Part of the "Ollos Que Non Ven" exhibition - a series of portraits of people affected by the Spanish preferred stock (preferentes) scandal.
see Ollos Que Non Ven

Part of the "Ollos Que Non Ven" exhibition - a series of portraits of people affected by the Spanish preferred stock (preferentes) scandal.
see Ollos Que Non Ven

Part of the "Ollos Que Non Ven" exhibition - a series of portraits of people affected by the Spanish preferred stock (preferentes) scandal.
see Ollos Que Non Ven

Part of the "Ollos Que Non Ven" exhibition - a series of portraits of people affected by the Spanish preferred stock (preferentes) scandal.
see Ollos Que Non Ven

Part of the "Ollos Que Non Ven" exhibition - a series of portraits of people affected by the Spanish preferred stock (preferentes) scandal.
see Ollos Que Non Ven

Part of the "Ollos Que Non Ven" exhibition - a series of portraits of people affected by the Spanish preferred stock (preferentes) scandal.
see Ollos Que Non Ven

Part of the "Ollos Que Non Ven" exhibition - a series of portraits of people affected by the Spanish preferred stock (preferentes) scandal.
see Ollos Que Non Ven

Some of the first available images of a (very) temporary street exhibition this month. Perhaps "ephemeral" would be a better description, as very few are up for more than 2 or 3 days.

There's something great about that though. There's a sense of freedom in creating something that you know for "almost" certain will be destroyed. You no longer have the fear of damaging anything, or even of getting it wrong - you can simply do it again next time. Which, of course, doesn't necessarily mean that you don't do it right. If anything that audacity gives you a heightened sense of creative freedom, which in turn brings out the best in you.

To be continued... ;)

I remember reading somewhere that the quality of a photographer is judged by how much they throw away. I was doomed.
So over the years, I've been honing my discipline with regards to deleting photos. However, in one of these culling sessions I came across a photo that should have ceased to exist years ago. Fortunately it didn't and after playing around with it for a while I came up with an image I'm now pretty fond of.
What a great lesson not only in why there's sometimes a good reason for holding on to things, but also in portraiture.
When taking photos for a mountain bike challenge, one rider came off his bike in front of me. With no way to assess the damage, he asked me to take a photo of him so he could look at himself on the camera. The rest is history...

Prompted by the sudden loss of Etran Finatawa founding member, Bagui Bouga, I thought I'd dust off some photos of the band in 2009.
To this day, people still talk about that concert and the video I took on the night doesn't stop shaking because there was no way of standing still.

Prompted by my colleagues, I managed to catch this girl with her incredible eyes moments before we were completely surrounded by excited children and she disappeared into the crowd

So this is where it gets really fun.
I recently spent the weekend working at the Bushfire festival in Swaziland as part of a larger installation organised by Yebo ArtReach. As part of Creative Beans we set up a section called "Out the Box" - an area where people could express themselves through dressing up.
We included the much-seen photobooth idea but with a twist.
The results were spectacular and the portraits below really don't do justice to the creative explosion that was going on inside that box.
It's worth bearing in mind that the subjects all only had about 3 or 4 minutes from start to finish.
True release