Two Thousand and Late

[See this picture at a larger size in the gallery.]

Well, not only did I lie in my last posting, but I'm starting 2008 with a total cliche! (I might even post my Ansel Adams Manzanar knock-off later if you're all terribly lucky.) In my defence I'll just say I've been very busy starting the overdue overhaul of the gallery - you'll notice I'm finally deigning to work in series now - and getting my portfolio together for a review later this week. Also, I really think that this is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world, so it's worth looking at for that reason alone.

I am very behind though. There are still pics from Chernobyl that I need to deal with for pity's sake. And, in fact, I just spent some time finally getting a good print from a 2004 negative. Cripes.

While we're looking back like this - I did think about doing some sort of round-up of photo books and what-not from 2007, but the moment does seem to have passed now. Not to mention that the last year seems like a blur now, and I'm unlikely to accurately remember anything much. I will plug the coffee from Steve at Has Bean though, responsible for getting my brain up to the - admittedly still minimal - speed necessary to get anything at all done. And Zomba white tea from Malawi for carrying me through the endless rain and cold of the 2007 non-summer. I don't think the importance of tea to the English photographer can be overstated really.

Anyway, before this turns into some awful Mancunian version of Proust, I'm going to kick off 2008 by starting a new project. Unusually for me it's going to completely consist of pictures of people - and, not so unusually, I can't really explain it at all yet. I think it has something to do with symbolism, but really this is going to be about getting things that are currently residing in my brainpan out into the world. It may require some more tea.