Ed Thompson

Ed Thompson looks at battery hens and those that are being re-homed. As new European laws are coming in making battery farming illegal.

Images © Ed Thompson

Brian Duffy

Really good documentary on the life and work of Brian Duffy who was one of the "Terible Trio" alongside Bailey and Donovan. Duffy was massivly influential during the 60's and was one of the most famous photographers in the world, until in 1979 he burnt most of his negatives.

via Whats the Jackanory

THE MAN WHO SHOT THE SIXTIES from CHRIS DUFFY on Vimeo.

Jill Cole

Jill Cole's "Birds" shows birds caught in netting for scientific and conservational research

Images © Jill Cole

Alan Powdrill

Awhile ago I saw Alan Powdrill's Reality Football at the printspace. I thought it was a great series. If you did miss it and want to see it, it's now on at Wembley Stadium (as in home of UK football)

Images © Alan Powdill

Corinne Day

RIP Corrine Day the visionary who reinvented fashion photography and made Kate Moss a star. Her grungey, anti-fashion aesthetic lives on.

Jason Bascombe

Photographs from Jason Bascombe's "The British Watershed line" I can help of thinking about Jem Southam's work whilst looking at this series, which is obviously a great thing.

Images © Jason Bascombe

Sophy Monk

"...it's been a tough fight worth fighting, as we all drive along betting on another day.” Charles Bukowski, Gamblers All

I wanted to document the dog races – the hope and despair and the dreams of instant wealth. There is an underclass realism of a subculture dominated by old aged men and like-minded social kin.

I wanted to convey that loneliness and desperation by working with the desolate light, empty spaces, mid 60s décor and symbolic colour. Allied with an economy in decline and a recession over-due, my images describe an aspect of historic British culture struggling to retain a sense of stability and the divide of winning and losing in 2008. Hopefully the images demonstrate more intimately, the reality and consequences of a short cut to short-term wealth.

The photographs in this series were made at the Portsmouth Greyhound Races and The Ladbrokes in Winchester.

Images and text © Sophy Monk

David Axelbank

David Axelbank talking about his flora series. described as "flowers by Weegee"

David Axelbank: On 'Flora' from Contact Editions on Vimeo.

Jocelyn Bain Hogg - Muse

I went to the opening of Jocelyn Bain Hogg's Muse at Third Floor Gallery in Cardiff on Friday. I had never been to the gallery before as it is relatively new this being the third exhibition, but was welcomed by the owners who were very friendly, Jocelyn's new work based on J.G. Ballard's The kindness of Women where he states that beauty is the square inch of skin on waking up to your loved one, the close up photographs depict an honest intimate insight in to the un-retouched female form. Challenging the modern day search for air-brushed perfection. This work may seem somewhat different at first from his other work such as the firm and Pleasure Island, but when I asked him he said that his work relates to those things that we as modern day society idolise and fantasise about. The large prints gave the oppertunity for the viewer to get a larger than life view of what some people may consider "imperfections" of the female form, putting the viewer in a slight discomfort.



































































Images © Jocelyn Bain Hogg

Some snaps of the gallery

Nigel Shafran

Nigel Shafron's Supermarket Portraits,












































































All images © Nigel Shafon

Luke Stephenson

Luke Stephenson

Jem Southam

Jem Southam is an amazing british landscape photographer, can't find a website for him so here is a link to an interview with him from Seesaw magazine.

David Solomons

Some great street stuff from David Solomons