tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5910814173827198332024-03-13T00:27:54.455+00:00Coverbuying the ticket, taking the ride.Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-65419694096026835352017-10-20T12:57:00.001+01:002017-10-20T13:16:39.119+01:0059 Productions artwork, "Reflections" for 20th anniversary of the Guggenheim, Bilbao
An animated Gif from pictures taken on an intervalometer at the amazing projection mapping artwork, 'Reflections' by 59 Productions, commissioned for the 20th Anniversary of the Guggenheim, Bilbao.
Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-38928053327387878792013-11-23T01:31:00.000+00:002013-11-23T01:40:24.711+00:00Diary Picture - 20 Apr 2011
Newcastle - late night/early morning, working as an assistant and location manager on a friend's massive advertising campaign.
It was cold and I was feeling it, despite having a decent coat… all the locals were wearing t-shirts - naturally!
I remember it as a strange day full of tension and sadness. A few hours earlier Abbie had called with the horrible news that Tim hadJustin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-61272161871556580492013-11-15T13:13:00.001+00:002013-11-22T12:43:08.104+00:00Double Header - Wilco Johnson
In January this year, during an extraordinarily frank radio interview, Wilco Johnson announced that he had terminal cancer. What could have been a sympathetic but heartbreaking revelation turned into one of the most inspiring audio broadcasts I've ever heard. No grim, stoic pronouncements, or determinedly upbeat optimism that so often suffuses a tragic revelation of thisJustin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-33888379292099500502013-10-25T16:29:00.000+01:002013-10-25T19:41:36.440+01:00Diary Picture - 21 Sep 2013
Just after sunset on Ipanema Beach, a little relaxation at the end of a good day's work, shooting photos in Rocinha Favella. From the imprint of my trusty Alt-Berg boots, it looks like I'm over-dressed and maybe heading in the wrong direction.
Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-56744143373588586922013-10-05T18:22:00.000+01:002013-10-06T01:15:12.600+01:00The reluctant Mr Baker
Ginger Baker was, to put it mildly, unenthusiastic about being photographed when I arrived on his doorstep at the end of the first week in January.
He explained that he was suffering from the remains of a cold and nursing an injury to his ribs which he sustained at a recent gig. How exactly he was injured was not something he felt like sharing, but he politely made it clear, with an Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-19452392026335885242013-09-03T13:05:00.000+01:002013-09-03T16:01:25.605+01:00Margate - avoiding "The Martin Parr thing."
Joe lives and breathes the re-invention of Margate. Affably radiating quiet purpose, dressed in a knee-length brown shopkeepers coat and sporting a parted pudding-bowl haircut, he doesn't just sell vintage objects and retro clothes for a living, he utterly embraces the ethos. Rediscover, repair, reuse, - find the things from the recent past that Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-31272418494670208702013-08-29T19:38:00.000+01:002013-08-29T19:46:05.954+01:00Tearsheet - The New Review, 25 Aug 2013: Welcome to Margate
Four pages in The New Review, Independent on Sunday. My pictures accompanied a brilliant, personal and enlightening piece by Iain Aitch.
I recommend you read it here (article).
Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-48562436249593618902013-08-23T13:49:00.000+01:002013-08-23T14:10:56.581+01:00Double Header - Jessica Swale
After talking this week with long time friend and colleague David Howells I've been spurred on to start a new series of posts on Cover featuring some of my personal favourite portraits from the last few years. In each case, presenting two pictures combined into a single frame with a short explanation. As the series progresses it will give me the excuse to dip into a wide variety of Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-79965502286751163362013-08-20T18:44:00.000+01:002013-08-21T13:20:57.547+01:00Mr Middleton - The last best hope for professional photography<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-11507681265622995492013-08-13T19:32:00.000+01:002013-08-13T23:48:19.933+01:00Diary Picture - 10 Aug 2013
Years ago I lived in Bristol and worked on the press agency South West News Service. Whilst there, I was assigned to photograph the Bristol Balloon Fiesta which was a lot of fun. But in the intervening years I've never had the chance until the weekend just passed.
The Fiesta is much bigger now and very professionally organised but the smooth sensation of Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-82089711318611666672013-07-25T07:30:00.002+01:002013-07-25T07:34:32.018+01:00The perils of trying too hard...
It may sound strange but sometimes we, as photographers, try just a little too hard to be creative and can end up producing pictures that say more about ourselves than our subjects.
I may have been slightly guilty of this when I recently photographed the multi-talented Frédéric Beigbeder, french author, critic and celebrity (amongst a dozen other acheivements) for Radar Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-66520411880832046312013-07-25T07:10:00.001+01:002013-07-25T07:13:10.906+01:00Diary Picture - 7 Mar 2013
St Pauls in the early evening of late winter, looking from the offices of Marie Claire during a break from packing up after a shoot.
Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-67258084913908320162013-07-25T06:47:00.000+01:002013-07-25T07:11:12.838+01:00Diary Picture - 14 Jun 2013
St Pauls looking from the Millennium bridge. A couple in the midst of the foot traffic at lunch.
Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-33027377621295304272013-07-15T12:29:00.000+01:002013-07-15T12:30:15.554+01:00Diary Picture - 13 Jan 2012
The Olympic village and athlete's accommodation in the final stages of preparation for the London Games, taken from the roof of Westfield during a break in a leasing brochure shoot.
Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-33767561485737623422013-07-12T09:55:00.001+01:002013-07-12T09:58:53.687+01:00Diary Picture - 27 Oct 2012
A walk in Blean woods on a crisp cool October afternoon. Either an antidote to the blazing sun or a reminder not to take it for granted...
Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-82439297143417453462013-07-09T23:39:00.000+01:002013-07-11T17:16:33.863+01:00Diary Picture - 1 Feb 2013
Night just next to St Martins in the Field, discarded chewing-gum and the bare branches of winter illuminated by street-lamps. Fuji X100
Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-82194635650735487202013-07-03T08:15:00.000+01:002013-07-09T23:35:27.269+01:00Diary Picture - 28 Jun 2013
Friday afternoon holiday on Swimming Pool Hill in Kabul. A group of boys climb atop the wreck of an old soviet troop carrier and drum out a stilted rhythm, clapping as the eldest of them mockingly twirls with arms outstretched in imitation of traditional afghan dance.
Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-92183472133040989152013-04-02T11:26:00.000+01:002013-04-02T11:26:02.174+01:00Impossible Project PX680 - 10 Dec 2012, London
After a brief pause for the Easter weekend, what could be more appropriate than a picture from Christmas!
Unexpectedly perhaps, this nativity scene was not in church but a corner of the bar at Paradise in Kensal Rise. Although obviously thematic of the seasonal spirit, it still seemed a little out of place amongst the drinking and laughter of The Sunday Times photographers party.
Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-60387726080536090582013-03-30T15:24:00.004+00:002013-03-30T15:42:32.048+00:00Impossible Project PX680 - 07 Nov 2012, Paris
Pont des Arts, renowned the world over for the thousands of 'Love Locks' attached to the fence and railings by couples making a public declaration to one another.
Amongst them the enigmatic message, "I was waiting for you".
Were they the plaintive words of someone broken-hearted, written for the lover who never appeared for a rendez-vous? Or were they an affirmation of romance,Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-71752020279665446522013-03-29T00:42:00.000+00:002013-03-29T13:29:24.396+00:00Impossible Project PX680 - 05 Nov 2012, Home
Choosing a subject for a first shot with the new film was more difficult than one might expect. There was the fact that I was ridiculously keen to try it out, balanced with not wanting to waste a limited and precious resource. I settled on this rather traditional still-life mostly because I loved the colours and was curious how they would be rendered.
The subtle orange hue to the skin of Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-20256515418661024472013-03-28T09:21:00.001+00:002013-03-28T09:21:32.676+00:00Impossible Project PX680 - 07 Nov 2012, Paris
Rooftops and rays of light. The view towards Ile De La Cite as the sun tries to break through the racing clouds of late autumn.
Perhaps showing a little too much influence of another photographer I admire...
Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-78424923499575278042013-03-27T10:34:00.000+00:002013-03-27T16:52:35.157+00:00Impossible Project PX680 - 06 Nov 2012, Paris.
With two sets of Japanese tourists posing as though they were holding or carrying the Eiffel Tower, I suddenly found myself struggling to get back far enough and open the polaroid camera in time.
Just as I did, a girl on a scooter magically appeared in the frame...
"Tonight Matthew, I am going to be.... Henri Cartier-Bresson!!"Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-29774102701412072332013-03-27T10:04:00.000+00:002013-03-27T13:25:22.217+00:00PX680 Colour Protection - First impressions
My much loved but under-employed Polaroid SLR680 SE has finally had a bit more use in the last few months with five packs of Impossible Project PX680 Colour protection to enjoy but there were a few surprises in the process. The results are a lot of fun and for the next week or so I'll be posting one Impossible Project picture per day to show them in a little more detail.
The transition Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-33696009423970834352012-11-05T12:49:00.000+00:002012-11-05T15:13:49.623+00:00A box full of (im) possibilities.
Several years ago I did a byline picture of one of my colleagues, and after she decided that she rather liked it, we agreed to do a trade.
My ransom for the rights to use the picture on her web-site and PR company profile was fairly simple, a few packs of Polaroid 600 film. At the time, the film had just been withdrawn but it was still reasonably easy to find on internet auction sites.
Justin Sutcliffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09218300881730900578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591081417382719833.post-30703564501449910872012-10-31T12:28:00.004+00:002012-10-31T12:30:47.672+00:00Diary Picture - 20 Oct 2011
Halloween ghosts strung up outside a favourite old haunt - Cafe Lalo.
For all my US friends who might have been caught up in the chaos of Sandy over the last few days... I'm thinking of you and hope you are all ok.
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