The self-doubt of artists (unedited version)

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Frigging great photos on display at the Great Exhibition of the North in Newcastle

I’ve long been let down by major photography galleries and the boring, conceptual and god damned unfathomable exhibitions they frequently put on. So, believe me, I was bloody shocked to find some of the best photography I’ve seen in yonks on display during the Great Exhibition of the North in Newcastle and Gateshead this summer. […]

Best camera phones 2018

It’s summer holiday time. You want to take photos of everywhere you go. You don’t want to carry a huge camera around with you. So, you buy a new smart phone. But which one? Ignoring the fact the mobile phones are built to deliberately slow down, seize up, freeze and crash after two years so […]

Courtaulds exhibition at Preston’s Harris Musuem

Images of the Courtaulds exhibition now on at the Harris Museum in Preston. The exhibition is about the history of the Courtaulds factory at Red Scar, near Preston. The centre-piece is Deauville by Eugene Boudin, painted in 1893 and now owned by The Courtaulds Gallery – pretty much all that is left of the Courtaulds […]

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