Developments

Justin Sainsbury will be leading a street photography workshop on 15th June in Paris as part of a 2x 1 day event. Working alongside experienced tutor Andrew Newson- Day 1 (14th June), will be about transforming the familiar as well as discovering an alternative Paris.
Day 2 (15th), will be spent concentrating on taking interesting candid pictures of people with helpful direction on interpreting a scene, technique and editing.
More details and booking information can be found here:
andrewnewson.co.uk/special-events/paris-june-2013/

Collective Thinking is an ongoing series where BME members take turns curating group edits.

We enter the world vulnerable, weak, dependent, and seeing only in black and white. That vulnerability may continue as other aspects of our personality emerge, and our vision develops to seeing life in color.

Burn My Eye brings to you, Dark Tales of Childhood.

Jack Simon

Bryan Formals, founder of LPV Magazine (“la pura vida”) interviews BME’s Justin Vogel for the publication’s podcast instalment. Justin’s a great interview with his own take on life & photography but why don’t you give it a listen for yourself.

“In this episode, I visited Justin Vogel in his East Village apartment to discuss street photography, Flickr and Terry Richardson. I first came across Justin a few years while I was an Admin of the HCSP group on Flickr. I didn’t think much of his photographs at first but I started to follow some of the conversations on his Flickr stream and soon came to appreciate what he was doing with his photography. For the last couple of years, he’s been the primary Admin in HCSP and has garnered a reputation for his vocal, sometimes brash, sometimes acerbic commentary on the group and street photography.”

—Bryan Formhals

Collective Thinking is an ongoing series where BME members take turns curating group edits.

“In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was going to get out again.”

—Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, 1865

As photographers, we have already been here. This great change of circumstance isn’t something we can always put our finger on… but every once in a while it’s fun to look back and make-believe our transportation into a parallel world that, for everyone outside of our imagination, is one and the same.

I hope you enjoy Four Thousand Miles Down.

Jason Penner

It appears that we forgot to properly introduce our latest recurring feature here at BME. Collective Thinking is an ongoing series where BME members take turns curating group edits of each other’s work. This upcoming Monday (March 25th) a new edit by Jason Penner will go live… but let’s reflect back on February. The 14th to be precise…

Members of BME all share different perspectives on romance. From youth to old age. From lust to companionship. From first kisses to warming cuddles.

Charlie Kirk

I am especially pleased to have the privilege of introducing the newest member of the BME collective, Simon Kossoff. You should take notice of this. When I first ventured into the online photo community of Flickr four years ago Simon’s photographs were some of the first I encountered that made me sit up and take notice. These pictures were manifestations of a unique soul engaging his world, I thought. I was intrigued. Simon tells us that his work “…could be described as a collection of psychic co-ordinate points… both half truth and half fiction. A ‘mental geography’ filled with personal symbolism and tangled with influences I often did not know were there until I started writing and photographing them”. As Simon continues to construct his map I have learned to trust its vision, and use it as a reference in my own investigation into the relationship to the culture of America. I know I can speak on behalf of the group when I say that we are excited to have Simon join the caravan and become tangled in each others journey as we explore the destination.

Welcome my friend,

Don