CONFLICTED eBook now available with 40% off and as a DRM free download.
‘Conflicted: London’s Faces of Protest’ is now available as a DRM (Digital Rights Management) free download with now 40% off. Looking around at the digital book marketplace it’s time to dispense with DRM. Originally brought in by Adobe to safeguard authors against piracy, in the majority of cases it has instead thwarted users from being able […]
Photo spread in National Geographic Traveller magazine out now.
I’m really pleased. A feature about snow kiting has just come out in the polish edition of Nat Geo Traveller magazine using my photos over five pages. The article is called Latawce na śniegu (Kites on snow) which explains all about the sport of snow kiting and how to get into it.
Occupy LSX shot featured in The Guardian’s ‘photographs of the year’ 2011
I’ve just received an email from fellow photographer Ray Tang telling me that my photo of Occupy London Stock Exchange has been featured in today’s Guardian Weekend Magazine’s ‘photographs of the year’ story. A great way to finish the year 🙂
Feedback & Reactions to ‘Conflicted’
Last month I gave a talk both at the Applestore in London’ s Regent Street and the London Photo Forum. It was a great opportunity to explain to other potential authors what lies ahead of creating their own photo books and hear what people thought about Conflicted. In fact, during the Photo Forum talk, one […]
Talk at London Photo Forum
Tonight I’ll be talking again about my electronic photo book Conflicted: London’s Faces of Protest at this month’s London Photo Forum. It takes place at 6pm downstairs in the Jacobs Pro Lounge at 74 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1EU As before, I’ll be covering the how the eBook was made, including the successes, setbacks and lessons I learnt […]
New Canon 1DX Tested
Recently I went to the Canon Pro Solutions show at London Business Design centre to check out the new Canon 1DX. To say I’m really pleased with this new camera looks and feels would be an understatement. I normally shoot with two cameras, a Canon 1D MkIV and a 5D Mark II. The new Canon […]
From Photographs to eBooks
Please join me at the Applestore, Regent St from 7pm to 8pm on Tuesday 8th November 2011 where I’ll be talking about my electronic photo book Conflicted: London’s Faces of Protest. I’ll be discussing the whole process of creating the eBook, including the successes, setbacks, lessons learnt and what eBooks / ePublishing might mean as a whole for […]
The 99%
Just found out that I got the front cover of today’s G2 Magazine in The Guardian. Delighted. Especially with the shot; people peacefully sat on the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral beneath a huge banner: “We Are The 99%” Despite some tense moments on the Saturday night it was generally a quiet day. When I […]
Great Feedback
Another great two days here at VISA Pour L’Image 2011. I’ve had successive portfolio reviews with the heads of Red Dot Agency, Canon Professional Network, former World Press Photo guys and just now Anthony Holland Parkin, senior art Director from Getty Images. It’s amazing the effect these guys and the whole event has on you. […]
Assange Photo Story exhibited at Palais de Congrès, Perpignan
It’s still all go at the 2011 Visa Pour L’Image Photojournalism festival. I have finished putting up the Assange photo story which is now on display at the Palais de Congrès in Perpignan. I also got a nice surprise last night to see some of the shots being projected on the huge outdoor cinema screen […]
2nd ANI ‘Coup de Coeur’ Photo Prize nomination
Two days into the professional week here at VISA Pour L’Image and it’s been fast and exciting as ever. I just got nominated for the ANI Coup de Coeur Photo Prize – for the second year – which I’m seriously pleased about. It was for my photo story on Julian Assange / WikiLeaks (a story […]
London burns
London town is on fire tonight and I’ve just been reminded of a conversation I had with Finnish photojournalist Niklas Meltio at last year’s Visa Pour L’ Image photojournalism festival. He was saying I should think about Afghanistan and I said “with all the austerity measures coming into the UK this year it could all […]
eBook now available
After what feels like a very long time ‘Conflicted: London’s Faces of Protest’ is finally available as digital ebook through the Apple iBoosktore. With the publishing world undergoing to the same ‘pricing vs distribution’ revolution that hit the music industry, it seemed the logical thing to do. We will be developing a print version of […]