Zone Magazine - Issue 5 - October 2008 by Andy Newson

LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE

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STYLED FOR LIFE ZONE IS THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE FOR MEN AND WOMEN

Photographer Proﬁle

Kick back in the Caribbiean

Sigurðardóttir

We talk to Buxted Park’s head chef

Saga

MARK MURPHY CROWBOROUGH / UCKFIELD / HEATHFIELD & SURROUNDING AREAS

ISSUE.05 | OCTOBER.08

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Welcome to the ﬁfth issue of Zone Magazine.

CONTENTS PHOTOGRAPHER PROFILE: Saga Sigurðardóttir 04-13 Superb art fashion photography.

EXHIBITIONS: Photographic exhibitions 36-41 Listed by Tom Van de Enckevort

GARDENING: Slowing Down 14-15 Jill Hart tells us what we can be doing in the autumn months.

RESTAURANTS: Local restaurant directory

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ART & CULTURE: National Poetry Day 16-23 It’s National Poetry Day and we have some great poems for you. ......................................................................

TRAVEL: Sandals 24-27 Beacon Travel show us the Carribean. ......................................................................

FOOD: Mark Murphy 28-33 Head chef at Buxted Park talks to us and provides a tasty recipe. ......................................................................

PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO: F-Stop Studios

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ENTERTAINMENT: An Evening With Paul Dunton & Guests

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Welcome to the ďŹ fth issue of Zone Magazine. More and more of you are now reading Zone Magazine, the September issue has had some 3,500 unique visits! Thank you very much. Next month we return with album reviews, courtesy of Bang CD. If you think you might be able to contribute to the magazine, please get in contact. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be a big corporate organisation, just have a passion for something and tell us about it. As always, we are really interested to hear from anyone who has local interest stories or wishes to promote their club or organisation, please get in touch and we can help you with that, usually free of charge.

We hope you enjoy this edition. Andy Newson

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SAGA Sigurðardóttir

I’m Saga. 21 year old girl that grew up in Iceland. When I was eight years old I started making photographs. In my youth I lived in several places in rural Iceland, always in historical places. The grandiose beauty of Icelandic nature was inspiring, the solitude of the glaciers, the rifts of the mid-Atlantic fissure in Thingvellir, where I also lived was somewhat frightening. In my early youth I witnessed the awesome sight of a volcanic eruption from the window of my room. All this had its impact and probably did bend me towards the arts. When my father gave me a small camera I started recording the visible. I did enjoy it and got some sense of light, forms and motives. When I was 14 I got a very good camera and through my high-school years my ambition in life changed from medicine to photography. I later on decided to move to London for further education in this field and I’m currently studying Fashion Photography in the London College of Fashion. I’ve always had a great love for fashion and to combine two of my main interests, suits me perfectly. I’ve always liked adventures and fairytales and I love to be able to tell a story through my pictures, with colors, interesting faces, clothing and etc. What I also like about fashion photography is the teamwork - working with other talented people, makeup-artists, designers, models, and other creative people that inspire me. I shoot both on film and digital. It depends on what kind of work I’m doing. I’ve noticed that other photographers have started taking a lot on film recently, three years ago I thought that film was dead, but I think it will always live. If I’m doing an advertisement or bigger project, I shoot digital because the process is faster! My main inspiration in my work are the people around me and my family. I’m also a magazine junkie, I love browsing through magazines, sitting in a nice café! I also studied Art History before I moved to London and I love to go to galleries and museums! In the future I want to work in the field of Fashion Photography, shooting editorials and fashion ads. This is my passion and this is what I live for and what makes me happy. You can view my work here : http://www.flickr.com/photos/sagasig and my blog in London http://saganendalausa.blogspot.com contact: sagasig@gmail.com

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SlowingD October already and the garden is starting to slow down. The leaves are beginning to change colour and some have even dropped already. There’s still plenty to do in the garden though so don’t put your tools away just yet! It’s not too late to put some more bulbs in and you could plant some in a patch of grass or lawn. Crocus are good for this, but you could also use mini daffodils or anemone blanda. Lift up a piece of turf and, having dug the soil over a bit, place the bulbs about 2 inches deep and 2 inches apart. Then put the turf back on top, firm it down and wait for spring. If, by chance, it’s raining then the greenhouse is a good place to be as there’s always something to be done. If you’ve still got green tomatoes on your plants then pick them off and put them into a drawer, or a bag, with an apple or a banana and they should ripen quite quickly. If you planted annual seeds last month then they’re probably ready for pricking out now. Pinch out the tops too, so that they grow bushy rather than leggy.

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byJillHart

There’s still time to put some plants in the borders for a bit of autumn colour, so use this as an excuse (if you need one) to pop down to the garden centre. Check out the Helenium, Asters and Rudbeckias for a start. They have a good range of colour and, with the right conditions, should flower for a while longer. Fuchsias too should keep going for a good while. Now’s the time to plant Clematis but put them a bit deeper than they were in the pot as this will help to prevent clematis wilt, which is a disease that can kill them .One plant which is well worth seeking out is Actaea White Pearl. This has reddish leaves and long white flowers which are wonderfully scented. Stunning! Time now for a warm up. The compost heap has, hopefully, been breaking down during the summer so now is the time to get out there and turn it over .This is a really good exercise and will help the decomposition process, as well as saving you a fortune in gym fees! After all that exercise it must be time for a wind down, so get out the wine bottle and the seed catalogues and start planning next year’s display!

National Poetry Day 2008 is on Thursday October 9th. This year our theme is WORK of all kinds – from classroom to factory floor, from building site to office cubicle. There are more ways than ever to celebrate poetry’s big day. Send a free e-poem to your colleagues and friends: download tips and hints from our poster. Schools can use our free online lesson plans , and there is a children’s competition too. Our poet in residence this year is Paul Farley who will keep a blog in early October and write new poems on the theme of work. On National Poetry Day Paul reads in Liverpool with Pulitzer-shortlisted poet Martin Espada. Click here to find out more. The biggest and best part of National Poetry Day is the nationwide celebration that happens in pubs, libraries, schools, workplaces and in your own home. Look at the website’s ‘What’s On’ page to find a live event near you, or add your own to our calendar so that everyone knows about it. Check out the National Poetry Day 08 website. www.nationalpoetryday.co.uk We have had some very kind contributers supply some wonderful poems and you can read them on the following pages. Kind thanks to all that contrinuted.

Letter Of Resignation Dear Sir Stuff your recycling bins, map-pins, win-wins, acronyms, your post-tray, in-tray, out-tray, up-yours tray, your 2-finger kit kats, mouse mat (sit on that). Keep your four-wheel drive, A drive, C drive, sex-drive, shared disks, compact disks, floppy disks, flaccid disks, minicom, CD Rom, dot com, monk on, www dot, bald spot, brain (not). Buy your own duplex, offrex, tippex, semtex, screenkleen, caffeine, windolene, guillotine, flora lite, megabyte, load a shite web site. I’m out of here, no fear, fifth gear, way clear. Enjoy your hair dyed, bit on the side, hotel guide, quick ride. When I said I had saved all your records... I lied.

by Cathy Grindrod

Four Pump Poems Programme your sat-nav to lead you astray, lose yourself in the landscape and divert your day. Wind down in the valley on lanes steep and narrow, decelerate today, slow into tomorrow. Park your cares in a lay-by just sit still and stare, be absorbed by the mountains you’ve no business there. Switch off by the lakeside let reﬂections lift your mood, silence all the bad news and re-tune to solitude.

by Noel Connor

09/10/08 ‘Refuel’ A poetic intervention created by Noel Connor for the annual FRED site-speciﬁc Arts Festival. For a fortnight in the autumn, (27th September - 11th October.) Noel Connor will transform a small petrol station in Cumbria into a poetry station. Poems will be emblazoned across the pumps, inviting passing travellers to reﬂect on their journey through the Lake District. The poems will refuel the imagination and offer a pause for poetry on the forecourt. Venue: Pitstop Petrol Station, Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria. Tickets: FREE Contact: Noel Connor Telephone: 01782 511979 Email: noelconnor@yahoo.co.uk Website: www.fredsblog.co.uk

Canis Minor He lies in wait like a little headstone as dry as dry as all Alberta. I stop to pat his scrubby mohican. His tongue spools out his head like magma. Over the Jamieson place the stars are rising through a peacock dusk nice and steady in the arid air. He scours his butt and licks my elbow. He falls back on his haunches like a telescope, winking and blinking his sunstung eyes. Last light. Mosquito bite. I scrounge a log from the Jamieson woodpile, an armful of pinecones for kindling. I put the ﬁre in. I begin to write this nice poem about your dog.

by Jen Hadﬁeld

These poems from Jen Hadﬁeld were taken from ‘The Forward book of poetry’

Odysseus and the Sou’wester When Odysseus and his crew left his island, the King, Aeolus, made him a ﬁnal present – a ﬁne breeze for the journey and the leather haversack in which the rest of the winds were imprisoned, warning him not to let anyone open the bag. Guess what...

I caught and oxtered it like a rugby ball, a bloated bell of beating leather, and for weeks I nannied the bloody thing – on my lap, mending sails, in a papoose, to climb the rigging. When the boys got steamed on Aeolian wine, I cuddled my squirming supper of winds – let no one spell me for a wink of sleep. From Aeolus to Malea was a waking dream. Fat kingcups wobbled like boxing gloves. With open eyes, I dreamt of home. I clicked my heels in the blinking squill, pillowed my skull on my second head, and the boys said oompa-pa oompa-pa Rockabye Baby! as I dandled us home on the sweet vesper gale. * Now the low, brown island strains on tiptoes, and fences are strung with trembling streamers, and the sea’s mad as milk. And my cheeks are scored with milky tears. And like a puffball breaks the bag of winds. And there’s the Sou’wester, a rising loaf of shufﬂed feathers, struggling from the haversack like a furious swan.

These poems from Jen Hadﬁeld were taken from ‘The Forward book of poetry’

by Jen Hadﬁeld

Wanton The paparazzi got her again outside the chip shop next to her London hotel, still drunk, the strap on one heel undone, her dress wine stained, once white, her hair elf-locked, only this time she looked at one right through the lens of his camera, came at him, her thighs two columns, her lipstick horriﬁc and he knew, though he would only say once, years later, piss drunk in Wales, a cab driver now and his head shaved, grey stubble coming in, yes he knew it was in fact a goddess, a minor one, not Greek, her name unpronounceable, and he understood that if he did not instantly smash his camera spectacularly on the ground he could expect no kiss, no erection, not even one look from any woman, ever again that did not suggest he had farted. So of course he did it. And the others took pictures of that, and of her again, undressing, walking away from them and into the tube.

by Christopher Buehlman

This poem from Christopher Buehlman wastaken from ‘The Forward book of poetry’

Wells-next-the-Sea Two months, they said or with luck factored in, up to a year. By then you’d abandoned luck, decided to throw a party immediately. It would last all weekend in your favourite place – a gaggle of caravans hidden behind the dunes. We waited for guests in our tin box, rain clog dancing on the roof. It took two boxes of matches the best part of an hour, to light the fire and I wanted to tell you I can’t do this. I can’t celebrate knowing you, then losing you before you’ve even finished school. But you were lolling on a pile of cushions head back, listening to the sea. Come and sit by the mirror, you said. I’m going to show you how to do your eyes. You’ll see how easy it is, and when I’m finished you won’t know yourself.

by Kate Rhodes

This poem from Kate Rhodes was taken from ‘The Forward book of poetry’

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We talk to

Mark Murphy Head chef at Buxted Park

photograph www.andrewnewson.co.uk

Mark Murphy is doing pretty well, at just 30 years old, he is head chef at Buxted Park, but he’s worked hard to get there and he has now been in the business for about 13 years. Andy: So tell us how you came to get in to this industry? Mark: It was when I was 15 years old and my Mother passed away that I had to learn to cook for the family and looking back, that is probably where I fell in love with cooking. Later on I worked at a tea room at Nymans Gardens, a National Trust garden in Handcross. Just washing up and stuff at ﬁrst, it was the manager there that said if I was serious about it, there was only one college to go to and that was Westminster, it was the ﬁrst time I had heard of it.

We put where we buy our lamb from on the menu to show we buy local and support local business. Customers are more health conscience too and don’t want heavy sauces but at the same time they have come out for a nice meal. There is a revolution in cooking lead since Heston Blumentil came on the scene, people using science to better the product. But there’s no point trying to copy Heston Blumentil - there is only one of him. The modern day chef isn’t just someone who could do another job - it is deﬁnitely a job for people a bit more switched on and more intelligent and who want to push it more onto the next level. I know I still have a lot to learn myself and to push myself and to add things to my daily repertoire to enhance our menu. I also have to teach and bring on all the chefs that work for me to. Trip Advisor said our menu was a testing menu, I hope it makes people think and try things they wouldn’t normally and hopefully go away liking them. I think the future of food is new cooking methods rather than new ingredients, because you can’t re-invent the wheel!

“People say Gordon Ramsey is a monster, he’s not, he’s an absolute legend!”

So I did my A-levels first and decided to have a year in the kitchen to make sure I was serious about it and then went to college. Andy: What best describes the food you create here at the restaurant? Mark: Classically based flavour combinations. I suppose there are a few influences, but probably Anglo-French best describes it. The new menu also fuses Thai and oriental with classic English, but more healthy and contemporary. Andy: I suppose the food we eat has changed too, not just the way we cook it? Mark: People are more aware, they want to know where the meat comes from, where the fish is from where and how it was caught, how long ago it was caught.

Andy: What do you think of some of the other TV chefs? Mark: They’ve got their place. They are all accomplished chefs - they wouldn’t have got on the TV otherwise. You’ve got a selection of chefs that will follow their carrier then do the TV thing - people like Gordon Ramsey, Marco Pierre White have reached the top of their game and the next thing is TV. People say Gordon Ramsey is a monster, he’s not, he’s an absolute legend! People looking from the outside don’t see

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the working environment and don’t understand the kitchen - we’ve all said things in the heat of the moment that maybe we shouldn’t have - we’ve all been guilty of it. Andy: So what is your kitchen like? Mark: It’s really laid back - I rule with a silk glove! I want my guys to come into work because they want to work, not because they are scared of me. They work a lot of hours but at the end of the day I hope they are learning and developing. Lucy our Sous chef is fantastic and so ready for a head chef position, I’d really miss her, but at the same time it is all about development I’ve been entrusted with their careers for the time they are with me so if I don’t make the most of that and encourage them to progress, then I’m not doing my job.

as the next person. Now it makes me feel sick to think what goes into that food, so now I’m more wary of what I eat - I like to see the raw ingredients - ok it might not be the best chicken breast, but I know it is chicken breast, rather than reconstituted meat or connective tissues. That worries me more especially when you’ve go children. Andy: That programme did highlight that we are a throw-away society and that you can do more with a chicken once you’ve eaten the usual bits you like. Mark: Food has been cheap for too long like everything. Now times are getting a bit tough you have to make decisions. It’s like the cheaper cuts of meat, you go to restaurants now and you ﬁnd ox tail and ox tongue, offal etc as the primary cuts, ﬁllet steak are so expensive now that not only can people at home not afford them the industry as a whole is struggling, you try and pass those costs on to the customers but you have to charge £30 to make your margin and you can’t really do that. It’s exposing the weaker chefs because the good chefs can still keep the margins, keeping the boss happy and the customers happy - that is an art in itself. You are having to use cheaper cuts but be like a magician and turn them into something amazing.

“Now times are getting a bit tough, it’s time to make decisions”

Andy: What’s your views on the Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fernley Whittingstall’s views on chickens and their welfare? Mark: I totally see where they are coming from but as a parent of two, money is tight and what I don’t appreciate is being almost preached to about the fact that you can’t buy this you can’t buy that, you have to buy this and that makes you feel guilty when you can’t afford it and you over stretch yourself. You’ve got people out there with large families, single parent families who are struggling to make ends meet and why should we make them feel guilty, for just trying to feed their family? As a professional I shouldn’t really say that, but on the other side as a family man we have enough pressure on us as it is. Having said that, there is a ﬂip side - I’m all for organic free range produce where it’s possible and what I don’t agree with, is processed foods. I used to enjoy a fast food burger as much

Andy: Is it the same with ﬁsh as well as one becomes more popular the price goes up? Mark: Oh yes, pollock is a prime example, used to be as cheap as chips, then Hugh Fernley Whittingstall started doing programmes on ﬁsh, how we shouldn’t use cod and now pollock is more expensive than cod! Everyone is doing the right thing ethically ordering it and using it, but you’ll

ﬁnd in a few years time they’ll be saying you can’t use pollock. I use cod, but not a massive amount and we buy from a reputable supplier. If you sat down and worked out what you can use, can’t use, should use, shouldn’t use you would end up with a very limited list. I think you have to be quite hard nosed about it and say this is what I do and why I do it, I’m not ignoring the fact but I’ve got a job to do. Andy: Gordon Ramsey said that people should just use seasonal produce, what’s your thoughts on that? Mark: What he is saying is a valid point, one of the reasons we use seasonality in our menus is to show we are using fresh ingredients at the freshest they can be, but also they are cheap at the time. When it’s at peak season you get a much better price, strawberries in December cost much more than in the summer as they have to be ﬂown in. Yes I agree with what he is saying and I always try and support local businesses. You get these small shops pop up especially in areas with a high disposable income and they charge extortionate amounts and people like the fact that they are going to a posh farm shop and buying carrots with some soil on them, it’s not necessarily the best product but seasonality means you get the crop of the best quality as it’s peak season. Andy: I heard on the radio that someone said perhaps the British have one of the most varied pallets, as we eat a lot of different types of cuisine, do you think that is right? Mark: I think if you look at the whole country we are in danger of losing that, as kids today are eating processed food, get a lot of standardised foods like chicken nuggets, burgers, it’s all the same. I think people should be encouraged to eat as many different types of food. It’s tricky for me as I think we need a national identity

as to what is British. I know it’s an ongoing discussion not just about food but about every part of our lives, we are country now that is so culturally diverse it will always have an impact on us, I have in my kitchen Polish guys, Phillapinos, English and everyone has a say, so maybe the food we serve here does have little tasters of different areas. I think as a country as much as we should be proud of our diversity there are still traditions that should be followed and embraced and not lost. My grandparents would turn their nose up at curry, but it’s our generation that has embraced it all. Andy: Do you think there is a gap in the market for a convenience food seller that is healthier? Mark: People like the current fast food places will make a statement and say we now serve carrots with our kids meals, but it is purely a gesture because they know when the kid is standing at the counter and the parent has had a long day and just wants to get in and out quick, if you ask them if they want carrot sticks or chips with their burger, the answer is unlikely to be carrots. I’ve been guilty of it as well! These companies are very cleaver, the burger attacks all areas of the mouth so you have the sweetness of the bun, the tartness of the gherkin all these ingredients and textures make it so that one mouthful goes right round your pallet and make you want more. It’s one of the things my wife and I have talked about doing, a take-away, but offer things like a Sunday roast! Andy: Do you do the cooking at home? Mark: Wheatabix is what I have at home, that’s my diet! Builders have houses in need of work, mechanics have knackered cars, when you do it all day! Sometimes I watch my wife cooking and I say I’ll do it because I’ll be much quicker. It’s like Christmas lunch, I know what a stress

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it can be, but it doesn’t really stress me out, it’s quite straight forward, so I’ll do it even though I’ve just finished a long shift at work. Generally when we have mates over we have simple stuff like lasagne and salad and garlic bread, people expect me to roll the carpet out and do some fantastic 5 courses, but that’s not the case. One of the best meals I had was my 21st birthday, a mate invited me and a few friends over, we had a massive chopping board out with cheese, cured meats, fish, bread, salad, tapaenade and we sat their for 5 hours just nibbling! To me that is the perfect food, no hassle, no stressing and everyone has a good time. Huge thanks to Mark for taking the time out to talk to us. Mark has also kindly given us a recipe (opposite) for you to try at home, we hope you enjoy it. There are so many delights on the menu at Buxted Park, but I wanted to pick out just a few to get your taste buds going. Thai Ragout of Mussels, with a Pickled Ginger Wonton and Corriander Shoots Confit Breast of Pheasant, Chestnut, Roast Pumpkin and Smoked Bacon Crisps Saute Foie Gras, Roasted Quince Puree and Walnuts Confit Fillet of Mackerel, Muscat Jelly and Beech Mushrooms A La Grecque Obviously it goes without saying (or maybe it doesn’t!), these menu items might not be available when you visit.

Salad of Crab,

with cucumber jelly and crab foam Ingredients Serves 4 200g Picked white crab meat 1 cucumber 1 lemon Salt and sugar to season 1 &1/2 leaves of gelatine 1 dessert spoon Mayonnaise 2 sprigs tarragon 15ml crab stock 15ml double cream Extra virgin olive oil Shizo, cress, mustard cress, frisee and lambs lettuce to garnish

Liquidise the cucumber, then hang in a tea towel to drain into a bowl. When strained, measure out and reserve 250ml of the juice. Pick and wash the salad leaves, then set aside. Soak the gelatine in plenty of cold water. Warm 100ml of the cucumber juice and stir in the softened gelatine. Add the remaining cold juice and pour into bowls to set in the fridge. To make the crab foam, place the crab stock and double cream in a syphon and pressurise. Put the meat, mayonnaise, chopped tarragon and the juice of half the lemon in a bowl and mix, seasoning to taste. Place the crab mixture into 4 ring moulds and arrange on the jelly, carefully removing the ring. Top with the crab foam, and ﬁnish with the leaves dressed with the remaining lemon juice and a drizzle of olive oil.

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The New Photographic Studio For All Levels Most amateur photographers think that hiring a photographic studio to try some model photography could be a costly affair and all that lighting equipment is just too baffling to even contemplate. This is something that Mervyn Cullimore has paid thought too, he created this photostudio for professionals and amateurs alike. They run group nights for people wanting to try studio photography, with expert advice and relatively low cost. The studio is based in Burwash Common, near Heathfield, East Sussex. Studio 1: 20’ x 15’ (330 sq ft) shooting area. 4x Bowens 500Ws flash heads with various reflectors, umbrellas etc. 2.7m colorama backgrounds. Various fabrics and other accessories. Pulsar radio triggers. Air conditioned. Warm floors.

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Barbican Art Gallery Silk Street, EC2 www.barbican.org.uk

This Is War! Robert Capa At Work from 17th October This exhibition, which includes over 150 images, some neverbefore-seen photographs and newly discovered documents, illuminates Capa’s working process and features many of the photographs that have become iconic images of war. It features six of his most important war stories; The Falling Soldier and The Battle of Rio Segre, both capturing the Spanish Civil War; the Sino-Japanese War; American troops landing in Normandy

on D-Day; and the liberation of Leipzig, including images of the last man shot in World War II. In 1936, just a month into the Republican struggle against General Franco’s fascist army, Capa made the most famous image of the Spanish Civil War, Death of a Loyalist Militiaman, now generally known as The Falling Soldier. It was to become the ultimate symbol of the Spanish Loyalist ﬁght and has been dogged by controversy ever since. Along with Capa’s photos this exhibition will also show work of Gerda Taro who worked alongside Capa during the Spanish Civil War. And there will be a look at modern war photography with photos shot in the past seven years from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Robert Capa Death of a Loyalist militiaman, Cerro Muriano, Córdoba front, Spain September 5, 1936 © Cornell Capa International Center of Photography

Robert Capa Boy soldier, Hankou, China Late March 1938 © Cornell Capa International Center of Photography

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Royal Festival Hall Southbank, SE1 www.southbanklondon.com Disposable People until 11th November Today, over 200 years after the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, an estimated 27 million people worldwide are still locked into slavery and servitude across the globe. This major new photography exhibition, organised in collaboration with Autograph ABP and Hayward Touring, will take an in-depth look at the prevalence of slavery and injustice in the 21st century through the lenses of eight internationally acclaimed Magnum photographers. All the participating photographers have a strong interest in human rights and a record for world-class photo-journalism. In the ‘heroic’ era of photojournalism, roughly from the Spanish Civil War until the late 1960s, it seemed that a single image could deﬁne the greatest human dramas and catastrophes. In our age of digital image manipulation, camera phones and 24-hour news media, the exhibition will examine the power of the documentary photograph to record and illuminate human existence. ........................................... Proud Galleries - Central Buckinghamstreet, WC2 www.proud.co.uk Keith Morris Parting Shots until 16th November Spanning the whole of Morris’ career from his early images of a nude Germaine Greer to iconic photographs of BB King, Proud will bring together both his most recognised and his rare images to present a unique cross section of Morris’ work. In the early 1970’s Morris was asked to shoot a session for the debut album artwork of

little known singer-songwriter, Nick Drake. These images captured Drake’s shy, uneasy temperament so perfectly that Morris became the only photographer the cult artist would collaborate with before his untimely death in 1974. Proud Central will honour and explore this exceptional relationship by presenting an extended space dedicated solely to Morris’ moving images of Drake, showing the artist’s world-weary, fragile temperament in a way only Morris could. ........................................... Proud Galleries - Camden Stables Market, N1 www.proud.co.uk Eltonography A Life In Pictures until 2nd November An amazing collection of images of Sir Elton John from legendary photographer Terry O’Neill’s private archive, many of which have remained unpublished until now. Speciﬁcally selected from a back catalogue of thousands, O’Neill’s photographs document the life of a pop superstar in a way never before seen. Sir Elton John is undoubtedly one of the biggest pop music icons of all time. With more that 250 million albums sold, 100 million singles, an Oscar and ﬁve Grammies to date he has had one of the most successful and sustained careers in music history. What began with a oneoff photo shoot as Reginald Dwight became Elton John, developed into a friendship and photographic partnership that has taken both photographer and musician on a journey to fame and acclaim, this exhibition is the legacy of that relationship.

mythologised ‘27 Club’, the group of ill-fated rock stars whose lives have been tragically cut short at the age of 27. Featuring iconic images from a collaboration of worldrenowned rock photographers, it will present a definitive look at Rock & Roll’s most infamous member’s club. From a group of over 30 musicians belonging to the Club, Proud Camden will focus on the five most legendary, depicted through iconic and never before seen images. Featuring many striking images of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones and Kurt Cobain, this revealing show promises to celebrate their talent and shed fresh light on their short lives and mysterious, untimely deaths. ........................................... Hoopers Gallery 15 Clerkenwell Close, EC1 www.hoopersgallery.co.uk Colin Jones Classic Dance until 12th October This rare collection of black and white prints of the most iconic figures in the history of dance on stage, in rehearsal and behind the scenes. Colin joined the Royal Ballet School in 1953, later joined the Royal ballet as a dancer and went on their 1958 world tour. Colin comments: “I photographed the other dancers, my mates. I saw what the public doesn’t see... it fascinated me. Whenever you saw pictures of ballerinas, they were always glamorous, perfectly posed. But I photographed the day-today reality.” ...........................................

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Magnum Print Room 63 Gee Street, EC1 www.magnumphotos.com

Forever 27 until 9th November

Eve Arnold until 31st October

A portrait of the much

As one of Magnum’s earliest female members, Eve Arnold’s archive is as diverse as any from photojournalism’s heyday. Ranging from portraiture to editorial assignments, advertising and long term projects, it reflects the flexibility and tenacity needed to sustain a career spanning over 50 years. When she started in the 1950s, Arnold was a forerunner of the changes taking place in portraiture, which saw a more natural approach applied to all subject matter, whether Hollywood studio stars or documentary on the lives of poverty stricken potato pickers. Her empathy and determination, led to amazingly candid portraits of key Twentieth century figures from the worlds of politics and popular culture, such as those of Malcolm X and Marilyn Monroe represented in this exhibition. ........................................... Atlas Gallery 49 Dorset Street, W1 Ernst Haas Photographs, Total Vision until 1st November Haas is considered one of the most celebrated and influential photographers of the last century. The first photographer ever to be given a one man show devoted to colour photography at MOMA, he is universally regarded as the father of the medium. This important retrospective exhibition includes rarely seen vintage dye-transfer prints, in addition to early black and white photographs with a particular emphasis on urban photography and an extremely rare series of vintage abstract works. Unusually for a one man show, this exhibition includes both his black and white and colour work, in addition to a considerable number of previously unseen and unpublished vintage prints. In 1949, he was the first to be recruited by Robert Capa in to the newly founded Magnum

agency. In both reportage and documentary work he pursued a photographic equivalent of gestural drawing and painting, by experimenting with various photographic effects and by exploring the uses and meaning of colour and the abstract in photography. ........................................... Host Gallery 1 Honduras Street, EC1 www.hostgallery.co.uk Christopher Morris My America until 15th November An exhibition of photographs by Christopher Morris to coincide with the run up to the US presidential election, on 4 November 2008. Bringing together work from his coverage of both the ﬁrst and second presidential campaign trails of President George W Bush, as well as work from the recent campaigns of both Barack Obama and John McCain, Morris’s privileged viewpoint offers a penetrating doubletake, operating in the space between the sleek and the stark. Rather than focus on individual politicians, Morris’s photographs concentrate on both the details of this staged pageantry that is the campaign machine as well as the devotees of these potential administrations. With his icy clarity he captures scenarios often intimate and sometimes alien; from the cherry-red lips of a supporter in the crowd, frozen in awe, to a secret service agent standing, his back to camera, in an empty concrete basement. This is the work of a man rediscovering his country, observing its people blinded by the glaring light of nationalism. ........................................... Photofusion 17a Electric Lane, SW9 Uta Kogelsberger from 3rd October A new body of work by Londonbased photographer Uta

Kögelsberger. This series of large-scale colour photographs re-examines the role of the military bunkers built on the beaches of Normandy and England as defensive structures in World War II. Taken at night, Kögelsberger has used artiﬁcial light and long exposures to re-present these decaying, functionless blockhouses that have, over time, become merged with the natural landscape. ........................................... Michael Hoppen Gallery 3 Jubilee Place, SW3 www.michaelhoppen gallery.com Lucien Hervé from 3rd October An exhibition of photographs by Lucien Hervé, including rare vintage prints from Le Corbusier’s exhibition in 1953, colour portraits of Zaha Hadid, architectural photographs of the Eiffel Tower and colour works of the artist’s apartment. Born in 1910 in Hungary, Lucien Hervé (b. Laszlo Elkan) moved to Paris aged 19 and earned French citizenship in 1938. During World War II he was captured by the Germans, escaped and became a member of the French Resistance under the name of Lucien Hervé, which he kept thereafter. Most famous for his collaboration with Le Corbusier until the architect’s death in 1965, he also worked with Alvar Aalto, Kenzo Tange, Jean Prouvé and Bernard Zerfuss amongst others. Hervé’s work enjoyed a resurgence in popularity in the late 1980s culminating in colour works of his apartment at the gallery of fashion designer Agnes b. ........................................... Tiina Itkonen Ultima Thule until 7th October An exhibition by Finnish artist, Tiina Itkonen. These largescale colour photographs capture the artist’s fascination with the cold, barren and

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infinite landscape of Greenland. Steeped in blue light many of these photographs show the human outposts, the dog sledges and brightly coloured houses, in this Ultima Thule, border of the known world. There are no roads between towns in Greenland so travel is not easy. Itkonen journeys by helicopter, small plane, hunter’s boats and dog sledge but only if the weather permits, if not then maybe tomorrow - “immaqa agaqu”. She will wait for the right moment to shoot, sometimes for hours, sometimes for days, preferring to photograph when it is cloudy or foggy due to the variations in light quality. “It is fascinating and comforting being able to see far away. No trees or tall buildings to block the view. A broad view can be hard to capture in a single frame. The picture does not tell what is far and what is near, nor what is large and what is small. An iceberg is the size of a house of flats. An island that looks like it is two kilometers away is actually ten times further. Even my eyes cannot tell these things.” As global warming closes in on Greenland the shrinking glaciers reveal new land masses, the winters are milder and the ocean does not freeze for long periods. At Illulissat, where many of these photographs are taken, the ocean has not frozen for years and the ice in northern parts of Greenland is getting thinner. The ice now only supports the weight of a man for a few months a year, putting hunters and fishermen with their dog sledges in danger. This makes Itkonen’s photographs more poignant - she is now capturing a vanishing landscape. ........................................... The Photographers’ Gallery 5 & 8 Great Newport Street, WC2 www.photonet.org.uk Dryden Goodwin

Cast until 16th November Featuring people travelling through the public spaces of London’s West End, Goodwin’s portraits catch strangers engrossed in private moments of quiet reflection. Physically intervening with the image through animation and drawing, the artist disrupts the stalled nature of the photograph, which he describes as a way of ‘thinking into the photograph’. This ambitious exhibition includes five new series of work. In Cradle, Goodwin etches onto the photographs, covering faces with web-like markings. In Caul, membranes of red lines are drawn digitally onto the images. These marks suggest a touch or caress, both revealing and partially protecting each individual. Rock and Shapeshifter animate photographs and drawings while in Casting he places photographs and drawings side by side. Goodwin selects titles for his work that hold many possible meanings, mirroring the layered and ambiguous nature of the work. The five series reflect a fearful society where public spaces are increasingly watched, yet also aspire to create empathy with strangers in our urban spaces. ........................................... Soho Archives 1950s & 1960s until 16th November In the heart of the West End, Soho has long been a haven for creativity and criminality, scandal and sexuality, and a source of inspiration for photographers. The three fascinating archives in this exhibition document this bohemian area of London, famed in the 50s and 60s for its vibrancy and exoticism. Jean Straker (UK, 1913 – 1984) founded the Visual

Arts Club in Soho in 1951 ‘for artistes and photographers, amateur and professional, studying the female nude’. He was a prolific photographer, and his photographs are now part of the collection of the National Media Museum in Bradford. The works are remarkable for their lack of artifice, their sexuality and curiosity and for reflecting the sexual predilections of the era. Magnum photographer David Hurn (UK, b. 1934) documented Soho’s strippers, in the many peep shows and strip clubs. With a sympathetic and insightful gaze, Hurn depicts these working women in their public and private spaces, both performing and at rest. Photographs from the Daily Herald Archive show how press photographers were drawn to Soho, as both a hub of criminality and the backdrop for an explosion of youth culture. From images of scarred gangsters to the wedding of 50s pop star and teen idol Tommy Steele, these photographs and the scandal they caused are icons of the 50s and 60s. ........................................... In Focus Goodbye Great Newport Street until 16th November This display celebrates the Photographers’ Gallery time at Great Newport Street through a selection of posters from past exhibitions and projects. It opened its doors at 8 Great Newport Street on 14 January 1971 with a group exhibition entitled The Concerned Photographer. Thirty-seven years and hundreds of exhibitions later, the Gallery will leave its current premises at 5 and 8 Great Newport Street and relocate to the other side of Soho at 16 - 18 Ramillies Street from November 2008. ...........................................

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National Portrait Gallery St. Martin’s Place, WC2 www.npg.org.uk Annie Leibovitz A Photographer’s Life 1990-2005 from 16th October Includes over 150 photographs by the celebrated photographer, encompassing well-known work made on editorial assignment as well as personal photographs of her family and close friends. “I don’t have two lives,” Leibovitz says. “This is one life, and the personal pictures and the assignment work are all part of it.” The exhibition features many of Leibovitz’s best-known portraits of public ﬁgures, including actors such as Jamie Foxx, Nicole Kidman, and Brad Pitt; athletes preparing for the 1996 Olympic Games; George W. Bush with members of his Cabinet at the White House; and her famous 1991 image of then-pregnant actress Demi Moore, one of the most recognisable photographs of its time. The show also highlights images of artists and architects such as Richard Avedon, Brice Marden, Philip Johnson, and Cindy Sherman. Leibovitz’s assignment work includes reportage from the siege of Sarajevo in the early 1990s and the election of Hillary Clinton to the U.S. Senate. ........................................... Eamonn McCabe Artists And Their Studios until 19th October Celebrates the publication of Eamonn McCabe’s new book, Artists and their Studios. The book includes portraits of thirty-three artists in their studios, of which fourteen are shown here. The subjects span ﬁfty years of art making from those who came to prominence in the 1950s and 1960s and are still working today. These include Howard Hodgkin and Frank Auerbach, whilst Richard Long and Michael Craig-Martin emerged

in the 1970s and 1980s. Three recent Turner Prize winners, Chris Ofili, Grayson Perry and Simon Starling, are shown in the context of their contemporaries, Stuart Pearson Wright and Maggi Hambling, working in figurative art. ........................................... AOP Gallery 81 Leonard Street, EC2 www.the-aop.org The Best Of The AOP Awards 2008 - until 15th October A showcase of selected work from each of this years AOP Awards. Taken from the Photographers Awards, Assistant Awards, Student Awards and the AOP Open. The exhibition highlights the excellence and outstanding quality of the work entered into the awards. Giving an overview from the up and coming photographer to those at the pinnacle of their career. ........................................... IPG Gallery The Independent Photographers Gallery 3 Old Brewery Yard High Street, Battle East Sussex TN33 OAF www.ipgbattle.com Unveiled: Harriet Logan Curated by Julian Stallabrass October 3rd – November 15th The Independent Photographers Gallery (IPG) funded by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, and supported by Rother District Council, Future Films, and East Sussex County Council, presents the first UK exhibition of “Unveiled” by Award Winning photographer Harriet Logan, as part of this year’s Brighton Photo Biennial. Logan has worked on many cutting-edge stories including, The Conflict in Somalia,The War in Sudan, The War in Bosnia, The Persecution of

Christians in Pakistan, Rape in Kosovo, and Illegal Diamond Mining in Angola. In December 1997, Harriet Logan was commissioned to go to Afghanistan to document the lives of the Afghan women under Taliban rule. Fifteen months before, and after three years of bloody ﬁghting against the mujahedeen, the Taliban had taken control of the country. At that time Afghan women were living under the very tight restrictions imposed by the Taliban. These “decrees” included many aimed at women i.e. “Women are not permitted to work outside the home or go to school”; “Women should not step outside their residences, if they do they should not wear fashionable clothes and cosmetics. They should not attract unnecessary attention to themselves”, “No laughing in Public”, “No music is allowed” and “No kite ﬂying” As a result, women were forced into wearing the bhurka and giving up their professions to be imprisoned in their own homes. Under cover, Logan undertook the dangerous task to photograph women and to document their stories. “According to a Taliban decree it was illegal for a woman to ride in a car with Logan, or even to talk to her. The risk of having their photographs taken was even stronger as the Taliban considered photography as a form of idolatry. But the women risked their lives in order for these stories to be heard by the outside world. “We have been forgotten, and we need the right to speak. If no one hears what we say, nothing will change”.

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