Photographers

Photographer/artist Mike Stimpson has recreated some of the most iconic pictures from photography masters such as Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa. The pictures can be seen on the BBC website. I was quite amused at the images, and the photographers take on re-creating such classic images using a child’s toy. It just goes to show that with a little imagination one can create using any material or medium. Fluidity in ideas leads to the creation of great pieces of art. ...

I recently curated a photography show about a UK gospel choir who this year celebrate 13 years in the music industry. Using the images taken over the years, we were able to build a visual history of the life of the group from 1994 to 2007. Although most of the images were taken, not as ‘documentary’, but as a combination of promotional, live event and portrait photographs, along with my co-curator, we found enough in the images that could tell the story of the group over the time. ...