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Exotic Detail in the Margin

August 09, 2017
I was really pleased to see that artist Barbara Walker had been shortlisted for the Jerwood Drawing Prize. "The largest and longest-running annual open exhibition for drawing in the UK, presented... ›
Exotic Detail in the Margin Pictures

A day late and a dollar short: Jamaican Independence

August 06, 2017
  LIFE AND DEBT from Jón Stefánsson on Vimeo.   "...crippled but not forgotten..." (Pathe commentary 1.44 mins in)  Reference (click on links below). Citiblog  The Gleaner  The Guardian   ›
A day late and a dollar short: Jamaican Independence Pictures

MoAD Presents - A conversation with Shantrelle P. Lewis - Curator of Dandy Lion

August 05, 2017
MoAD Presents - A conversation with Shantrelle P. Lewis - Curator of Dandy Lion from Museum of the African Diaspora on Vimeo. ›
MoAD Presents - A conversation with Shantrelle P. Lewis - Curator of Dandy Lion Pictures

Modes of Representation

July 26, 2017
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Modes of Representation Pictures

"Black Innocence"

July 26, 2017
in·no·cenceˈinəsənsnounthe state, quality, or fact of being innocent of a crime or offense."they must prove their innocence"synonyms: guiltlessness, blamelessness, irreproachability"he protested... ›
"Black Innocence" Pictures

States of becoming

July 26, 2017
'In this selection from his archive, Dennis Morris gives us a beautifully well-judged and eloquent portrait of the black diaspora, frozen at a particular moment in time. It is pregnant with... ›
States of becoming Pictures

Bringing the subject to the centre

July 25, 2017
"For me the thing that has the greatest transformative capacity in the art world today, in terms of what people expect to see when they go to the art museum, is a painting that has a black figure... ›
Bringing the subject to the centre Pictures

The Affordances of Terrain: Teju Cole

July 12, 2017
"When I'm not there, I long for it, but what I long for is the feeling of being an outsider there and, soon after, the feeling of leaving again so I can continue to long for it" Teju Cole What... ›
The Affordances of Terrain: Teju Cole Pictures

Light on Surface

July 10, 2017
I photographed a young woman last Friday, for an assignment, whom two years before, when she was 21, was standing at a bus stop with her best friend waiting to go to a hen do. Until a boy racer... ›
Light on Surface Pictures

Border/Talks: A Conversation with John Akomfrah on Sea-Migration, Borders, and Art

July 06, 2017
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Border/Talks: A Conversation with John Akomfrah on Sea-Migration, Borders, and Art Pictures

Ghosts

July 05, 2017
GHOSTS In the early hours of a rural morning in Jamaica, in that small space in time before the sun rises and the moon leaves us, my father tells me that when he was a boy, he once saw a ghost... ›
Ghosts Pictures

Linton Kwesi Johnson - Inglan Is A Bitch

July 03, 2017
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Linton Kwesi Johnson - Inglan Is A Bitch Pictures

Our Jamaican problem - 17/01/1955

July 03, 2017
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Our Jamaican problem - 17/01/1955 Pictures

The Cartographer tries to map a way to Zion

July 03, 2017
Currently listening to...   "And the ras says it's all a Babylon conspiracy de bloodclawt immappancy of dis world— maps which throughout time have gripped like girdles to make his people... ›
The Cartographer tries to map a way to Zion Pictures

Looking through Ruben. H. Bermudez's book at Photoespana 2017

July 03, 2017
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Looking through Ruben. H. Bermudez's book at Photoespana 2017 Pictures

The Fishermen - Chigozie Obioma

July 03, 2017
 Currently listening to...   "Listen, days decay, like food, like fish, like dead bodies. This night will decay, too and you will forget. Listen, we will forget."   Guardian review ›
The Fishermen - Chigozie Obioma Pictures

Overcoming the Colonial Tool: 'Artscape - The New African Photography'

July 01, 2017
Overcoming the Colonial Tool: Artscape - The New African Photography Produced by Al Jazeera Artscape, "The New African Photography" looks at this fast-changing continent through the eyes of an... ›
Overcoming the Colonial Tool: 'Artscape - The New African Photography' Pictures

How racism makes us sick | David R. Williams

June 29, 2017
HOW RACISM MAKES US SICK | DAVID R. WILLIAMS    ›
How racism makes us sick | David R. Williams Pictures

Black America - Documenting Our Existence in Photography

June 29, 2017
Black America - Documenting Our Existence in Photography “If it were not for Debra Willis,” artist Dawoud Bey says near the end of Thomas Allen Harris’s documentary Through a Lens Darkly: Black... ›
Black America - Documenting Our Existence in Photography Pictures

John Edwin Mason | Visual Justice: Gordon Parks’ American Photographs

June 29, 2017
John Edwin Mason | Visual Justice: Gordon Parks’ American Photographs "I suffered evils, but without allowing them to rob me of the freedom to expand." John Edwin Mason | Visual Justice:... ›
John Edwin Mason | Visual Justice: Gordon Parks’ American Photographs Pictures

Roy DeCarava

June 28, 2017
ROY DECARAVA on Charlie Rose Roy DeCarava on his MoMA exhibition and book entitled, "Retrospective. “I don’t really think that the technique really determines the veracity of the image. It’s what... ›
Roy DeCarava Pictures

Who stole the soul?

June 27, 2017
Black America Again - Common - directed by Bradford Young  ›
Who stole the soul? Pictures

What responsibility does an artist have to their own community?

June 25, 2017
What responsibility does an artist have to their own community?  We often ask ourselves, who is our audience?  But what increasingly I've been asking myself is what responsibility do I have, as... ›
What responsibility does an artist have to their own community? Pictures

Criminal Injustice

May 08, 2017
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Criminal Injustice Pictures

Falling Down

February 05, 2015
FALLING DOWN A bitter wind blows in through the vents of the laundry room on the nineteenth floor of Barry Jackson Tower.  Youths, who have eased themselves past security, to build and then burn,... ›
Falling Down photos

Monday Music: It Never Entered My Mind

December 29, 2014
  I've often looked at the cover photo (below) and wondered about the composition...the placement of the steamroller...the man crossing the road...was it just a snap?  A shot at the start of the... ›
Monday Music: It Never Entered My Mind Miles Davis

Emmet Gowin

January 16, 2015
Emmet Gowin “We don’t tell everything we know about ourselves. We tell those things that we feel have a chance poetically of fitting back into life and that means fitting back into the feelings of... ›
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PhotoEspana 2017

June 23, 2017
PhotoEspana 2017 I had a brief trip out to Madrid recently and caught some of the Photoespana festival. Like any festival there are things which light your fire and others which don't but I was... ›
PhotoEspana 2017 Pictures

Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle - Extended Trailer

June 23, 2017
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle - Extended Trailer It was a great pleasure to meet the director Paul Sng and to more importantly be asked to be involved in his upcoming book.  ›
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle - Extended Trailer Pictures

State of Photography Symposium

June 23, 2017
It was a great privilege to be a speaker alongside such a great line up of speakers at the symposium on June 16th.  ›
State of Photography Symposium Pictures

PhotoCafe Free Event - July 5th

June 23, 2017
PhotoCafe Free Event - July 5th All are welcome to the next PhotoCafe free event on July 5th at 1000 Trades with our speakers on the night Richard Lambert and Walter Rothwell. We're looking... ›
PhotoCafe Free Event - July 5th Pictures

Some Cities Workshops

May 10, 2017
Some Cities Workshops We've got some great opportunities to expand your photographic practice and knowledge over the coming months, at Some Cities HQ in sunny Balsall Heath, S. Brum. Check out... ›
Some Cities Workshops Pictures

Sleeve Notes Session

June 30, 2017
  If you have a moment please do check out my recent Sleeve Notes Sessions interview:       ›
Sleeve Notes Session Pictures

Monday Music: Asiatana

November 08, 2014
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Monday Music: Asiatana photos

National Symposium of Photography II - June 16th

May 09, 2017
NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY - JUNE 16TH I'm really happy to announce that I will be speaking at The State of Photography Symposium, Birmingham City University, 16th June. See you there.   ›
National Symposium of Photography II - June 16th Pictures

Ta-Nehisi Coates Reads From Between the World and Me

May 08, 2017
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Ta-Nehisi Coates Reads From Between the World and Me Pictures

PhotoCafe Talk - Call Out - Deadline June 5th

May 07, 2017
WORLD WIDE CALL OUT  Orienting ourselves is difficult when the ground shifts beneath our feet. This can be felt in a literal and metaphorical sense. How do our bodies understand place? How might... ›
PhotoCafe Talk - Call Out - Deadline June 5th Pictures

PhotoCafe Talk - May 10th

May 01, 2017
PHOTOCAFE TALK - MAY 10TH All are welcome to the next PhotoCafe event on May 10th from 7pm at 1000 Trades, 16 Frederick Street, The Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham B1 3HE We're looking forward to a... ›
PhotoCafe Talk - May 10th Pictures

Guilt

March 16, 2017
GUILT A man died last Saturday; a man who I will never know, yet a man, nonetheless, who I have thought about every day this week. He fell into a hole on a construction site and then was crushed... ›
Guilt Pictures

Heaven

February 24, 2017
Heaven There’s a black dog laying in the gutter; it looks like a small stool that has fallen over in the wind, as it’s white legs, frozen in time, sticks up skywards to where so many here hope... ›
Heaven Pictures

In the ring

February 12, 2017
In the ring I tucked the box of cereal and Almond Milk under my arm and then attempted to grab a jar of coffee off the shelf, all the time with a shop assistant watching this sad excuse for a... ›
In the ring Pictures

Rain

February 10, 2017
Rain When it rains all of this will turn green she said. The brown dry hills, up above will be green and lush once more, we all need rain she sighed, as rain is life. But the hills up above,... ›
Rain Pictures

Home

January 31, 2017
Home Something happens here after dark, a certain madness that seems to grip the children, who live in this gated community in Acadia; a certain hysteria, if you will, as one by one, they begin to... ›
Home Pictures

In Hot Water

January 28, 2017
In Hot Water. Yesterday the power went out and I found myself having to stay in while the landlord sorted a repairman to come over to check it out.  Blog cuts to someone shouting first world... ›
In Hot Water Pictures

The fog

December 01, 2016
The Fog I wake up in the darkness and for a few seconds still think that I’m back at home, instead of in Jamaica, until yesterday and last night begin to filter slowly in, to correct my reality. I... ›
The fog Pictures

Back in the day

June 10, 2015
I came across this interesting photograph of Barry Jackson Tower taken in 1980 yesterday. It's strange to think that this landmark of 43 long years will soon be gone but it was great to hear all... ›
Back in the day social housings

Monday Music: Flat of the Blade

July 25, 2014
  Flat of the Blade - directed by Ewen Spencer for MASSIVE ATTACK "How does it feel to kneel at the feet of the choices you made" I love this track and the video too.  I'm currently developing... ›
Monday Music: Flat of the Blade photos

Photographers Talk: Hexagon Theatre, mac,

November 19, 2016
Photographers Talk: Andrew Jackson Hexagon Theatre, mac, Birmingham B12 9QH 23rd November 2016 from 6pm - 7.30pm  Grain Photography Hub Press Release: We are delighted to invite you to a... ›
Photographers Talk: Hexagon Theatre, mac, blogs, posts, stories,

Photos on show in Ojodepez-39

December 29, 2014
  “No-one on that ship…thought we’d be leaving home forever, but when my father hugged me on the dockside, for some reason, I knew I’d never see him again…”   Amy Jackson My feature in OjodePez... ›
Photos on show in Ojodepez-39 photos

A short story about time #1

July 27, 2015
The past is a small island which we sail slowly away from.  At first we’re excited by this uncharted journey and care not about the growing distance between ourselves and it, this strange land, as... ›
A short story about time #1 photos
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