Writing. Photographs.
Manchester, UK
Joined December 2010
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I’ve written many pieces for @Photomonitor, and enjoyed doing every single one - a million thanks to Christiane. Here’s what looks like my last from @TPGallery photomonitor.co.uk/exhibitio…
An intriguing, dark presence and time standing still in long exposures - me for @Photomonitor on Michael Kenna’s Northern England @nazraelipress photomonitor.co.uk/book/nort…
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Manchester is hell: W.G. Sebald's unforgettable portrait of our city.
A great read by @simonbowcock, edited by @SophEAtkinson.
manchestermill.co.uk/p/manch… (members only 🔒)
Mystery and erasure.
My review of the excellent 'She Appeared to Vanish' at @WatersideArts and @HOME_mcr for @Photomonitor
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Thoroughly enjoyed reading @StuartAFranklin’s book on ambiguity in art and writing about it for @Photomonitor photomonitor.co.uk/book/ambi…
My review of the compact and high quality #sweetdebris
@WatersideArts curated by
@MarioPopham - for
@Photomonitor - photomonitor.co.uk/sweet-deb… (photo by Chris Rhodes)
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New review - Diane Arbus: in the beginning @haywardgallery to 6th May: "...fascinating exhibition traces an artistic journey as uncomfortable and disturbing as the later pictures themselves." Words: @simonbowcock photomonitor.co.uk/diane-arb… [Diane Arbus/Lady on a bus, N.Y.C. 1957]
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Cinema Salford being demolished 1980s @SalfordMuseum @OldSalford @MancLibraries @simonbowcock @cinemaforall @Northern_Soul_
Smart move from the sagacious @IanBeesleyphoto: if there’s a tornado on the horizon, head for the nearest pub.
It was bitterly cold, the match dreary, looking at the clouds a fan remarked "Eck somebody just nuked Halifax !". @officialbantams vs Everton 28 Dec 1999 from Football Fans pub @caferoyalbooks @FootballMuseum @chethamslibrary @IMcMillan @HodgsonF @BradfordMuseums @tonyhusband1
Reading this reminded me of interviewing Vince Aletti and Fran Lebowitz separately a couple of years ago. Warm, generous and insightful: theguardian.com/artanddesign…
“Everyone knows about clubs now. When we started going out to clubs, it was really a small number of people who even knew they existed … Now they read about it in the suburbs, and it’s just like going to the movies.” theparisreview.org/blog/2018…
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The complex, layered landscapes of Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, winner in the @aperturefnd @ParisPhotoFair 2018 Awards from @MACK_books
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Jean Mohr, who made great collaborative work with John Berger, as well as being an under-appreciated photographer in his own right @guardianobits @Gdnartanddesign theguardian.com/artanddesign…
My piece on the late Ara Güler is in today’s @guardian print edition @guardianculture @guardianobits @Gdnartanddesign @AraGulerFoto @GulerAra theguardian.com/artanddesign…
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Beautiful writing alongside beautiful photographs. The UK's @Photomonitor on Geoff Dyer's THE STREET PHILOSOPHY OF GARRY WINOGRAND by @simonbowcock
Read the review photomonitor.co.uk/the-stree…
It was a privilege to write about the late Ara Güler, the ‘Eye of Istanbul’ @guardianobits @Gdnartanddesign theguardian.com/artanddesign…
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Many Congratulations to Paul Hart @PaulHartArtist - Winner of the 2018 #WolfSuschitzkyPhotographyPrize for the UK ! Paul's new book Drained has just been published.
Do as the men say. DeCarava was the man. His ‘The Sound I Saw’ is probably my favourite of all photobooks.
I wrote about this excellent book of photographs theguardian.com/artanddesign… @guardian @guardianculture @Gdnartanddesign @shashasha_photo @paweljaszczuk