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In light of Kodak's news this week, filing for bankruptcy protection, I thought I share another experiment with my favourite B/W film: The Kodak T-max. Whilst taking pictures on the car booty with my first vintage camera, I came across another little creative bargain. For £2 I bought this Halina Paulette made in Hong Kong in the 60s. Apparently very popular in the UK.I had the honour to take the

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Here a few more pictures from the 1960s Ilford Sporty taken in Nov. 2011. Not bad for what looks like a plastic lens. Still have to master the winding mechanism as it's a little random- although some people like the effect (panorama below= winding error). 120 Kodak Tmax 100. No sharpening applied. Only basic level adjustments.

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Here one of the negs from my first roll taken on the Ilford Sporti. As I bought it at Car Boot Sale, I thought I could also shoot it there. I wanted to do a project on Car Boot Sales for a while.I was surprised about the outcome after reading that most users only got blurred shots. This one came out the best- click to enlarge. It was scanned by Tom Wilson-Keller. I believe some sharpening

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A few months ago, I sold my Digital SLR and started shooting again on my Bronica. I found a good value 120 back at Clock Tower Cameras giving me an extra boost in using up all my expired film from the fridge. I hope this helped my camera to warm up. I am enjoying the slowed down working procedure of film and the quality of the large negs.On the other hand, a little frustrating is the limited

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It's important to experiment and to break loose from conventions, norms and expectations. Some would argue this will lead to more creativity - and I need some!On this note I am writing a blog entry purely hoping to illustrate the point. After all, we lecturers too often have our heads full of rules and regs and yearly CPD (Continuous Professional Development). (Ouch, if Graham ever reads this, I

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I just received a note from Wonder with images from the Ningbo exhibition. Unfortunately there is little online about this new festival (in it's second year) but it was an honour to be invited and have my work printed and presented there. My thanks go to the curator, Wonder Wang for giving me the opportunity to show this body of work, and to Barbara Herman from Stern magazine for identifying it

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A few weeks ago I was once again in London for my yearly Photographing London workshop with participants from Morley College. This is the 7th time I have organised the workshop and it was by far the most intriguing. Every year I try and come up with a surprise location to which the participants respond. As a long term fan of Iain Sinclair, I knew I had found it when rediscovering his fantastic

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Having just taken down the students end of year exhibition, I thought it would be nice to celebrate a few pieces and have an archive of their achievements. After all, I have been a tutor for 8 years and sometimes, I like writing a little bit about them. This blog was meant o help me develop my own professional practice but perhaps some of it reflects in the student's work... I am thinking about

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During the Easter break I had a little time for reflection and been getting out some photo books. I thought it would be great to start reviewing some of these here. The first ones I will attempt are an August Sander Exhibition catalogue as well as Fay Godwin's "Our Forbidden Land".The reviews are by no means exhaustive but rather a short investigation related to my personal interest in

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Unfrastructure is a photography arts project initiated and curated by Julia Horbaschk. It developed into a participatory event for the Brighton Photo Fringe 2010 and was supported by the ArtsFORUM. The project aims to raise questions about the decline of Britain's infrastructure, the neglect of the environment and the value of places shared by the public.Having developed my own body of work,

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After reflecting on my public talk about Unfrastructure at the Media Centre last Tuesday, I have concluded a few note worthy points.By asking questions to the audience such as which images stood out or if any of the images convey a certain feel or meaning we came back to the t-shaped disability ramp on Hove seafront and the "brick".The disability ramp sparked debate about the suitability for

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My practice continued to be a somewhat intuitive and personal one without the basis of any facts. The scenes jumped at me whilst I was out with my camera absorbing the general feel of my new neighbourhood. I had been reading Alain de Botton and was inspired by Baudrillard's philosophies e.g. technological progress affecting social change.Looking at the 200+ images I had taken by now, themes

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Road two is a little more diverse in it's approach.A note of a missed delivery on Kings Road arches?Hexagons drawn in an empty space on Hove seafront.Discarded bag and cracked new asphalt hugging an old tree.A more poetic approach, looking at my everyday environment rather intuitively.All Photography © Julia Horbaschk

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An update on my latest project 'Unfrastructure', which is showing at the Brighton Photo Fringe 5th Nov. - 16th Nov. 2010 at the Old Co-op, London Road, Brighton. The project is open for submission until 20th October: www.photofringe.org/?p=1339Here firstly a summary of the project with some background references:'Unfrastructure' developed somewhat innocently as an aesthetic and positive image

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In preparation for the Brighton Photo Fringe for the 4th time! This is an extremely busy year and despite most good venues apparently being taken up by the Brighton Photo Biennial, I am trying my luck once again...I really look forward to seeing Alex Soth's work, however, in the meantime I have the difficult task of finding a space and deciding what work to put up. There is the option of showing

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Please respect the © Copyright© Connor Barnes© Melissa Collins© Kayleigh Blaker© Katie Harding©Harry Edwards© Grace Flynn© Chloe Ryan© Sam Bayliss Ibram© Julia Horbaschk

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In time for the 19th anniversary of Germany's reunification and 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, I have put together images and text that bring closer what it feels like to have lived through both: east and west German times. The images are taken whilst producing a travelogue on Usedom.Photographing closely with the community, I documented with portraits the experiences of some of the

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I have been teaching a workshop for refugee pupils at Hove Park School and we have exhibited some of their images at Jubilee Library Brighton during Refugee Week (14th - 20th June 2009).The workshops and exhibition was made possible with the help of Cathy Lyth (Ethnic Minority Achievement Service), John McInnes and Rebecca Deane (support teachers), Aman Jemal (interpreter) and of course "the

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You can now find the article in the June issue of Marie Claire UK.Next to one of my favourite actresses: Kate Winslet!! :-)

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Here a little insight into our recent photo shoot with Marie Claire UK and our newly formed "Brighton Photo Friends" group. On the shoot were Picture Editor Melissa, Photographer Andrew and his assistant. Stylist&Make-up team and the girls: Jeanna, Ruth, Agnieszka, Nala, myself and Chloe- and I just couldn't stop snapping....Ruth is getting groomed...Whooooohoooo! Agnieszka too...Arriving at the

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Seeing the library exhibition "Labour of Love" Lucy Bryson, Policy and Development Coordinator for Asylum Seekers and Refugees from Brighton & Hove City Council has been in touch to organise an activity for Eastern Europeans in our city. The exhibition was put on in collaboration with Hannah Mathews for the Brighton Photo Fringe 2008. If you have any suggestions how they could help you

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It's official, "Labour of Love" is part of the Brighton Photo Fringe 2008. The dates are:Jubilee Library, Jubilee Street Brigton: 1/11/2008 - 14/11/2008(in collaboration with Hannah Matthew)City College Brighton and Hove, 1st floor: 20/11/08-04/11/08.(Solo show)If you want to get in touch about the project contact Julia: 079 444 33 076 or e-mail: photocollege@gmx.net

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As my project draws to an end I have been asking myself if the New EU generation is actually happy living in England. Most of the people I photographed have a job, a flat and friends and have been rather successful in starting a new life abroad. Sometimes they feel just "lucky" to be here and aim to stay for quite a while.Yet it is much harder for others. Some people are home sick and don't feel

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Finally it's ready. My book about the new EU generation at work. It includes portraits, some of their stories and two essays from Bulgarian academics, Daryana Kotzeva (Social and Labour Affairs, Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria- London) and Eugenia Markova (who has co-written the report "East European Immigration and Community Cohesion" for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation).On the right you can

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I liked the title Labour and Love because 'Labour' or 'Love' were considered as reasons why people migrate to a new county in a recent research study by Johanna Leinonen, but asking my sitters 'out of curiosity" or "freedom" for instance are others. Here are some images and quotes of the people I photographed. They are from Slovakia, Bulgaria, Poland and Romania. Most of them now live in Brighton

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I have been looking at Dorothea Lange's book: Photographing the second Gold rush: Dorothea Lange and the Bay Area at war 1941-1945. A fascinating document of migrant workers who came to work on large ship yards in Richmond, USA and the surroundings.Lately I got aware of the strong Polish community here in Brighton and started documenting them and other migrant groups in the area. From top left:

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I have been told about Melanie Friend and her book on people from Kosovo, the portraits are gripping the peoples stories made me cry. You can see some of her images here:http://www.theconnection.org/photogallery/kosovo/default.asp?counter=3Above is an example of Melanie Friends photo of a young woman in Neprosteno refugee camp in Macedonia 1999. (© Melanie Friend)Before D.J. Clark told me about

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