In South East London, just up the hill from Camberwell Green is an old pub called ‘The Joiners Arms’. The patrons are a mix of long standing locals, students from Camberwell College of Arts, fans of the live, local music scene and, quite often, relatives of inpatients at Kings College hospital who just want a pint after visiting hours. The Joiners holds dear to the ideal that if you drink there long enough you become part of the family.
This warm welcoming venue was the subject of my MA final show at the London College of Communication, and, along with the accompanying book, was the winner of that year’s ‘Photofusion‘ award.
On May the first 2011, Network Rail held it’s breath for twenty four hours as the engineering intricacy of pushing prefabricated railway structure at four centimetres an hour was going to take at least a minute. Yes, there was a lot of men standing around in orange jackets but it was worth every second.
Poker Face; the evolution of the ‘Winners and Losers’ project. Turns out, without money involved, nobody cared about the outcome. This time at the ‘Concrete and Glass’ festival, visitors to the exhibition had to pay to play! ‘Subject’s’ are invited to buy a self portrait. The subject can pay any amount for their own portrait, starting from one penny. The subject and photographer then cut a deck of cards and the portrait documents the subject as the result is revealed. If the photographer wins the money stays with the photographer, if the subject wins they win a free portrait.
