Summer Sale
09 May 2008
The zine symposium went really well. Sold lots of zines and spent all the proceeds on cake!
I have some Ted Leo zines left (limited edition of 50)
If you want to help fund my cake eating habit please find zines and prints for sale here
www.owenrichards.bigcartel.com
Postage to the US maybe a little extra than stated, get in touch with me directly if you are interested.
owen@owenrichards.co.uk
london zine symposium
22 April 2008
This time last year I went to the LZS and said to myself, next year I want a stall. Well guess what! My friend Seb and I have a stall and we will be selling zines, prints and other papery goods. I am in the processing of making a couple of photo zines documenting my European Tour exploits last year among other things. If you are in London I really do suggest you come down. There is a heap of other stalls and distros, talks and events going on. Its going to be F.U.N.
This year the symposium will held at The Rag Factory just off Brick Lane this Sunday (27th).
steve gullick exhibition
02 April 2008
Last night I went to the opening of Steve Gullick's new exhibition at Rough Trade East. At the time I was falling in love with photography I had a poster of one his shots of At the Drive In on my bedroom wall.
His pictures made me realise that you could take exciting photos of live bands. The style is of the grunge era, contrasty, grainy, stark and real. Its not about perfect compositions and super sharp images, that's not what most music is about. I guess that's why I get frustrated with a lot of modern digital live photography, its all so clean and tidy. When I see a clean and tidy image, I think of a sound that's clean and tight, a live performance is rarely like that and is why live music is exciting because its changeable nature. Gullick can also take a damn fine portrait too.
While I was drinking the free beer I met up with Matt Williams, a great photographer and all round great guy. He used to assist Steve Gullick a few years back.
Matt is a dedicated to the art of film photography, he has dabbled in digital but has gone back to what he knows and loves. Recently he has noticed a niche gap in the market has reopened, black and white film processing. Whilst is has become uneconomical for large film labs, Matt is doing it on a small DIY scale by processing the film carefully by hand. He is probably better than most machines, he has been doing it for fifteen years.
Here is the plug - Hampshire Darkroom
He also does hand printing and cross processed colour film by hand. All at very reasonable prices.
8hands
05 March 2008
Dania over at 8hands has put up a feature on my music photography.
8hands Featured Flickr Stream: Owen Richards
thanks!
transition tradition
03 March 2008
I have some pictures featured on Transition Tradition An online magazine for creative students and graduates experiencing the transition between university and work.
Check out the showcase page.
Plus my good friend Rachel has an article up as well.
polaroid
02 March 2008
Using Polaroid makes me feel like I am learning how to take a photograph all over again. Due to nature (and cost) it makes you consider everything that little bit more, maybe thats what I need, maybe thats what we all need in this disposable digital age.
here is a picture I took with my new (old) 680.
