Behind the image #7

After spending my available time editing the images from a hugely enjoyable family photo-shoot, you realise that, like life, photography is really just about paying attention to the details...

Till next time,

Matt Peers

Peers Morgan Exhibition, Photographique,Bristol, October 2014

If you're in Bristol during October why not pop in to Photographique and have a look the pop- up exhibition displaying the images of the Bristol Folk and Blues scene and Birmingham street portraits? It's very much in the spirit of 'let's  put the show on right here' rather than being a part of a grand plan. It has, though, come at a great time for my co-exhibitor John Morgan who has had a prolific photographic 2014, with his work already featuring in 3 album covers and a number of music websites and videos. The vibrancy of the scene in his adopted Bristol provides not only great bands to listen to but also great subjects to photograph.

It's not a large exhibition but I've added some the featured images below . You never know, I might see you there.

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Till  next time...

Matt Peers 

Displaced fruit and other New York oddities

Summer's over and so is the travelling for another year. In the last of the New York blogs ( I promise, I promise) I wanted to share a type of image you may not always consider taking. 

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I've seen owners detach their rear wheel to deter thieves before, but I've never seen a selection 5 left waiting...?

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Like the funnels of a pavement passenger liner, I love the way the third one is leaning in for a bit of support.

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Manhattan is all about the skyline until you just look at the midline; then it can be just rows upon rows of vertical lines.

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The big highlight for my eldest son this trip was to see the Statue of Liberty. Not for any historical or cultural reasons you understand, no; it's because it was a giant 'weeping angel' in his favourite Doctor Who episode. I'd discussed it and watched it so many times with him, that when I saw this knitwear dropped on 5th Avenue, I immediately thought of the iconic landmark.

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Although this doesn't capture the grandeur of Grand Central Station, it is actually quite gloomily lit inside. 

Till next time...

Matt Peers

Ich bin ein Brummie on Icknield St.

Watching Germany’s triumphant path to World Cup glory the past month led me to reminiscing about my 1995 inter -railing trip to Berlin and beyond ( do people still do inter-railing anymore? Even writing the words Inter- railing feels as modern as frey bentos meat pies and shopping for music at Our Price…). Completely by chance I arrived at the time the Reichstag was wrapped, top to tail in fabric by the artist Christo. If you’ve never seen his work, his schtick is to wrap buildings, tropical islands and cover strips of desert in fabric. It is as odd as it sounds, but in the flesh the scale of the building and fabric is a stunning combination.

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So, it was either a sheer coincidence or I was mentally prepared to look at things, that I drove past the old Works building on Icknield St. and saw it draped in shimmering aqua netting, ready for refurbishment.

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Birmingham has rightly championed the exploring of some of its hidden spaces to the public, however; here’s one that’s neither hidden nor an art installation, but just as beautiful. Maybe it could be done for other buildings, such as the old Central Library before that sadly goes…? 

Till next time...

Matt Peers