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I had the privilege of  producing a gorgeous new book of work by a talented group of photographers working only with a toy camera. A Toy Camera Portfolio showcases the wide scope of toy camera photography that exits and all the creative opportunity that rests simply in camera. The work is rich in character and highlights the individual voices of each artist.

Students of my Art of Photography course at SFX Autumn 2008 have now their own book of work. Visit Blurb for a view.

A book I had the pleasure of designing which features the awesome work of the summer school TOY CAMERA students from Central Saint Martins. Click on the link to take a preview of the first 15 pages. Amazing what you can do with a bit of plastic and loads of enthusiasm and creative drive. Applause to the artists!

photo credit: Karen Apps from Street and Studio assignment

To all of those who attended the Photography and Narrative week long workshop at Central Saint Martin’s I would just like to say thank you for an extraordinary week. I know we only had the four days but the amount of information we covered and the level of work which grew in that time was something to be proud of. I wish you well in your future endeavors and do keep in touch with word of your photography journey.

Karl

A fabulous workshop come an gone and I am really mouth dropping amazed at the quality of the work from these artists in the making. A group of talent by far. I would like to thank Maribel, Emil, Misha, Cari, Sofia, John, Ariadna, and Lodovica for an absolutely fabulous week and drive to complete all the briefs. Another Toy Camera book coming around the corner, the work looks brilliant so watch this space folks!

Wow— I like this new format for showing off the courses on offer at CSM. Great job and idea.

So for those of you interested in workshops/ courses I am leading for the summer —

Art of the Snapshot (pg 37) Mon - Fri 10:00 - 16:00, 1 week, 21 July - 25 July ‘08

Photographer’s London — DATE TBA

Photography and the Narrative (pg 38) Tue - Fri 10 - 16:00 4 days, 26 Aug - 29 Aug ‘08

Toy Cameras (pg 39) Mon - Fri 10:00 - 16:00, 1 week, 11 August - 15 August ‘08 (see book)

Join quick and early. Summer courses go quite fast.

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This one just came in from Rob — Thanks Rob —

This in from Sarah - one of my students. Thank you Sarah.

Postcards from the Park photography competition — go check it out over HERE. I got the address right off of Google but there was a broken link thing happening when I tried it. Maybe that will be fixed asap.

The closing date is August 1, 2008 and believe it or not they are taking in MOBILE PHONE photos as well. Wow!

These photos of course will be turned into postcards and be part of a national exhibition.

But a good place to see if you can get yourself some publication and as I always say — just get it out there.

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UPS shows up and I miss him. Instead I get my neighbor shouting across the drive “HEY!” as he waves the brown flat package. Heart starts racing. I know what it is. First impressions about Blurb - the packaging is great. My book is treated with respect.

(open package and sealed in plastic wrap is THE book….looks nice in plastic…..rip open plastic and there it is….hmph…turned out better than i thought).

What a fantastic exercise this was in creating this sort of product. I am very pleased with Blurbs service, product and result. I hope my students feel the same when they look at their work in print.

Toy Camera Workshop, Central Saint Martins, London UK

Toy Camera Workshop, Central Saint Martins, London UK

From the series “Seaside views and other various collections” Brighton UK.

Toy Camera Workshop, Central Saint Martins, London UK

From the series “Seaside views and other various collections” Brighton UK.

Toy Camera Workshop, Central Saint Martins, London UK

From the series “Seaside views and other various collections” Brighton UK.

Toy Camera Workshop, Central Saint Martins, London UK

Harriet Poole

From the series “Seaside views and other various collections” Brighton UK.

Toy Camera Workshop, Central Saint Martins, London UK

Xavier Agullo

From the series “Seaside views and other various collections” Brighton UK.