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A Looking Glass Eye – 21st Century London

Posted on June 23, 2008 | Leave a comment

Just a heads up on a group exhibition I’ve got a few pictures in: A Looking Glass Eye – 21st Century London at the EXIT Gallery, above Soho Books, 121-125 Charing Cross Road, London WC2. 27 June to 12 September.

This summer the EXIT GALLERY at Claire de Rouen Books is putting on a group photography show of London in the 21st Century. A very ambitious project for such a small gallery. The star of this show is London, as seen through the lens of both new and established award winning photographers… Stephen Gill, Valerie Phillips, Wassink Lundgren, Simon Wheatley (Magnum), Peter Marlow (Magnum) and Edmond Terakopian to name a few. Just like the melting pot that is London, this orderly mess makes for compulsive viewing. It’s free and on for over two months.

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"Who you waitin’ for"?

Posted on June 23, 2008 | Leave a comment

How often have you heard that? All it takes is a couple of photographers and almost every passer by will stop and ask “who you waitin’ for”?

The unfortunate thing is that the public, no thanks to programs like the BBC’s Paparazzi, think that every photographer is waiting for a celebrity. People seem to think that the only thing we photograph are celebrities.

Last week I was sent on a door step to try and photograph Abu Qatada who was released on bail. With his family, he’s now living under house arrest in west London, with an allowance to leave the house for two hours per day.

It was rather amusing to see the reaction on people’s faces when my colleagues would answer that we’re actually waiting for Osama Bin Laden’s right-hand man. It must have come as a bit of a surprise to find out that: a) we photograph non celebrities too and b) who their new neighbour is.

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www.pix.org.uk up and running

Posted on June 22, 2008 | Leave a comment

Good news! My hosting company has sorted out their servers and my web sites are back online!

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www.pix.org.uk down

Posted on June 21, 2008 | Leave a comment

It seems that somehow my websites http://www.pix.org.uk and http://www.commercial.pix.org.uk have been hijacked. There is also the less sinister possibility that there is a server issue with the company that hosts them.

I’m trying to resolve the issue ASAP.

In the mean time, if you do manage to get onto the above two sites, be warned that there are no areas where you will be asked to login. There’s also no possibility to purchase anything, so if asked, do NOT give over any credit cards or any information about yourself.

UPDATE: Just got an email from the hosting company that there is a server issue. However, please play it safe and follow the above advice just in case it is more sinister than a server issue.

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The Frontline Club Award

Posted on June 21, 2008 | Leave a comment

John D McHugh was awarded the club’s first ever award for journalism last night. The award was given as a result of his outstanding work and dedication to covering the war in Afghanistan. Although John D is a photographer, he also covered the story using audio and video.