East End – Click on the image to view image sequence.

Over the last year and a half I have been taking photographs around the East End of London. During this time I have been attempting to make interesting photographs of the everyday and unremarkable in the tradition of what is often referred to as “deadpan” photography. Initially inspired by William Eggleston’s ability of finding drama in the everyday, my intentions can best be summed up by Andreas Mass as he talks about his own work and that of Levi Wedel;

“I love the bright light of the banal that is often not seen or crowded out. My wish is to capture daily life with a sense of aesthetics without making the aesthetics appear constructed or even visible at all…”

This is a selection from this series of photographs which I have now put together in a book which is hopefully making its way to me at this very moment. I will also at some stage get round to showcasing this stuff more comprehensively online.

Morning Wharf – Click on the image to view image sequence.

Over the past year and a half I have been working at Ogilvy in the Docklands in East London. As I live in the Eastend this puts me in the enviable position of being able to walk to work. Half this journey is along the Thames and often during the winter months I am greated by the sun rising behind Canary Wharf. A very nice way to start the day.

Hania market trader – Click on the image to view image sequence.

Our last assignment for photo club was possibly our hardest, five portraits, at least one of someone we didn’t know (with the subjects consent). As it turned out I was traveling alone in Greece during the course of the assignment which meant approaching numerous strangers and asking if I could take their photo. Not all agreed, but from those that did I selected the above 5 images.

I have thoroughly enjoyed photo club and would highly recommend it to anyone with an interest in taking pictures.

Our last assignment for photo club was the very open subject of landscape. For reference we looked at a selection of very different photographers, from Joe Cornish to Jem Southam and Stephen Shore.

I’ve joined a photo club run by Andrew Newson. We meet once a month and are set an assignment with reference to a photographer (or photographers) and then go off and do our stuff and are reviewed the following month. The first assignment was beauty in the banal, with reference to William Eggleston.