The whole house is shaking
This exhibition by young Leeds’ photographer Thomas Duffield at Village in Leeds
Photography on a Postcard – October 2017
Photography on a Postcard Shoreditch, London, 12th – 24th October 2017 I am delighted to announce that some of my work is available in the prestigious ‘Photography on a Postcard’ lottery this October. My image of traveller Bobby ‘Riding the river’ will feature in the show. I’m truly honoured to be included alongside so many…
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reasons I love ‘God’s Own Country’
‘Johnny Saxby (Josh O’Connor) works long hours on his family’s remote farm in the north of England. He numbs the daily frustration of his lonely existence with nightly binge-drinking at the local pub and casual sex. But when a handsome Romanian migrant worker (Alec Secareanu) arrives to take up temporary work on the family farm,…
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Langwathby Station Café closing
Sad news – Langwathby Station Café has been sold and will be getting new owners soon, so this lovely venue in its present form is about to close in the coming month. As of this weekend you will no longer be able to buy my work from here.
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Working with Morris – Rosa Nguyen
Scrapbooking Rosa Nguyen’s ‘Working with Morris’, winner of the John Ruskin Prize 2017 Loved this piece in Sheffield Millenium Gallery’s ‘Master of all Trades’ Ruskin show – ceramics, glass, natural plant stems, wallpapers, collage and print. Beautiful piece in itself, and casting interesting shadows. Rosa Nguyen’s website: http://www.nguyen-ceramics.co.uk ‘Working with Morris’ (detail)…
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‘Otono’ – new to web shop
New prints! A selection of my ‘Otono’ series are now available to buy in my shop.
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Find my work at ‘Wish You Were Here’
I’m very pleased that you can now buy some of my work and see it on display in Woodend in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Get out to this glorious stretch of the Yorkshire coast for the day and see if you can find it before 29th September.
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Taking Off. Henry, My Neighbour.
I love this photo. It’s being used to publicise Oxford Photo’s current open call Conceal/Reveal.
Appleby Horse Fair
Another enjoyable two days visiting Appleby Fair, even if one of them was almost completely sodden with rain. The annual horse fair sees travellers from all across the UK come together for the big event, meet with old friends, and trade horses. It’s a chance to see other ways of life, and it always affords…
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Calcite
My photography is more fruitful when I am on my own. That is, at least, the images I make when I’m out alone in the wild.
Thorns: the long deserted hamlet
Once inhabited, now deserted places have a pull on us. Where lives were once lived and features were managed: stone walls repaired, ovens cleaned, fireplaces swept, roofs mended, herbs gathered, plants tended. Not neglect, but simply absence – humans rarely come by any more and nature takes hold. Thorns, near Ribblehead is such a place.…
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Quarry regeneration
Every so often I pass a derelict quarry by the side of the railway line I travel on. Lush, fenced off,