Tarnished Earth - Images II

For those of you that can't make it to the exhibition itself, here's a small gallery of what the thing looks like. It's nice, even if I say so myself...

CBC reports on Tarnished Earth Exhibition

Following on from the spectacular opening of the Tarnished Earth exhibition two weeks ago, CBC has now broadcast an interview with me alongside some context of the ongoing tarsands PR battle. Have a look here: http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/TV_Shows/The_National/ID=1602545044

Green Technologies

Although over three months old, the Green Technologies assignment, conceived under severe time pressures, is worth showing I think. In a three-week period, I visited China, Hong Kong, Bombay, New York and London and photographed aspects of low-carbon technologies as applied in these places. Luckily, I had help on the ground by wonderful people doing most of the talking and door-opening (hey, I just can't learn Mandarin on the plane), and I could influence the brief sufficiently to bring back a good spread of images.


To me, the key term was 'technologies': this meant research, development, manufacturing, deployment on infrastructure projects, retail and consumer aspects of doing our bit for the planet. Given the short time we had available, I am pretty chuffed with the results. They are by no means exhaustive, and of course there is plenty more to photograph on this story, but this will suffice for now. Go see the story here or below:

The Book Project - website is live

Swiftly following on from last year's launch of the book itself, I have finally released version 1.1 of the empty london website. Here you can read about the project, take a sneak preview of the book's layout, view a gallery of all the book's images, travel around on a Google map of the area, and even order the book itself. A preview of the book is included below.

Tarnished Earth - Images I

For all those who for reasons of geographical spread, busy schedules or otherwise impossible obstacles cannot view the exhibition, I have prepared a Gallery slideshow of the key images for you. Feedback is - as always - welcome.

Tarnished Earth Exhibition opens 14th September in London

It is with great pride and pleasure that I can announce the opening of my first major exhibition in London on the 14th September 2010 at City Hall, 110 Queens Walk, London SE1 2AA. The open-air exhibition will be at the more London site until the 14th of October, after which date it will travel to seven major cities across the UK.

Sponsored by the Co-Operative Bank and in collaboration with WWF and Greenpeace, Tarnished Earth tells the story of the tarsands - an ecological and climate disaster unfolding in Alberta, Canada.

Guest speakers at the opening ceremony include Ray Mears, a TV personality and survival expert, and Chief Al Lameman of the Beaver Lake Cree First Nation, Alberta, Canada.

On the eve of the exhibition, the 13th of September, a website called www.tarnishedearth.co.uk will go live with additional images and information about the Alberta Tarsands.

The Guardian beat me to it

I have to admit it - I've been slow off the mark when it comes to updating my blog, website, facebook page, twitter and whatnot else one is required to keep on top of these days. Instead, I've been enjoying a rather long break from my cameras, and consequently, my computers.

Now - there is a major exhibition of my work from the tarsands in Canada coming up, and the Guardian pre-empted my announcement by a day or so. View the gallery first, and I'll tell you the details later.