Blizard building

The 'Viewfinders' photo group I belong to recently photographed the Blizard building in Whitechapel. You can see my images here:

http://flickr.com/photos/22501324@N00/

It houses the Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, part of the Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Paris images

I have posted some images of Paris on flickr:

http://flickr.com/photos/22501324@N00/sets/72157606709638970/

Trooping the Colour Flypast 2008

Some grab shots of the flypast as it went over west London.

C-17 Globemaster transport and 2 Tornado F3's

Tornado GR4 bombers

Here we note the interminable shutter lag of the Sony Ericsson K750i camera phone.

'The Greenway' images published in LIP magazine

Four of my images from 'The Greenway' series have been published in London Independent Photography magazine. It is on sale at the following outlets:

Gallery 12 - 12 South Hill Park, London NW3 2SB
Hoopers Gallery - 15 Clerkenwell Close, London EC1R 0AA
ICA Bookshop - 12 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH
Koenig Books - 80 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0BF
Photographers' Gallery - 5 & 8 Great Newport Street, London WC2H 7HY
Serpentine Gallery (Koenig Books) - Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA
Shipley Booksellers - 70 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0BB
Silverprint - 12 Valentine Place, London SE1 8QH
Viewfinder Gallery - Linear House, Peyton Place, London SE10 8RS

First colour Mamiya 7 II images

Here are the first colour shots I took on my recently acquired Mamiya 7 II camera. They are of St.Catherine's Hill near Guildford.

'Art In Mind' Exhibition at the Brick Lane Gallery

I have 7 images in a group exhibition called 'Art In Mind' at the Brick Lane Gallery in east London.

Here are the details of the Private View: -

Venue: The Brick Lane Gallery
196 Brick Lane, London, E1 6SA
http://www.thebricklanegallery.com/
Date: 9th January 2008
Time: 6 - 9 pm

6 of the images are 10 x 12" prints taken from the "Greenway" series.


The seventh is a 70 x 70cm canvas print of Canary Wharf.

The exhibition continues daily until the 21st January.

Mamiya 7 II

I am now the proud owner of a Mamiya 7 II medium format film camera.


Yes, I can sense the dismay/mocking of digital fans. But I know that this will give me fantastic image quality, is portable and a lot cheaper than a medium format digital camera. Here's the official info:


http://www.mamiya.com/mamiya-7-ii.html


I will be christening it over the holiday period.

Arles Graffiti Book

During my visit to the annual photography festival in Arles this year, I made a series of images documenting the well-hidden but diverse selection of graffiti in the town.

These photographs are now available in a book which can be purchased on my website: http://www.peterspurgeon.com/

I found a great photographer

I searched for Mamiya 7 II on flickr. This is a portable medium format camera, for which I have placed a bid on ebay. the search revealed images by wiiri whcih I really like:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiiri/

Shallow depth of field and backlighting give the pictures an ethereal feel. She has a fresh way of looking at the world.

Mobile Sunset

St.Albans Rainbow

Bizzarre shop

Last night I walked past this shop on Essex Road. It's very strange...

Brazil Book

My book of photographs of Brazil can now be purchased from my web site.

www.peterspurgeon.com You can view a small version of the book here

Derelict House

I have uploaded a gallery documenting a Derelict House near Smallford in Hertfordshire.

You can view the images at http://www.peterspurgeon.com/

BT Trial Site

I have uploaded a gallery documenting the British Telecom Trial Site at Smallford in Hertfordshire. Currently in Planning limbo, this site has an uncertain future.

You can view the images at www.peterspurgeon.com

Prints for sale

I have set up a PhotoBox Pro Gallery where you can purchase prints or other items. Check it out at this link:

http://www.photoboxgallery.com/spurgeonimages

Beautiful Mile End?

New Project

Today I began a new project to document some of the areas in East London that are being redeveloped for the 2012 Olympics. I began my walk at Pudding Mill DLR station.





Thanks to the Google Map Pedometer you can view the route I took here (don't forget to zoom in on the map.) This image gives an idea of the landscape in this area:


The area around the DLR station has a bleak post-apocalyptic feel. It is predominated by light industrial business such as scrap and recycling merchants. Dirt covers everything like a layer of fallout. On a wall opposite the station there is a solitary white tile bearing the words TATE MOSS.



Further investigation reveals that this is near the site of a warehouse where artistic happening and parties take place. The organisers' website (www.tatemoss.com) says

'We aim to question authorship and branding and to create a discourse about the freedom of information and the use of technology as an exploration of unmonumentalisation of art work based in our lived environment.'

If anyone knows what unmonumentalisation means then please let me know!

Walk under the DLR bridge and there are more industrial sites.



Buildings have signs warning of the high level of theft in the area and others supporting the Olympics.



Double-back under the bridge and walk through more filfth and debris. Detritus obscures neglected steps up the side of the Northern Outfall Sewer. This corridor is optimistically entitled the Greenway. It gives a good view of the surrounding landscape. A mixture of trees nearby, then warehouses and new buildings under contruction near Stratford. One of the images I made today was of the aftermath of a fire: -




Nearby a weeping willow moves gently in the breeze.



Sadly it is joined by a discarded TV and motorbike sitting in the water.


I continued west and stopped to look down on the River Lea. The atmosphere improved as walkers and cyclists used the towpath. An old concrete pill box sits incongrously in front of a trendy block of flats. Its an intresting location in which to live. Very peaceful but not really near anything.

At one stage, this area which is called Fish Island was to have been concreted over and used as a car park for visitors to the Olympics. Instead there will be a temporary arena for basketball.

I walked home through the wonderful Victoria Park: -

You can view these and other images from this project on my website at www.peterspurgeon.com

Winter sky

What a racquet!

Where old racquets go to die...