Tag Archives: Grain

JON TONKS: EMPIRE │ Ffotogallery, Penarth → 18 July 2015

22/06/2015UncategorizedAnother Place, Ascension, BBC, Falkland Islands, Grain, Hyman Collection, Jon Tonks, Lens Culture, Observer, St. Helena, Tristan da CunhaFrank Johnson

A Gather of Sheep, Long Island Farm, Falkland Islands

GALLERY • ARTIST

“Reznetñ wɖ a sens v Britiśṇs ẃć z rmarcbli recgnîzbl yt iṇscepbli strenj”

Guardian: "A couple on St Helena: 'Residents pose in their uniforms as if to emphasise their sense of belonging to Queen and country.' Photograph: Jon Tonks/Dewi Lewis" — Observer: “A couple on St Helena: ‘Residents pose in their uniforms as if to emphasise their sense of belonging to Queen and country.’ Photograph: Jon Tonks/Dewi Lewis”

BBC 6 March 2014
Sean O’Hagan OBSERVER 29 December 2013
Iain Sarjeant ANOTHER PLACE
GRAIN
HYMAN COLLECTION
LENS CULTURE

TREVOR APPLESON: BIRMINGHAM │ MAC Birmingham → 5 July 2015

19/05/2015UncategorizedGrain, Trevor ApplesonFrank Johnson

“Aplsn’z clasic pwtritfôtgrafs v cerfli ṣlctd deṃgrafic grūps md in hiz mc-šift pwtbl stydio r nâ wel nôn. In tânz n setlmnts fṛm Cêp Tân t Mexico Siti t Cibŭts Hatserim in Izrel, Aplsn sets p on bīčz, strītcwnrz, n uɖr public spêsz, ineblñ a captivetñ repṛzentešn v plês.

In ɖs ny bodi v wrc, wrld-rnând ftogṛfr Trevr Aplsn hz têcn t ɖ strīts v Brmñm t lc at yʈculčr nâ. Includñ ovr 70 clasic pwtritfôtgrafs, Aplsn rflcts ɖ culčṛl dvrsti v yuñ ppl in ɖ siti, ɖer inf̣nit stîlz n trîbl afiṇtiz.

Prizntd az insṭlešnz, alñsd objcts n sošl-mīdia content c̣lctd fṛm ɖ ācîvz v hiz subjcts, Aplsn xplorz slfrepṛzentešn az a cânṭpýnt t ɖ cnvnšnz v ɖ tṛdišnl fôtgrafic pwtrit.”