Half-Frame Photography

Having recently got my hands on some Olympus Pen cameras, a fantastic history of which you can find here, I dusted off several other makes I own, initially running some film through an Agfa Parat, it's really great fun, seventy two shots from a thirty six frame film, plus you can tell some interesting stories with the adjoining frames. These cameras are relatively cheap, apart from the Olympus's which are becoming quite collectible, plus they fit in your pocket.

Olympus Pen Original and EE

Agfa Parat 1 and Paramat

Chaika 1 and 2

London - 10.10.09 - Agfa Parat 1

London - 11.10.09 - Agfa Parat 1

Fujifilm - Instax Mini

London - 19.10.09

London - 18.10.09

Credit card size photos from Fujifilm, cheaper and more readily available than Polaroid, great colours to, more to follow.

Diana 151 Camera

Battersea Park - London - 11.10.09

Battersea Park - London - 11.10.09

Battersea Park - London - 11.10.09

My recent trip to Battersea Park, to visit the excellent Polaroid Exhibition resulted in some interesting shots of my own. The images that the Diana camera produces are totally unpredictable, beautiful and timeless, more here.

Polaroid Exhibition

I've just visited a great new exhibition at the Pumphouse Gallery, Shake It: An Instant History of the Polaroid features the work of Nobuyoshi Araki , Rut Blees Luxemburg , Guy Bourdin , Tim Braden, Roe Ethridge , Walker Evans, Richard Hamilton, David Hockney, André Kertész , John Latham, Robert Mapplethorpe, Jonathan Monk, Lisa Oppenheim , Lucas Samaras , Michael Snow, Juergen Teller , Andy Warhol, Wim Wenders, great images displayed in a great setting, slap bang in the middle of Battersea Park.

If you live in London or are about to visit and have an interest in the enduring quality of the Polaroid photograph, it's worth checking out.

It's free and runs from 6 October - 13 December 2009

Book Just Published.

My new book Transient is now available at Blurb, all the images were captured using my mobile phone, check it out!