September 14-17th 2006 saw the opening of the No Right Turn exhibition in London. Organised to showcase the work of the works of 26 artists and photographers emerging from the MA Photography & Urban Cultures programme at Goldsmiths College, University of London, the exhibition was well attended with an opening that saw approximately 500 people through it’s doors.The image ‘Art Show’ was one of four works from the ‘Black Englishment’ project that I exhbited and was probably the strongest of the images in terms of it’s ability to stand alone with no explanation, however each of the four images shown…

Last Saturday saw 19 of us venture down to Effingham in Surrey, to the Delta Force Paintballing center, to celebrate with nephew Andre, his birthday. He has reached the ripe old age of 13, so what better way to mark the ascension, than with a foray into violence real-time, none of that virtual nonsense, that’s for little kids. Along with 12 of his mates, the seven adults prepared for what we anticipated would be an exciting and enthralling experience. I don’t think any of us knew we were in for some quality pain.

I have now finished my MA Photography and Urban Cultures at Goldsmiths, just awaiting the final marks. The year was rounded off with a very successful exhibition No Right Turn, held at Underground Village in Shoreditch. This group exhibition featuring 25 finishing students was staged over 4 days and included a symposium on the penultimate day with artist talking about their work. I was very pleased with my first exhibition, and although not 100% happy with the final work, was very happy with the responses to the work by visitors to the show. Whilst not one of the images displayed,…