Simon Roberts

A really great interview with photographer Simon Roberts Discussing Motherland and We English, both fantastic books, it's great to see Simon talk so passionately about his work.

Simon Roberts: Lens Culture Conversations with Photographers from Jim Casper on Vimeo.

More Soth

Found this on Little Brown Mushrooms Alec Soth and friends new blog,

Glass Jars from LBM A/V Dept. on Vimeo.

Book review Week 4 - Alec Soth

A day late, but not my fault as the book I was waiting for was a day late, I gave a little hint with the video of Alec shooting in Georgia. Anyway Alec Soth's Sleeping by the Mississippi is a book made up of 5/6 years of travelling up and down the Mississippi a theoretical journey through the heart of America. An absolutely amazing mixture of portraits, found objects, interiors and landscape, not surprising that this book is £100 plus on amazon and ebay. Alec Soth is for me one of those photographers, whose every photograph inspires me to shoot more.

RIP Larry Sultan

So from reading my blog you'll probably know by now that I am a massive fan of 'American' Colourists, Larry Sultan who has produced some great work has unfortunately passed away due to cancer, a link to NY time's report here.

Alec Soth

Book review Week 3 - Mitch Epstein

I'm a massive fan of Mitch Epstein's work, I have been looking at a lot of his work lately. I wanted to showcase some of the images from the series 'Family Business' which is a collection of photographs, video clips, text and discussions, it focuses on Mitch's father's business's a once succesful furniture store and some properties he rents out, Mitch is showing the demise of what was once a successful Jewish immigrant dynasty. Mitch's work in this series is really truly inspiring, and it's a shame that you can't see the whole series on his website because the book is full of strong photographs.

I also got out 'work' from the library which comes with a dvd with the video footage from Family Business' which the video stills are made up of, Mitch goes around as a silent witness following his dad as he deals with tricky tennants.

Book review Week 2 - Jocelyn Bain Hogg

I first came across Jocelyn's work whilst I was looking at Skinnydip the agency I did my internship with last year, The firm a collection of black and white photographs looking at the extensive underworld of organised crime here in the UK, shot on Leica M6 and R8 cameras and lenses. Jocelyn's work gets us behind the scenes of this seedy industry, his approach feels that not of an outsider but of someone who is accepted by these gangsters. from life to deaf Jocelyn hasn't just focused on the highs but shows life and deaf of his subject. Neither glamorising nor judges, this work gives an honest view of their lives.
Images © Jocelyn Bain Hogg