Foto/Industria, Bologna (Confessions of an autograph hunter)

I've just returned from a long weekend in Bologna as a guest of the inaugural Foto/Industria festival. 
 

Here... have a look at this...

 In a recent Popsicle Alec Soth writes of his barber asking that most difficult of questions: "What do you take pictures of?" Strangely, I once suffered a similar interrogation from my own barber...  
 

In Praise of... Gerry Johansson

The first of what I hope will be a series of posts about artists whose work I love, here are some musings on the Swedish photographer Gerry Johansson.
 

9213: University of Brighton Anniversary Publication

As some of you might already know, this year marks the 21st anniversary of the BA degree in Photography at the University of Brighton. I was there, on that very first day back in 1992, and I’ve taught on the course ever since. Staff and students all agreed we should mark this auspicious occasion in some way. So we made a book or, rather, two books…
 

Photo-Eye Book of the Week

Mark picks Photo-Eye's 'Book of the Week'...
 

A Life Off-Screen

Recently, while working on a Magnum group project called ‘Open for Business’, I had something of an epiphany.  I’d borrowed a Phase One camera, a remarkable piece of kit and, as all who try one must surely do, I fell instantly in love...
 

Welcome to my new website...

Welcome to my new website... The main developments are the size of the pictures, which are 400% bigger than they were before, and its ability to work on any platform, including smartphones and tablets.  
 

University of Brighton Alumni and Graduate books

Students and staff have produced two beautiful publications celebrating 21 years of BA (Hons) Photography at the University of Brighton. Entitled '9213.
 

A video review of MASS by Photo-Eye

Photo-eye's Melanie McWhorter takes a look at 'MASS'.
 

Alec Soth review's MASS

 Alec Soth's review of MASS on Little Brown Mushroom.
 

MASS - available now!

My new book MASS is now available to buy from the shop.