Bleak and brilliant, Ray & Liz opens with scenes from a fly-infested council-flat bedroom where a man resides – sleeping, smoking, drinking, but never leaving. He passes the time looking out the window and listening to the radio. This is Ray, alcohol-dependant and isolated. These scenes make up one third of Richard Billingham’s Ray & … Continue reading
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Museum Re-Vamp.
I was recently lucky enough to be invited to a blogger’s evening event at The National Media Museum in Bradford. A group of 15-25 of us were treated to an exclusive after hours look around the two exhibitions that the museum is currently hosting and were given a literal taste of what the new dining … Continue reading
Nightmares from the Lens.
As my passion for film grows, I sometimes forget that my first love was still photography. Photographers who explore truth and realism fascinated me the most. Some photographers, such as Martin Parr, amused me through the comedy they provoked through their photographs. Others moved me. Three years ago I went to see the Don McCullin … Continue reading