Author: Jon

I am a digital professional, artist and all round good egg.
Always looking at new and exciting interventions and communities for creative people. Current project: communications strategy for Leeds Creative Timebank.
Previously: Exposure Leeds, Photocamp Leeds/Bradford, LSx (BarCamp Leeds, TEDx Leeds) and (We Are) Obscured

The beginnings of a blog.

In the hope it’ll help future me (and maybe others) I’m going to write a little about my journey into a better understanding of me.

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H.M. Coroners Post

To the side of the ‘city park’ – Bradford’s redemption – is the pre-existing courts complex and police station. The latter emptied to make way for redevelopment and improve the lots of the copper, the latter showing it’s age. This zine looks at the interaction between the buildings, the controlled natural elements and some of…… Continue reading H.M. Coroners Post

Twas the day after Xmas…

'Party's Over' - © Michael Park 2014

Back in December I issued an event call on social media to get photographers out taking new imagery once the immediate excitement of the festive period was over. And so, in Leeds a bunch of a dozen trepid photographers set out into not the best of days to capture the post-Xmas feeling. In addition to…… Continue reading Twas the day after Xmas…

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Final Resting Place

Final Resting Place

The finality of death – looking at ageing and fragility from a different angle. Shadows cast on memorial stones in a local graveyard balanced with images of a former home for the elderly – captured after it’s closure and a significant fire. Itself teetering on permanent demise. Shared as pairs the images reflect on the…… Continue reading Final Resting Place

I see the sea…

Just a quick post to let you know that I’m included in an exhibition near Bilbao, Spain. The show, entitled ‘From Sea to You’ features an older work of mine ‘See Weird’ which is from imagery captured at Marmazion, Cornwall (opposite St Michael’s Mount).

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‘Reconstructed’ project

This image examines how the museum removes things from context to create a subjective view of history, using the battle reconstruction (or re-enactment) as inspiration. Incorporating re-enactment photographs taken by the Shire oak photography collective alongside a gallery attendant who is a member of the collective, the work explores the nature of the photographic and performative reconstruction in relation to the historical truth of the museum.

My take on the concept of the ‘Imaginary Museum’ project looks at how images of a battle reconstruction, re-touched into a museum context subverts the concept of the museum.

A long distance Louisville love affair

Jon captured on his first visit by fellow exchange photographer and Louisvillian, Michael Brohm

The following article was written, but submitted late for inclusion in the final edition of ‘The Paper’. I thought it was worth publishing here instead… There was a time, not so long ago, when I had no knowledge of ‘Louisville’ – sure I’d heard of the Kentucky Derby, KFC is a household name across the…… Continue reading A long distance Louisville love affair