A new Zine has been produced by the East Anglia contemporary group, based on the quote attributed to Minor White “One should not only photograph things for what they are, but for what else they are”.
View the Zine here What else they are
This assignment has had a lengthy gestation period as many of them do for this group.
One thing such assignments do for the group is encourage discussion and positing of ideas. That has to be a good thing.
It is purely coincidence that we have two entries portraying postage stamps, one a deliberate choice by Jonathan Williams in the discovery of King Edward VII stamps, and the other being a 'to pay' stamp affixed to a 'last post' postcard sent from the trenches of World War 1. Two totally different stories but one with particular tragedy and poignancy.
We can conjure up all manner of back stories as to what the tin of stamps found by Jonathan might entail but with Keith Locke’s uncle, there is terrible sadness in his relatives having pay on the doorstep for a postcard sent just hours before his demise, yet they were unaware of his passing.
Paul Ashley has featured actors portraying characters from plays yet each actor must carry themselves into the part they are playing just as we do as photographers when engaging with any subject matter. Just how much of the character is the actor?
Tom Owens has captured a view of anticipation and hope in the build-up to the last game of Ipswich Town’s monumental performance of the 2023-24 that ultimately gained them entry into the Premiership.