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Gokceovacik, Turkey

dmdadmin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:18:23 +0000

I’ve just returned from a two week holiday in Turkey. Gokceovacik is near the town of Gocek on the Aegean coast of Turkey. It’s a beautiful location up in the mountains which thankfully was slightly cooler than the crazy temperatures down on the coast – 35 degrees which is far too hot for me. I spent a fair amount of time thinking about and then photographing the ‘olive pickers house’ which was next door to where we stayed. The colours, location and atmosphere captured my imagination and I hope to print and exhibit a series of photographs at some point in the future.

iphone 4

dmdadmin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:59:22 +0000

I’ve recently traded my blackberry in for an iphone. For a number of reasons this makes sense: I use a mac so everything syncs up easily, I needed a new ipod, the iphone is GPS enabled which is great for some future projects and also it has a 5 MP camera. Of course it’s a lot of money which I can’t really justify at all!

I’ve started experimenting with the camera, here’s an example of an early idea of using it like a toy/plastic camera which I really like,

Bristol Photography Festival 2010

dmdadmin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:09:55 +0000

As part of this summers Bristol Festival of Photography (20 May – 9 June) I curated the open submission photography exhibition ‘crossing the threshold’ for Retro Collectables and Broadwalk Arts.

The exhibition included work from 20 photographers from the UK and Europe who reflected upon the experience of entering environments that hold trepidation. I made the short film below of the all submitted work which was shown on a series of TV monitors in the windows of Broadwalk Arts and then selected 12 images that were printed and exhibited at Retro Collectables.

The image used for all publicity was from a series of photographs I took at a disused aircraft hanger in the lake district.

BV Studios

dmdadmin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:36:32 +0000

After years of thinking about it, wondering if I can afford or even deserve it I’ve just got the keys for a studio. It’s in the BV Studios which is a brand new development of purpose-built artists’ studios in Philip Street, Bedminster, Bristol. I have a portion of one of the mezzanine studios (pictured here), I just need to get some shelving, furniture and all my boxes of frames in and I’m sorted. I’m really excited about this and hope it’ll give my practice an injection of energy it needs and help me move my career on to another level.

Just a quick update – I’m really enjoying being in the space, I’ve got shelves and furniture, so it’s down to work now!!

Saatchi Online

dmdadmin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:44:16 +0000

I’ve just added my details to Saatchi online. He seems fairly successful in the art world! so I thought might as well take advantage of the huge amounts of online traffic that no-doubt surge through the site and generate some interest in my own work.

Check out: DMD at Saatchi On-line

Banwell Castle

dmdadmin — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:04:05 +0000

I went to a fantastic wedding a few weeks ago at Banwell Castle in Somerset. More of a folly than a castle it was a beautiful atmospheric location. Aside from the obligatory wedding shots of our friends Janine & Mick I spent some time capturing the other side of the castle – the quiet forgotten side.

hole view

dmdadmin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:26:26 +0000

I spent an hour or so in the Robinson building at the top of East St the other day. The old paper bag factory and one-time home for local artists is being turned into apartments. I managed to catch it before completion, in a state of flux which is how I like it. The shot here was taken on the scaffolding looking down towards Dame Emily Park.

oh canada

dmdadmin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:32:48 +0000

I had a great family holiday in Ontario, Canada over Christmas/New Year. As a photographer I was constantly frustrated by driving passed fantastic images, I wanted to capture everthing. Sadly I under-achieved, but would really like to go back, specifically to photograph certain locations. I’ll have to sort some decent thin/really warm gloves out first though -operating a camera at -25 without gloves is a big mistake!

still no sun

dmdadmin — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:52:43 +0000

I suppose in a month or so we’ll forget the lack of sun this summer? Actually I don’t really get on in the heat and like the slate grey skies, but I like to feel I’ve had a summer. This picture was taken in August at a disused airfield in Pembrokeshire – it ticked all the boxes for me, although this tyre sculpture or race track as some describe it did elude to recent human activity..

forgotten cornwall

dmdadmin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:35:38 +0000

Just had a really nice weekend in and around Whitsand Bay in Cornwall. The image here was taken on the farm we stayed on, providing a perfect location for my current work.