Last night I took a work friend of mine from India to the Student final show at Byam Shore, which is a college of the University of the Arts London. This image was taken there and shows some of the highly creative work that was on display by this year’s graduating class. This particular body of work was by an artist that based his work around the homeless. The images are in black and white save the eyes of the subject which are vivid, bright and clear. Your attention is drawn to the eyes which was the artists intention. He…

Chris Jordon’s current work, Running the numbers – An American Self Portrait, allows us to think quite differently about our consumption by marrying photographic work with statistics. I wish he was showing this in London, I would love to view the actual works as I believe they would be striking. View the work by clicking this link http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=7

I looked at my last post on this blog and it was dated June 1st. Thats two weeks ago. It’s not that I haven’t been writing anything, I have a couple of posts in draft state at the moment waiting to get finished, it’s just that I have been feeling a little reflective over the past two weeks. You see, I’ve been re-evaluating some of the goals that I set for myself for this year, and it would seem a major one is going to be relegated to a secondary one, you know what I mean. Primary goals are actively…

Research carried out by a UK travel related firm (I’ve still to find out which) has found that more British people are opting for a lifestyle where they work at home, but live in another country. These lifestyle worshipers opt for living in different parts of Europe or even in North Africa and a commute to work via an airplane. In an effort to improve their quality of life, see more of their family and get on the property ladder, these Britons are willing to put in up to 6 hours commuting from their chosen abodes to the UK’s major…