Artangel to the Art of Champagne
Their commissioned projects are often unusual pieces that are place and time sensitive. The artistic process is key to their philosophy of working with artists to stage extraordinary events and exhibitions. Founders of ‘Artangel’ Michael Morris and James Lingwood were pictured before the opening of the Ryan Gander exhibition ‘Locked Room Scenaro’ at the London [...]
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I am the wind. Pass notes.
Tassel-clad flappers and trilby-hat wearing cads, a bit of Al Capone and ‘smuggled’ cocktails in teacups. It’s 1920′s prohibition partytime in London, pitch dark, fabulous dresses all around, dancing into the night. A bit of decadence, a bit of hedonism. Loved it. Rii Schroer for the Times, February 2011. People – it’s the beauty and [...]
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Sydney, then Britain, greets 2011… 27th Jan 2011
Lens: 16, ISO 100, Aperture: 16, Shutter: 1 “Sydney greets 2011″…then “Britain greets 2011″…in edition 3 of the paper – the last and ultimate edition. With a last minute deadline hanging over my head, I ventured out to shoot the London Fireworks display, my first one ever, on a mild, lovely winter’s day – no [...]
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Recent cuttings… and FESTIVE GREETINGS! – Dec 20, 2010
First of all wishing you all a jolly and peaceful festive season and all the best for 2011! It’s that time of the year again – archiving frenzy – and about time to put some of my latest cuttings and some pictures up… Starting with my latest job, the “Sovereign’s Parade” at Sandhurst, Britain’s most [...]
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Heartbeat – 01 March 2010
A snapper’s thoughts on how a stint in short-film shooting can provide valuable experience for creating cinematic documentary pieces. I took my first steps into DSLR-video shooting when the Canon 5DmkII came out, and started with a “shut up and shoot” approach and an interest in short pieces I felt were better captured with video [...]
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Ready, Steady, Slow! – 14 Aug 2010
Ready, Steady, Slow was the motto for this quirky little story. But as ever with newspaper work, I was on a tight schedule: shooting on a Saturday afternoon, driving back, and editing to meet a deadline of early Sunday afternoon. I prepared a list of important shots and a rough storyboard the night before, after [...]