Hot of the press this one. I’ve just confirmed with the venue and with Chris Floyd, that he’ll be doing the February miniclick talk – Brighton’s free monthly photography talks! The talk will also be the second one we’ve done in association with Hungry Eye Magazine, of which Chris is a contributing editor. Chris is certainly best known for his exceptional portrait photography and it’s worth browsing through his website to check out his work. Whilst there have a look in the Video section at the “The Way I Dress” short films for Mr Porter, which I really like, and the 140 Characters project he did, which was great in concept and execution.
The talk will be on Tuesday February 7th at The Old Market in Brighton & Hove. Doors are at 6:30pm and entry, as always, is free!
Here’s some of his work…
“Chris Floyd is an internationally acknowledged photographer. His work is in the National Portrait Gallery and has also been recognised by the British & American awards for portrait photography, the Taylor Wessing in 2008 & American Photography in 2008 & 2010.
He is also currently working with The Imperial War Museum on a project called ‘The Consequences of Vengeance’, which consists of large format photographs of Dutch launch sites and British impact sites associated with the German V2 rocket, which terrorised London between September 1944 and March 1945.
His commercial work has been published in Wallpaper*, The New Yorker, Guardian Weekend, Esquire & Harpers Bazaar, as well as in advertising campaigns for Agent Provocateur, British Airways, Sony & Toyota.
His most recent project, ‘One Hundred and Forty Characters’, in which he photographed 140 people he follows on Twitter but had never previously met, was inspired by the realisation that he was communicating more frequently and more intimately with people he had befriended on the social networking site than he was with people he had known as real and actual friends for more than 20 years”.
You can see more of Chris’ work on his website.
Tuesday, February 7th at The Old Market in Brighton & Hove (11a Upper Market St, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 1AS). It will kickoff at around 7:30pm (doors at 6:30pm). Get there early as the seats get snapped up quick! Entry is free, but there is a bar there that stays open before and after the talk, so please bring some cash and support the venue by having a drink or two.
