Paris France

Last month I went to Paris Photo with my friends and fellow photographers Charlie and Janie. Me and Janie have both assisted Charlie and I also used to assist Janie. I was generally really lucky and assisted nice photographers but these two also became good friends. We're an odd bunch in a way, you can see people in restaurants trying to suss us out but I like that. We haven't got much in common I suppose other than photography, all being bolshy and enjoying buggering about. That's more than enough though surely.

 

 

Paris Photo itself was great. There's a lot to see and it is pretty overwhelming but there are real gems that make the slog worth it. Check out Julian Germain, Stephen Shore and Johanna Diehl. 

The Lone Twins

During the Summer, journalist Ros Anderson and I drove around the country interviewing and photographing people who had lost their twin. Whilst their stories were all very different the link seemed to be the pervasive feeling of something missing, of not quite being complete.  One thing that has brought comfort though is the Lone Twin Network, a support network that organises meetings where people can talk and share their experiences with others who understand, lonetwinnetwork.org.uk. 

Thank you to David, Karen, Jill and Tony for sharing their incredibly personal stories. According to our contact at the Lone Twin Network the article led to a big increase in enquiries and that can only be a good thing.

You can read the full article here, http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jul/20/my-twin-died-i-survived. 

Tabitha Denholm- Stylist Magazine

I photographed Tabitha a few weeks ago for this weeks Work/Life in the Stylist, http://www.stylist.co.uk/stylist-network/work-life/work-life-tabitha-denholm-video-director. 

One of Tabitha's most recent videos is this one for Haim featuring some serious short short wearing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIjVpRAXK18 

Stepney Jewish Centre

I first went to Stepney Jewish Centre to photograph a project that Dulwich Picture Gallery were doing there. I've photographed lots of art classes with older people and I always really enjoy these jobs but this was different. It was clear immediately how comfortable they were with each other. Everyone got involved in the project; laughing, arguing, heckling, reminiscing. There was even impromptu singing- something to do with the price of a banana. I guess you had to be there. Anyway, I asked Paul Jarvis the brilliant co-ordinator for the centre if I could come back to photograph them and here are the results.