"Just received the sad news of the death of a friend and staunch ally, Colin Ford (91) who I last talked to at this exhibition at the much missed Centre for British Photography in London in June 2023. He was the go-to voice of photography in the UK…"
"Young British Photographers was enthusiastically curated by Chris Steele-Perkins
The show was first exhibited in1975 at Modern Art Oxford and toured through the country."
One of the nicest people I have met in my long photographic career was Donald. A maths and science teacher was the day job, but eclectic doesn't cover his photographic interests and curiosity.
A leading light in the Royal Photographic Society's…
"Nick and I collaborated over the years, but not as often as we would have liked. I used more of his photographs in the first edition of my book Approaching Photography (1982) than anybody else by far.
He spent two years on a photographic fellowship…"
Widely regarded as a master of darkroom photography, John Blakemore is celebrated for the richness and textures that he created within his prints. Using a technical harmony of the 5×4 film medium, the Zone System and an incredible mastery of the…
In 1974 Thomas J. Cooper and Paul Hill, then photography lecturers at Trent Polytchnic, Nottingham set out on a four year long project that resulted in them interviewing probably the most influential photographers of the first part of the 20th…
Just received the sad news that my old friend and teaching colleague, the legendary John Blakemore died last night after a short illness. He had been taken into hospital in Derby over Christmas.Born in Coventry in 1936, he was probably best known…
The obituary below will help reflect the life of a good friend and wonderful photographer PAUL CAPONIGRO.The photo was taken in 1978 on a workshop when Paul was showing me(beard) and participants his 5x7 camera.He was one our early workshop leaders…
Yolande Clergue passed away on 18 September at the age of 95. Alongside photographer Lucien Clergue, her husband of fifty years, she helped establish the Arles Festival in the 1970s when I took this photo of her with Lee Miller and Roland…
The Developing Room, a photography working group at Rutgers University’s Center for Cultural Analysis, in collaboration with the Essen Center for Photography (Essen Germany) announces the DR’s ninth graduate colloquium. The future once buzzed with…
Photographers, particularly those in the North, will be sad to learn that after 26 years of supporting photographers and championing photography throughout the UK, Redeye, the Photography Network will wind down on 31 July 2024 due to a number of…
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This obit I wrote may be helpful. Pete was a good friend and Heathy was one of my Trent Poly students in the 1970s.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peter-turner-304602.html