photographic project on contemporary jazz musicians lives in Birmingham. The project, at…
New York to Wednesbury
One of the great pleasures of curating the Fives Decades of Self Portrait show at Wednesbury Art Gallery for the Blast Photo Festival was being able to show two American…
Café Royal Book Published
I'm really pleased that Craig Atkinson has published one of his Cafe Royal books featuring my photographs of the WELD Carnival in 1979. I only revisited the images recently when…
Xhosa Cole and Soweto Kinch
Nikon Z6 for Gigs
I got a Nikon Z6 as soon as it came out. It was a slightly impetuous as I'd only tried a Z7 briefly at an event and then for a…
Chris Young
Two New Projects
I'm getting going on two projects which will surface in 2019. First with Multistory and Emma Chetcuti I am curating an exhibition of self portraits for the Blast! Festival which…
Sid Peacock
Howl at Claptrap the Venue
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Saluting Sergeant Pepper
Django Bates and the Frankfurt Radio Big Band with Eggs Laid by Tigers at Ronnie Scott’s 5th September 2017 First a confession – I’ve never actually owned a copy of…
Let it be Told
A personal take on South African Jazz Last year Peter Bacon asked what’s the attraction of Township jazz to British jazz fans in previewing the Township Comets at Birmingham Jazz…