Well. This is my first blog post in some time, and the first chance I’ve actually had to sit down and put a bit of time towards doing one. It’s been a crazy couple of months. Disseration, final major project, a photographic residency (more on that soon!) and then last week, NUS conference. Between all that I’ve also been trying to work on my portfolio and towards my degree show. Oh well…
Today was a welcome break. I went to Greenwich with Suzi, just in time to have missed the crowds watching the marathon. We stopped off at the market and grabbed some food from a wicked little Vegetarian Ethiopian food stall we’ve been to a few times before.
Photo: Jonathan Dodds
We stuffed our faces whilst reading the paper in Greenwich Park (it’s definitely the beginning of the summer…). We then bought an absolutely amazing coconut milk ice cream from a guy with an old school Edwardian ice cream maker. It had a bunch of spices in there, with a lot of cinnamon, and tasted amazing. It went down pretty quick, but I managed to get a quick shot before we ate the lot.
Photo: Jonathan Dodds
We then headed back and made a fantastic Carrot and Corriander soup with a tasty Sea Salt & Olive Oil bread from Paul Rhodes, before getting through a couple of pastries the same place.
Photo: Jonathan Dodds
Photo: Jonathan Dodds
Oh yes. Sundays are back!
'The photographer with unknown woman by lake, at unknown place and date'. From the series The Photographer in the Unknown. Digital C-Type Print, 2010.
Photo: Jonathan Dodds
I’m currently undertaking an installation. Info here.
Woman reading a Possession Order. Photo: Tom Hunter
This image came up recently in a lecture and I thought I’d share it here, as it seems to have a special relevance to the current climate of cuts and attacks on the working class.
The image is titled Woman reading a Possession Order (inspired by Vermeer’s Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window), and was taken as part of Hunters Masters degree at the Royal College of Art, and in 1998 won him the John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award.
You can see more of his work at his website.
Got some films developed which I took ages ago and lost to the mess and confusion that is my desk.
Photo: Jonathan Dodds
Photo: Jonathan Dodds
More to follow…
It’s been a while since I did a portfolio feature on this blog, and it’s something I’ve been meaning to get back ’round to for a while. These images are from the Double Vision Series by Charles Bergquis.
Photo: Charles Bergquis
Photo: Charles Bergquis
Photo: Charles Bergquis
Photo: Charles Bergquis
Photo: Charles Bergquis
Photo: Charles Bergquis
Photo: Jonathan Dodds
It’s been a wonderful lazy Sunday today, nursing a hangover and putting up some shelves, which have been sat boxed up in the corner of the living room for a few weeks now. I’ve also been working on our photo-wall (above), which is taking shape nicely.
The frames are all from various junk and vintage markets, my favourite being the centre one, which was about a tenner from Greenwich Clocktower Market last summer. Others are from the Deptford junk market and Abriacticus, an amazing little junk shop also in Deptford, and a short walk from my flat. Happy days.
I’ve spent the last few days as the press contact for tomorrows education demonstration at Lib Dem HQ . I’ve never used the phrase “Obviously, I wouldn’t like to speculate, but…” so much.
Photo: beaf
The view over Elephant & Castle, taken recently from a window at uni.
Photo: Jonathan Dodds
