North Somerset Show
May 21, 2013
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On the 6th May 2013 I attended my first agricultural show as part of my “From England with Love” photography project. I was not really sure of what to expect despite some promising attractions. I was keen to explore a different environment and culture of British society. I
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Thought & Story behind Photograph #4
May 14, 2013
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Here is a photograph taken at Cheltenham during the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup Day. It was the most important day of the festival and so the whole place was crowded. The most difficult exercise when you work in a crowded environment is to deal with the constant movement of people. It oc
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Publication in Going Places Malaysia Airlines inflight magazine
May 13, 2013
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A few weeks ago, I was contacted by the editor of Going Places, the Malaysia Airlines inflight magazine. Their team requested some street art images of Bristol from me to illustrate a feature about the city. I did an edit of a few images from my archive and two of them were selected t
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The Pleasure of Beautiful Light
May 07, 2013
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Playing with light and shade is relatively new to my photography. In 2005 when I seriously started photography, my photographs were not obviously influenced by the light. At the time, I was living in Paris and my work was mainly in black and white, and whatever the weather forecast, I
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Postcard from London, England
April 25, 2013
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I recently visited the City of London again. Its financial area really attracts me. It is a world apart from the rest of the United Kingdom and probably the rest of Europe. I found it a difficult place to photograph. Well, there are plenty of opportunities but you need to walk and obs
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Photobook: Istanbul, City of Hundred Names by Alex Webb
April 17, 2013
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Once a peaceful Greek fishing village, Istanbul was the capital of both the Byzantine and the Ottoman Empires. A secular city built on the border of the European and Asian continents along a great trading route connecting the Black Sea to the Mediterranean sea and linking the cultures
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Postcard from Brighton, England
April 08, 2013
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In spring, we should normally expect some sun and higher temperatures, but it is freezing Winter weather that has welcomed me to Brighton. Cold wind, rain and white sky. The promenade is empty and hence its pier too. The only light comes from the amusement arcades and the fair. Nothin
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Thought & Story behind Photograph #3
April 02, 2013
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The photograph was taken in October 2012 outside the Medina of Fes while I was travelling in Morocco as part of the photo project about its medinas. I was having a break from the medina, wandering in the street opposite Bab Mahrouk and leading to Avenue des Merinides. On both sides of
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More about my Travel & Street Photography Workshops
March 27, 2013
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Click on the image to see it in full size. In my next travel and street photography workshop, I am going to explain further the process of creating an image by including in my slideshow the contact sheet of some of my photographs. The point is to highlight some key aspects to explain
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Cheltenham Gold Cup Day
March 25, 2013
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The Cheltenham Gold Cup day takes place every year during the Cheltenham festival and it is regarded as one of the most prestigious horse races in the National Hunt. I was there as part of my photographic project “From England with Love”, not really for the horse races but
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