March marks the start of a very busy couple of months for the miniclick talks, with March, April and May packed with talks, panel discussions and screenings. You can keep up to date with all the news at www.miniclick.co.uk.

Stepping in for March, as part of our programme of free monthly photography talks, is the very talented and very dapper gent Harry Watts. For the past three fours months we’ve been concentrating on photographers that specialise in people, with Peter Dench, Luca Sage, Ewen Spencer and Chris Floyd giving great talks in November, December, January and February respectively. Harry’s work and subject matter brings something completely different to the talks and it promises to be a great evening. Harry will be talking about his own work, his route into photography and also (very interestingly) some of the people he has assisted in the past, including Simon Roberts, Clare Strand and Martin Parr.

The talk will be on Tuesday March 6th at The Old Market in Brighton & Hove. Doors are at 6:30pm and entry, as always, is free!

Here’s some of his work…

“Harry Watts (b. 1987 Winchester, UK) graduated from Brighton University in 2009 with a BA in Editorial Photography. In 2009, Harry was selected by Italian Vogue for a solo exhibition at the Salvatore Ferragamo flagship store in London, and has since exhibited across the UK and internationally. Harry is currently working on the series ILLUSIONS and FINDS, along with this he assists photographer Martin Parr in his London studio”

You can see more of Harry’s work on his website.

Tuesday, March 6th 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 after the talk, so bring some cash and support the venue by having a drink or two.

Hope to see you there!

I’m very, very, very pleased to announce that at 11am on Sunday, May 13th I’m once again joining forces with the world’s only known magazine for film-makers and photographers, Hungry Eye, and Britain’s oldest continuously operating purpose built cinema, The Duke of York’s in Brighton, to screen Anton Corbijn’s “Control” as part of the England’s largest arts festival, the Brighton Festival, 2012. Tickets are available here. There will also be a special guest Q&A afterward, read one for all the info…

“Control is a 2007 black-and-white biographical film about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis. Matt Greenhalgh wrote the screenplay based on the book Touching from a Distance, written by Curtis’ widow Deborah who co-produced the film. Directed by acclaimed photographer Anton Corbijn, Control stars Sam Riley as Ian, Samantha Morton as Deborah, and Alexandra Maria Lara as Annik Honoré. It also stars James Anthony Pearson, Joe Anderson, and Harry Treadaway as Joy Division members Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris, respectively, as well as Toby Kebbell as band manager Rob Gretton and Craig Parkinson as Factory Records head Tony Wilson.

The film follows Ian Curtis’ life from 1973 to 1980, focusing on his marriage to Deborah, the formation and rise of Joy Division, his struggle with epilepsy, and his extramarital affair with Annik, culminating in his May 1980 suicide. The film’s title comes from the Joy Division song “She’s Lost Control”.

Control premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2007 where it won several awards including the Director’s Fortnight, the CICAE Art & Essai prize for best film, the Regards Jeunes Prize for best first/second directed feature film, and the Europa Cinemas Label prize for best European film in the sidebar. It went on to win five British Independent Film Awards including Best Film, Best Director for Corbijn, Most Promising Newcomer for Riley, and Best Supporting Actor for Kebbell. It was named Best Film at the 2007 Evening Standard British Film Awards, and Greenhalgh was given the Carl Foreman award for outstanding achievement in his first feature film at the 61st British Academy Film Awards.”

Following the screening we’ll have a live discussion with Stephen Mallinder, of Caberet Voltaire. Stephen is ideally placed to discuss Anton’s film and the aesthetic of that era. Caberet Voltaire were highly acclaimed contemporaries of Joy Division, both were signed to Factory Records and they frequently shared the bill at early gigs. The band were also photographed a number of times by Anton Corbijn.

(photograph by Anton Corbijn)

“Stephen, founder member of pioneering electronic act Cabaret Voltaire, who are regarded as one of the key influences on contemporary electronic and popular music culture, has a background of both theory and practice in media and popular culture working as a musician, video maker, journalist, broadcaster, researcher and academic.

The group’s first release, Extended Play in 1979, represented the first domestic release for Rough Trade Records, the UK’s foremost independent label followed by, A Factory Sampler, the debut release for the seminal British record label, Factory Records.

He went onto produce more than 30 albums for these and other independent labels plus worldwide releases for Virgin, EMI, Manhattan/ Blue Note with chart and club successes around the world notably in Europe and USA.

Stephen has worked numerous artists, film and record producers including Afrika Bambaataa and early electro producer John Robie. He has recorded albums with legendary dub producer Adrian Sherwood and became the first UK act to record an album in Chicago in the late 80s with ”the originator of house” Marshall Jefferson. More recently has worked with Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays /Black Grape), Billie Ray Martin, John Foxx, and members of Nine Inch Nails.

He has established a number of record labels: Plastex (UK); Off World Sounds (Australia); and Doublevision, the UK’s first independent video label with associated record label. Has won awards in USA and UK for videos and artwork. Produced soundtracks for cinema, television, theatre and national ballet.

Currently living in Brighton, UK Stephen continues to produce music and has signed to dTone Music in the USA reissuing his Ku-Ling Bros. recordings which debuted at No 1 on eMusic in the USA. He is currently recording as Wranger two with members of Tunng and has just completed an album as Hey, Rube! with Stephen Cobby (Fila Brasilia) for 23 Records.

He holds a doctorate in electronic music, and continues to write, research and teach”.

The screening will be at 11am on Sunday 13th May at the Duke of York’s Picture House in Preston Circus Brighton. As soon as the credits roll, we’ll be starting the live discussion (you must have a ticket for the film to see the discussion). Coincidentally (or not so coincidentally), the cinema will be screening another classic photography & film-making linkup with Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow Up showing straight after our discussion.

You can buy tickets for the Control screening and Stephen Mallinder discussion here (click on the red 11:00 button on the left hand side).

This event is part of the miniclick talks: Brighton’s free monthly photography talks.

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.

Just a quick one to let you know there is now a facebook group for the miniclick photography talks and is probably the best way to keep up to date with everything we’re doing.

Click here to head to it.

Thanks! Over and out.

The miniclick talks (Brighton’s free, monthly photography talks) ended 2011 on Monday with a great talk by Luca Sage. To kick off 2012, we have an equally exciting speaker lined up for you in Ewen Spencer. Ewen was part of our September panel discussion and we had a load of emails and requests on twitter to get him back to do a talk on his own – obviously his work has captured a lot of people’s imagination and I’m really pleased to announce he’ll be speaking for us on January 10th (doors at 6:30pm, talk will start around 7:30pm)…

“Ewen studied under the tutorage of British Photographer Paul Reas and Mark Power and the School of Art and Design at the University of Brighton. He graduated in 1997 and quickly became known for his groundbreaking editorial during the late 90’s for The Face & Sleazenation magazine. He immediately spoke to an audience interested in subcultures, multiculturalism, music, graphic art, photography, fashion and primarily youth culture.

In 2001 Ewen embarked upon a project simply called Teenagers documenting British adolescents as they come to terms with socialising, dating and sex. His signature flash style became synonymous with a close aspect to his subjects. What separated him from other social-documentarians is the feeling you get from the occurs that he knows and likes his subjects, that they trust him enough to allow him entry and that he has an understanding of what’s going on without being embedded in the scenes himself.

The Teenagers project was shown at the Exposure photo festival in Hereford, UK in 2001, as part of “Jam London – Tokyo” showing at both the Barbican in London and the Tokyo Opera House Gallery and was also exhibited at the Rencontre d’Arles in 2004, curated by Martin Parr, where it was shortlisted for the project assistance award.

Not surprisingly, in 2002 Martin Parr tipped Ewen as the most promising newcomer of that year. Commercial clients started calling and he began working with bands, producing cover art and behind the scenes tour material for The Streets & The White Stripes. There’s many reasons why Ewen continues to be a sought after photographer for clients. He’s quick, precise, spontaneous, collaborative, with a great eye for what’s current, on trend and in line with brand objectives. Over the last 2 years he’s produced work for Puma, Sony, Nike, Addidas, Boxfresh, T mobile, Vodaphone and Lastminute.com.

Ewen has continued to pursue his interest in teen culture and in 2005 completed a series of images taking a look at a group of teenagers involved in London’s “Grime” Scene. The project has come to fruition through the publishing of a book and a touring exhibition called “Open Mic.” Works from Open Mic are now included in the Courtauld institute of Arts, Musee d’Elysee in Lausanne and many private collections throughout Europe. The book Open Mic was awarded a yellow pencil certificate by the D&AD in 2005 for Photographic publishing.

The book “Open Mic” remains one of the best examples of Ewen’s work to date and led to him being awarded a commission by Massive Attack in 2010 to produce a short film concerning ideas around cultural pluralism and gangs in Britain”.

You can see more of Ewen’s work on his website.

Tuesday, January 10th 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 (as anyone sitting on the floor at Luca’s talk will testify)! Entry is free, but there is a bar there that stays open before and after the talk, so bring some cash and support the venue by having a drink or two.

Hope to see you there!

Last night (Tues, Nov 1st), Peter Dench gave a fantastic miniclick photography talk for us and fresh on the heels of that, I’m really happy to announce that Luca Sage is going to be doing our December talk. Luca combines three things that don’t always necessarily go together in a photographer – he’s an extremely talented practitioner, a multi-award winner and an all-round nice guy.

The talk is on Monday, December 12th (talk starts at 7:30pm, doors at 6:30pm)…

“Luca Sage graduated with a first class honours degree from the University of Brighton in 2004. Whilst still at college he was selected for the Schweppes Portrait Prize and was runner up in both the FujiFilm Student Awards and the Spectrum Student Awards. Since then Luca Sage has shoot for various editorial magazines and advertising clients including The Independent on Sunday, The Telegraph, The Guardian, Time Out, Monocle and Hackett Clothing.

As well as his editorial work Luca continues his passion for portraiture; his personal projects have taken him to Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Malawi, Lithuania and Serbia.

Over the last few years Luca has shot predominantly with an Ebony large format camera, which suits his ‘slow’ style of working. His portraiture is a contemplative observation, often in opposition to the mass media representations of these countries. Luca also holds a degree in Social Anthropology and this subject has been integral to his subsequent photographic practice.

Luca has recently won four awards with his images from Cote d’Ivoire. ‘Ivory Coast United’ won the Foto 8 Summershow 2011, KL Awards 2011,  LPA Portrait Awards 2011 and the 442 World Football Photography Awards 2011.  His portraits have also been selected for the AOP Awards, Onward, DC Fotoweek and the New York Photo Awards. Luca has been selected for the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize on four occasions.”

You can see more of Luca’s work on his website.

Monday, December 12th 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 after the talk, so bring some cash and support the venue by having a drink or two.

Hope to see you there!

Following on from Murray Ballard’s miniclick photography talk in October we have Mr Peter Dench coming down to do a talk for us, in association with Hungry Eye Magazine and incorporating the first ever “Dench Diaries Live” (at least, in Brighton…). Anyone who has read Peter’s Dench Diaires will already know they’re a cracking read – the highly entertaining journal of the ups and downs of a sometime-working-pro and one of the brightest British documentary photographers working today.

The talk is on Tuesday, November 1st (talk starts at 7:30pm, doors at 6pm)…

A man holding a can of high strength lager carries a baby on Blackpool promenade. The city has been attracting visitors ever since 1735, when the first guest house opened. In the 19th century, it became a popular working-class destination among the English.

Three Muslim men chat on a bench as a Cobb’s horse parades through the Oxfordshire town of Banbury as part of the annual hobby horse festival.

The Estelle Clifton Dancers in their dressing room change for a show at the Hippodrome Circus in Great Yarmouth, the last remaing dedicated English circus building. Built by showman George Gilbert in 1903, Houdini and Chaplin are once said to have wowed the crowd there.

A woman with a plastic glass of champagne talks on her mobile phone at the inaugural British sand polo event on Sandbanks beach. Sandbanks is a small dune on the south coast in the county of Dorset and one of the most expensive places to live on the planet.

“Peter Dench weighed into the world a hefty 10lb 8oz’s. He was born on the feast of Saint George, the patron saint of England and shares a birthday with Shakespeare, arguably the greatest ever Englishman that has ever lived. From Dench’s first breath the salty air of the English Channel permeated his nostrils, the sounds of seagulls crashed into his eardrums, saturated colours startled the retina; bumper boats, Punch & Judy, arcades, striped deck-chairs. This was his his introduction to England and he was hooked.

Looking through the books of Martin Parr, Greg Leach, Paul Reas and Elliot Erwitt, Dench decided to take photography as a career seriously. If you could travel the world, make people laugh and think, that was a fine way to live. If you could do it with a drink in your hand, that was the life for Dench. Dench has been combining his seaside sense of humour with his passion for photography and drink ever since. His project documenting the imbibing habits of his countrymen picked up a World Press Photo Award. In 2010 he placed second in Advertising at the Sony World Photography Awards. In 2011, England Uncensored – A Decade of Photographing the English, was exhibited at the Visa pour L’image festival of photojournalism.  With hindsight, it was perhaps inevitable that one day the world would see, The Dench Diary, a laugh out lout account of his life as a sometime working pro, in print , video and online for Hungry Eye Magazine”.

Tuesday, November 1st 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 6:00pm). Get there early as the seats get snapped up quick! Entry is free, but there is a bar there that stays open after the talk, so bring some cash and support the venue by having a drink or two.

Hope to see you there!

After the big September 21st birthday party extravaganza (click here for more information on that), Brighton’s monthly miniclick photography talks will return to normal service. We’re bringing some of the best photographers in the country to The Old Market in Brighton & Hove to talk about their work, in an informal setting, FOR FREE! The previous 12 speakers have all be great and the response from the audience has been ace. I’m very proud with what we’ve been able to do with them so far and we’ve built a foundation to get some really good names down in the next year.

Starting off, on Tues October 4th (7:30pm), with Brighton photographer Murray Ballard…

Patient Care-Bay, dewar being filled with liquid nitrogen by Hugh Hixon and Dr Mike Perry. Alcor facility. Phoenix, Arizona, USA. October 2006.

Perfusion kit. Cryonics UK meeting at the home of Alan and Silvia Sinclair. Peacehaven, East Sussex, UK. May 2007.

Robert Ettinger at his home in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Robert Ettinger is often cited as the ‘grandfather’ of cryonics due to his book ‘The Prospect of Immortality’ published in 1962. April 2010.

Cryostats. Cryonics Institute, Detroit, Michigan, USA. April 2010.

“Murray Ballard (b.1983) lives and works in Brighton, England.  He graduated from the University of Brighton in 2007 with a BA(Hons) in Photography, and was selected for Fresh Faced and Wild Eyed ‘08, the annual showcase of work by the most promising recent graduates at The Photographers’ Gallery, London.  In 2011 the British Journal of Photography recognised him as one of the ‘Emerging Photographers of Note’ following his debut solo show, The Prospect of Immortality, at Impressions Gallery, Bradford.  His work has been published in many international magazines and newspapers including: The Guardian, GEO, Wired, Intelligence in Lifestyle, and the photography journals: 8 and YVI.  As well as working on his own projects he continues to assist renowned Magnum photographer Mark Power”.

You can see more of Murray’s outstanding work on his website.

Tuesday, October 4th 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 after the talk, so bring some cash and support the venue by having a drink or two.

Hope to see you there!

In September of 2010 Alex Bamford presented the first miniclick photography talk down here in Brighton. The monthly, free photography talks have gone from strength to strength since then and have gathered quite a bit of a following as we approach their first birthday.

To celebrate this milestone, Laura Pannack and I have been curating a summer event, to be held in Brighton on  21st September, at The Old Market in Brighton & Hove. Doors will open at 6pm, with the talk commencing at around 7:30pm. The centrepiece is an open panel discussion featuring some of the best photographers in the UK today. The bar will also be open, music playing and general merry-making happening all evening ’till late. I will also be releasing an extremely limited edition souvenir publication featuring the first 12 miniclick speakers, available exclusively on the night. Tickets are £5 and available here. We’ll also be organising an event at London’s Slaughter House sometime in the near future, so keep your eyes peeled for that!

I obviously have a vested interest in bigging up the lineup, but I cannot express how excited I am to be having all these people in one room, talking about their work and photography in general. It’s guaranteed to be an inspiring evening with some incredible artists in attendance. Big props to Laura for assembling this incredible group…

Laura Pannack

In 2010 Laura recently received first prize in the Portrait Singles category of the World Press Photo awards , best in show at the Host foto 8 show and 3rd prize for the Terry O Neill awards.

Her work has also won and been shortlisted for a total of 19 other awards since June 2008 and has been published and exhibited world-wide. These awards include first place in the Hotshoe International Next Perspective Award, The Terry O’Neill Awards, The Taylor Wessing Prize 2009, The D&AD Awards and a winner of The Magenta Foundation Award 2009 and 2010. Her work has been extensively exhibited, including being shown in The National Portrait Gallery in London and the Royal Fetival Hall.

Laura was selected as a YPU member and is on Talentpool on the D&AD website having being commended for her work on Alzheimer’s in the D&AD awards. Some of her clients and publications include The Telegraph Weekend, The Sunday Times, The Guardian Weekend, The Mental Health Foundation, The COI, Save the Children, Dazed & Confused Magazine, Seesaw Magazine, Hotshoe and BJP.

Despite being very comfortable working digitally, for her personal projects Laura still shoots on 120 film, refusing to part with her beloved Bronica 645.

Laura was recently profiled as the photographer in the Creative Review’s edition of – ‘One to watch for 2011′

‘Pannack gives great insight into her subjects’ lives using a great simplicity which belies great maturity in portrait technique’ [Lawrence Watts / Action Aid]

You can view more of Laura’s work here.

Hin Chua

Born in Malaysia before migrating to Australia, Hin studied computer science and first picked up a camera a few years ago in an attempt to get over a girl. It worked and things just seemed to progress from there.

His favourite things in life include the mid-60s John Coltrane quartet, Akira Kurosawa movies and Spanish hot chocolate.

Hin lives and works in London.

You can view more of Hin’s work here.

Maja Daniels

Maja Daniels is a Swedish independent photographer currently based in London, UK. She recently relocated after having spent 6 years in Paris, France.

Having studied journalism, sociology and photography, her work focuses on social documentary and portraiture with an emphasis on human relations in a western, contemporary environment. By using sociology as a frame of research and approach to her photographic work, she finds it a great combination when trying to focus on the interaction between man and society and combining photography and the written word.

Her recently completed long-term project “Into Oblivion” (about Alzheimer’s disease and the politics of ageing) was shortlisted for the 2010 PhotoVisura Grant for an outstanding personal photography project. The same project is going to be exhibited in the Spanish photo festival Getxophoto in September this year.

Maja is also one of the winners of the Magenta Foundations Flash Forward Emerging Photographers of 2011 and she is regularly commissioned by the weekly and monthly press including The Guardian, The Independent, Monocle, Les Inrockuptibles as well as humanitarian organisations and cultural institutions such as UNICEF and the European Commission. She is currently represented by Picturetank in Paris.

You can view more of Maja’s work here.

Ben Roberts

Ben Roberts is an independent photographer based in the UK.

He’s photographed subjects as diverse as youth culture in Scotland, Australian gold mining and Spain’s economic crisis. He is currently working on a new series exploring social and physical geography on the periphery of London.

In 2009 Ben was the recipient of the British Journal of Photography’s Project Assistance Award for his series ‘The Gathering Clouds’ – a contemplative look at the effects of the economic crisis on Spain’s social and physical landscape. In 2010, he was named as one of PDN’s 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, and in 2011 he had his first solo show at the 3^rd Floor Gallery in Cardiff.

Ben is represented by Picturetank in Paris, and works as a Technician Tutor at the University of West London.

You can view more of Ben’s work here.

Jason Larkin

Whilst living in Cairo Jason forged a successful career working as a documentary photographer in the Middle East & Africa, publishing work in various periodicals throughout Europe and North America. Originally trained as a photojournalist in London he’s since moved away from the day-to-day of journalism and is now focusing on other, less reported aspects of life in the region.

He now dedicates his time to developing larger bodies of work that engage and reflect on current affairs which play out more in the periphery, seeking another more comprehensive viewpoint of an often misunderstood and ignored reality. Much of his work focuses on identity and how, whether viewed from an individual or collective group within society, it fluctuates as the environment and social situations constantly shift and evolve.

You can view more of Jason’s work here.

Ewen Spencer (replacing Nick Ballon, who sadly can’t make it)

In the late 1990’s Ewen’s groundbreaking editorial for The Face & Sleazenation immediately spoke to an audience interested in subcultures, multiculturalism, music, graphic art, photography, fashion and primarily youth culture.

In 2000 Ewen embarked upon a project simply called Teenagers documenting British adolescents as they come to terms with socialising, dating and sex. His signature flash style became synonymous with a close aspect to his subjects.  “Teenagers” became a major contribution to the Jam London – Tokyo group exhibition in 2001 at London’s Barbican. The work went on to be exhibited and short listed for the “future projects” prize at Rencontres d’Arles in 2004. The “Teenagers” images are still included in shows around Europe and can be found in many personal and public collections.

Not surprisingly, in 2002 Martin Parr tipped him as the most promising newcomer of that year. Commercial clients starting calling and he began working with bands producing cover art and behind the scenes tour material for The Streets & The White Stripes. There’s many reasons why Ewen continues to be a sought after photographer for clients. He’s quick, precise, spontaneous, collaborative, with a great eye for what’s current, on trend and in line with brands objectives. Over the last 2 years he’s produced work for Puma, Nike, Umbro, Adidas, T mobile, Vodafone and Lastminute.com.

In 2003 London’s burgeoning grime scene was developing Ewen gained access to make photographs during open mic battles in and around London. The book “Open Mic”  was published in 2005 and is still one of the best examples of Ewen’s work concerning Youth Culture to date resulting in him being awarded a D&AD pencil and more recently a commission by Massive Attack to produce a film around gang culture in Britian for their latest album Heliogrand.

You can view more of Ewen’s work here.

Ace! So, Wednesday 21st September, 6pm (7:30pm start) at The Old Market, 11a Upper Market Street, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, BN3 1AS.

Tickets are £5 and available online here.

Hope to see you there!

Two months ago, photography collective LGVL came and did one of the monthly miniclick photography talks I curate. LGVL is Lydia Garnett and Vic Lentaigne. If you were at their talk you’ll know their work is excellent and there’s big things ahead for them both. They have a brand new show opening with a private view on Thursday 28th July and running for a month at Hoxton’s Slaughter House studio / tattoo parlour / hair saloon / gallery space (great place by the way – well worth a visit). It’s a new body of work, entitled “Face”. From their own press release…

“The young photographic duo return to showcase an unseen collection of enlarged black and white portraits in an exhibition designed exclusively for Slaugher House studios. FACE promises an innovative and intimate view on contemporary portraiture with an exploration of identity and youth culture that remains signature to LGVL attitude”.

You can see more of LGVL’s work on their website and check out Slaughter House’s website for more info on the exciting goings on there.