Category: Documentary photography
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Mountain Workshop, Williamsburg, Kentucky
Photography is invariably a solitary pursuit, but to grow, most of us need the feedback of our piers – I certainly do. This is why I was so pleased to have the opportunity to attend this year’s Mountain Photo Workshop based in Williamsburg, Kentucky.
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Gravesham: A Day in the Life
On Saturday, 1st June, anyone with a camera (or a phone) was invited to take part in Gravesham’s first Day in the Life shoot, part of the Gravesham Fringe Festival. The aim is to make it an annual event documenting the changes in the borough from year to year. I took portraits of shopkeepers in…
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Print Edition – Issue Two: The Lost Pubs
In 2000, there were 67 pubs in Gravesend; at one time, there had been many more. Today, just 31 are still trading. As I write, the latest to close is The Peacock, which served its last pint on 1st January this year. As a whole, the UK loses about 500 pubs a year. With rising…
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The Compass Points to a Possible Future
A former estate agent’s office doesn’t sound like the obvious venue for a new pub, but that’s what The Compass Alehouse, was before it became Gravesend’s first micro-pub in 2014. John and Rachael run the pub with the help of a dedicated group of volunteers, which tells you a lot about its place in the…
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The Lost Pubs
In 2000, there were 67 pubs in Gravesend; at one time, there had been many more. Today, just 31 are still trading. As I write, the latest to close is The Peacock, which served its last pint on 1st January this year. As a whole, the UK loses about 500 pubs a year. With rising…
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Last Ferry to Tilbury?
The Jacob Marley leaves Gravesend for the last time, and the sun sets on a ferry service that has carried passengers between Tilbury and Gravesend for over 700 years. The ferry’s cancellation is another symptom of the funding crisis hitting local authorities across the UK.
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Documentary Photography Self-Study Blog #3
It’s been two years since I started self-studying documentary photography and photojournalism, and this is only my third blog post. However, I have finished stage one.
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10 million a day
In 2021, UK consumers drank 2.5 million litres or 10 million bottles of water per day. That’s a lot of plastic. It’s great that you’re all drinking so much water; good hydration is important. But when you buy bottled water, you are driving a chain that’s having a significant impact on our environment.
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Print Edition – Issue One: The Table
I’m delighted to announce that the first print edition of The Gravesend Journal is now available. This first edition tells the story of Tony and Vicki Harris, who founded a community group, The Table, to feed the homeless and those in need.
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Theatre Photography: Aladdin
The theatrical ‘get-in’ is a bit like moving house. You arrive at your new home early in the morning with all your worldly possessions piled in the back of a van. There’s furniture to be unloaded, lights to be put up, and the sound system to be installed. Inevitably, something doesn’t quite fit and you…
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The final days at Tri The Bike Shop
A bike shop has traded from this site in Windmill Street for some 60 years. However, at the end of November Tri The Bike Shop will put up its shutters for the last time. I spent the morning with manager Leo Brown (not shown), Stuart Britten and James Medhurst.
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A Night at the Rodeo in Dalton, Georgia
My wife steps in and shuts me up, which considering the circumstances and the twenty-five-foot drop behind me, is fair enough.
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