I work regularly with a group called the Amazings. I teach Street Photography to small groups - mostly in Hackney in East London.
I feel I
have touched some of the people I "teach" but mine is a very personal
intervention. I try not to be too stuffy in my teaching of photography and to
let my students find out for themselves and about themselves. As one of my
students reminded me a few days ago that it, "Really is amazing how everyone saw the same people, places and
things yet captured so varied…" a selection of viewpoints.
I love
street photography. I love as a subject of study and as something I do. At the
time of writing I am currently posting Album 15 of "London in a Tough
Light" on Facebook. I try to post
at least one photo a day on Facebook. So that is coming on for 1500 photos in
that set alone.
"London
in a Tough Light" is really a misnomer - to me it means London in a tough
manner or London "warts and all." I love many of the individual
photographs - but rather I feel I am showing my own (twisted?) viewpoint of my
beloved city by means of a mosaic of images.
But people regularly comment on my work and the feedback that they give
- gives me strength.
