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Photographers worth having a look at

Graham Macindoe
https://www.grahammacindoe.com/

graduate of Edinburgh College of Art and the RCA (and Rikers Island) - The Scottish National Portrait Gallery bought 25 of his prints from Coming Clean ( pictures taken whilst he was an addict) and put them on exhibition in 2017. Now teaching in New York and has been working with The National. The American Exile set is topical. He did some great documentary shots around Trumps Inauguration and the women's March but not on the website.
 
If you have several days to spare look here https://www.amber-online.com/collections/

and another one https://homersykes.photoshelter.com/gallery-list

and one of my favourites (sadly taken from us too young) http://www.tishmurtha.co.uk/the-archive.html - click through archive at bottom of the page

I always find images of the north in the 60's, 70's and 80's really thought provoking, having led a sheltered upbringing in the middle class suburbia of the south east, I was really insulated from the poverty of the north, as our manufacturing industry declined. Its a world I just didn't experience, despite going to a northern University in the 80's, I did of course live in a Student bubble.

I wonder if there as many people documenting modern life in a similar manner, with the advent of the selfie culture maybe we are loosing the documentation of part of our social evolution. Current street photography vogues are not as documenting, a lot more about dramatic shots with leading shadows, etc. There are some exceptions such as Peter Dench http://www.peterdench.com/ and to some extent Martin Parr.

To that effect I thought I'd start a project (which may amout to nothing) about the ever expanding Cheshire Village I live in, its very middle class, hardly anyone talks to each other, kids don't play in the street, its all very boring!! New housing estates are full of identikit houses, the cars on the drive and no humans, even in the middle of the day. Its something to have a crack at, and is within spitting distance of my house, so its easy to go for a little wander with the a camera.

Taken in the middle of a Sunday afternoon, cars on drives in a new build housing estate.



Adding a human element is going to be a challenge!!
 
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Blazej Marczak
https://www.bmarczak.com/

I met Blazej at one of the Freerange Photography weeks at the Old Truman in 2012, shortly after he graduated.
He did a project on Aberdeen "The Grey City" - only a slideshow available here and then moved somewhere colder - now in Ottawa and working on a project there.
The Neighbours - a look at the faces of migration
 
The Photographers Gallery have the two Tish Murtha books in stock - saw the show they had of her work last year.
 
The Photographers Gallery have the two Tish Murtha books in stock - saw the show they had of her work last year.

I backed the Kickstarter for the Elswick Kids book, so I have a nice hardback and print as well. Her show at photographers gallery was great, really interesting to see that her university tutor underwrote her HP agreement on her Olympus SLR, that wouldn't be allowed to happen these days.

Should have added Shirley Baker to that original post http://shirleybakerphotography.com/
 
to that effect I thought I'd start a project (which may amount to nothing) about the ever expanding Cheshire Village I live in, its very middle class, hardly anyone talks to each other, kids don't play in the street, its all very boring!! New housing estates are full of identikit houses, the cars on the drive and no humans, even in the middle of the day. Its something to have a crack at, and is within spitting distance of my house, so its easy to go for a little wander with the a camera."
Adding a human element is going to be a challenge!!

in a similar vein Simon Martin has a project about Sittingbourne https://www.simon-martin.org/2156358-bearing-fruit#1
 
Taken in the middle of a Sunday afternoon, cars on drives in a new build housing estate.



Adding a human element is going to be a challenge!!

IIRC Doisneau gave up on street photography because the cityscape was becoming fullnof vehicles and live was moving indoors.
 
James Ravilious. A fantastic photographer who should be more well know - his father was an excellent artist.

These are two of my favorites. Click on 'Gallery' for more...

http://www.jamesravilious.com/gallerypic.asp?gallery_id=34

34.jpg

30.jpg
 


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