There’s a display of some of the ephemera from my studio at Seaham’s Courtyard Gallery this month. Some interesting darkroom guides from the 50s and 60s, a box of glass slides and some contact prints from them, a jar stuffed full of leader ends, backing papers, film containers and slides.
People pour over the contact sheets. These days I tend to print all my film rolls as black & white contact sheets, just because I can. The fascination with which Sam Taylor Wood’s contact sheets were received at Baltic in 2006 is memorable. I do wonder whether people know what they are, but perhaps if they don’t, they’re trying to work out where the photographs have been taken, since they are immediately local.
The cameras and large format film backs also garner lots of attention, more so than the photographs. Off to do a stint of ‘invigilation’ there this morning. Thursday mornings are a good time for me. The MacBook goes along for three hours of photo editing/selection interspersed with a variety of interesting conversations with visiting members of the public.
Come and see the work, say hello and stop for a while for a coffee if you’re in the vicinity.
There’s an huge amount happening at the moment. Busy, busy, busy. Lots of fab stuff to go and see. Rob Hornstra, Martin Parr, the great landscape photographer John Davies, Sirkka Liisa Kontinnen are all showing new work at the moment. It’s a great time for photography here in the glorious sacred north.
Will post the reviews as soon as a spare moment becomes available. An update on the Germany work, the Kalapremi photographs and other exhibiting miscellany is also due and overdue. And a couple of interviews, a new collaboration and my notes from the DCAPS conference last weekend.
Liminal. That’s all for now.
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Thanks for the tips for up and coming exhibitions, especially excited about the Martin Parr one in Baltic. I’ll be sure to pop in to the Courtyard Gallery too, looks very interesting. I assume these are your own photos that you took of the exhibition? Beautiful finish to them.
Ginny, you’ll have to hurry if you want Parrworld tickets: there were only about 20 left!
Yes they’re my photos, all content here is mine unless it’s obviously a flyer or something, or is credited to someone else.
Hey thanks for the tip will have a look now though I may be too late. My friend has bought a batch though so should get one off her. Looking forward to seeing more of your photos!