An Acceptance Of How Things Are
Shafran’s work is characterised by the quiet observation of everyday life. His chosen subject matter is deliberately low-key and often domestic in nature: the washing up, his Dad’s office, charity shops, car boot sales. And yet, his work extracts something profound and consistently beautiful, the sense of a natural order in ordinary things, or, as Shafran says ‘an acceptance of how things are’ (source: Steidl).
Selected by Gordon MacDonald on November 30, 2009
Human Nature’s Instinct To Both Create And Destroy
On Chaology. This series grew from a fascination with the visual power of the photographed explosion. These silent and still forms are created from images of explosions caught at a point of expansion. Source material includes the received images from Hiroshima, nuclear tests, the space shuttle disaster, burning oil and white phosphorus bombs. The sculptural forms are created from cotton wool, talcum powder, paint and pipe cleaners.
Selected by Gordon MacDonald on November 29, 2009
Anti-Glamorous and De-Illusionised
In this stark body of work Harry Watts hopes to literally strip away the glamorous and illusional. The studio space is potentially, yet invisibly occupied by objects which exist only as a aid to the visual creation, rather than meant to be seen as themselves. Created and coated in grey light absorbing materials these objects stand mono-chromic in a empty person-less studio.
Selected by Gordon MacDonald on November 28, 2009
The Loss And Rebirth Of My Family
Glen Erler: Family Tree is a project about the loss and rebirth of my family. I moved from Southern California to England fourteen years ago and while visiting family members back home, I started photographing the people and places that were important in the shaping of who I am today.While I’ve been living in England, many of my relatives on both my fathers and mothers sides have passed away. This made me realize the impact death has on the lives of those remaining.
Selected by Gordon MacDonald on November 27, 2009
The Estate We’re In
The photographs presented here are a series of observations, taken over a ten year period, each of which tells something of the lives of people in South London where they were made.
Selected by Gordon MacDonald on November 26, 2009
The Sex Circus Of Pleasure And Pain
This presentation has been re-published here at Bite! with the artist’s permission to restore our archives following the migration of our magazine from The Black Snapper to Bite!
Selected by Diederik Meijer on November 23, 2009
Bangladesh documentary photography revisited
This presentation has been re-published here at Bite! with the artist’s permission to restore our archives following the migration of our magazine from The Black Snapper to Bite!
Selected by Diederik Meijer on November 21, 2009
Lest We Forget
Selected by Diederik Meijer on November 20, 2009