I will be showing work in the TIDES group’s ‘Port Life’ exhibition which is part of the PhotoFringe held during the Photo Biennial this October. The images will be shown on gabions on Brighton beach in front of the Grand Hotel. Following on from … Continue reading
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My shot of a Marmalade Hoverfly, ‘Episyrphus balteatus,’ on a marigold flower, made the front cover of this May’s Outdoor Photography magazine. … Continue reading
Amateur Photographer magazine’s 24 March edition is a macro special. I was pleased to be invited to write and illustrate a four-page feature on macro lighting for this issue. Articles by Ross Hoddinott, Sue Bishop and Sandra Bartocha, among others, … Continue reading
Beneath the Looking Glass Another group of images from the phone box project. Bits of detritus including seeds, feathers and hairs, become attached to the remains of sticky tape on the surface of the glass. Random specks of dirt sparkle like jewels … Continue reading
Beneath the Looking Glass You might not consider a phone box a likely subject for photography. Phone boxes are now, for the most part, obsolete – dirty, uncared-for pieces of street furniture, a receptacle for rubbish, covered with graffiti and the … Continue reading
Art at No.51 Colleen will be showing her work at ʻArt at No.51ʼ which is venue 10 on the Seven Dials trail 51 Montefiore Road Hove BN3 6EP Tel: 01273 770947 email montefioreno51@gmail.com Link to house: http://aoh.org.uk/house/no-51/ Open every Saturday and … Continue reading
Artist’s Open House Exhibition 2017 Colleen will be showing her work at ʻIlana Richardson and Guestsʼ which is venue 4 on the West Hove Trail. 66 Langdale Gardens, Hove, BN3 4HH Tel: 01273 726 464 email art@ilana-richardson.com Link to house: http://www.aoh.org.uk/may-2017-festival-houses?item=1567 Open … Continue reading
A feature I’ve written, Quick Guide to Photographing butterflies and moths, is appearing in the latest edition (May – issue no. 127) of Outdoor Photography magazine. This magazine, along with Black + White Photography, are two that I read regularly … Continue reading
Starling murmuration – On Brighton and Hove seafront, from November to March around sunset, thousands of starlings flock in a mass aerial display called a murmuration. They swoop and whirl in the sky over both of the Brighton and Hove … Continue reading
Rencontres d’Arles Continuing my Urban Surfaces project, the underlying theme of ‘Rencontres d’Arles’ is a temporal one with the same sense of impermanence that informed my work for the ’Tides’ exhibition. There is the same sense of people coming and going … Continue reading