by Johanne Nethery “he’d always find the time to visit these odd, uneven grounds, searching through his lens, finding compositions amongst the withered stands, documenting the occasional Brutalist oddity, local wildlife roaming the pitch, and billows of smoke: the remnants of a recently deceased groundskeeper’s career.” 25 years in the making: It was Iceland that… Read More »
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‘Brian Sweeney’s Great Stadiums of the North’
by Stuart Cosgrove “Chastened by what he saw in Iceland and the grounds he photographed there, Sweeney returned home to Scotland where he is now a proud advocate of community clubs.“Cosgrove on Sweeney Photography often has a curious characteristic and sometimes the image is inverse to the personality of the photographer. The great Depression era… Read More »
Chris Leslie — ‘A Balkan Journey’
Running from January — February ‘A Balkan Journey’ by Chris Leslie is the forefather of his photographic career. In 1996, Leslie, then a young politics graduate, decided to volunteer with a small NGO. One of his tasks: to run black & white photography classes for children, a serendipitous moment that kickstarted his now well-regarded creative… Read More »
Pictures from Afghanistan – BBC Documentary Trailer
Pictures from Afghanistan – BBC Documentary Trailer He has hiked across the Hindu Kush mountains and hidden out in caves with guerrilla fighters. In Kabul he was an eyewitness to the factional struggles that ravaged the city out of which the Taliban would rise. For going on four decades David Pratt has covered conflicts around… Read More »