Some interesting Links

W EUGENE SMITH
Probably my favourite and most inspirational photographer is W Eugene Smith whose Pittsburgh project took a year and resulted in seventeen thousand photographs, one of the most ambitious photographic essays, portraying the people and places of this city. Robert Frank said "I think that Gene Smith was the last American photographer who believed that his work was the message and he was the messenger to tell that it is true and that it will survive".

ALEC SOTH
Alec Soth lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has received fellowships from the McKnight and Jerome Foundations and was the recipient of the 2003 Santa Fe Prize for Photography. His photographs are in major public and private collections, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and the Walker Art Center. His work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the 2004 Whitney Biennial. His first book, Sleeping by the Mississippi, was published by Steidl in 2004. Soth has photographed for The New York Times Magazine, Fortune and Newsweek. In 2004, he became a nominee of Magnum Photos. Alec was kind enough to comment on my photography and has an exhibition at the Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool until 5th February 2005.

EDWARD POVEY Artist & Sculptor
The subject of one of my photo shoots, and I thank him for giving me the opportunity to photograph him in his studio. Edward Povey is a British artist with a studio in Bangor, North Wales. He was born in London in 1951 the only son of a seaman, and showed artistic talent from an early age. In his teens he painted in Canada and the Middle East, and later became noted for his accomplished murals in Wales in the 1970’s. He painted in a Caribbean studio in the 80’s, until American art collectors brought his work to the U.S.A. Now he is represented by galleries in Wales, London, New Orleans, San Francisco, Carmel and California. Povey’s art is documented and discussed both in the British media and in a number of art publications, and his work now hangs in private and public collections internationally.

CONSCIENTIOUS - a weblog about photography, art, and life.
Jörg Colberg (pictured to the left) works as an astrophysicist, currently in Pittsburgh, USA, and spends a lot of his spare time on photography. He has his own personal photography website jmcolberg.com. He has created "Conscientious" which is a weblog about photography, art, and life in general. Predominantly, contemporary photography, but he is not going to try to define what future or past posts will or did contain other than saying that it's photography or art that he like(d) or stuff that he was/am interested in (incl. some politics). He is no professional photography critic, and he does not aspire to be one; hence there will be no long words. He thinks good photography doesn't need making too many words!

BORGO PRETALE- a wonderful place to relax in Tuscany.
An ancient lost world where to discover hospitality of quality and taste the best of Italian gastronomic and oenological tradition. A Sojourn at Borgo Pretale is a journey through time as well as the history of this tiny hamlet surrounded by lush green and under the watchful eye of a fortified tower. The latter, today brought back to its ancient glory, hosts some of the hotel's rooms. The other are located in the surrounding buildings. Borgo Pretale is a corner of Haven, ideal for a holiday but also for business meetings.

PETER McCABE - a scouse Artist we met at Telfords Warehouse
"When I was a young boy my mother told me I was going to be a famous artist. That most artists are famous after they are dead fills me with great optimism; so before I die I would like to dedicate this website not to my mother (or my father), but to Anne Martin in Kirkby, who taught me how to colour-in dinosaurs when I was about three years old – it's all down to her".