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Front Row

The front row of a festival, photographed from the stage with a flash and a wide lens. Nobody is looking at the camera because nobody knew it was there; they were looking at the band. Three songs, then out. The…

Crowd at an outdoor event, faces turned to the light

The Band, 1911

Twenty musicians, their instruments and one dog, arranged by a photographer who knew exactly where every face should go. The print cost less than a coffee and has been on my desk since. Nobody at the market knew who they…

Archive black and white photograph of a brass band

First Cast

A lake in February, a fisherman who has been there since five and mist that took the far shore away. The photographs are almost grey on purpose. The exposure sits a stop over what the meter wants. Mist is white;…

Silhouette of a fisherman casting a line into morning mist, in black and white