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Quick updates on news, recent publications, and other random going's on from the photographer Jason Larkin.
China Art & Design magazine, apparently one of the most read art publications in China, has just done a feature on me and my work. The issue focuses on UK artists and to be honest I was a little surprised to be chosen as one of them! I haven’t seen the rest of the issue yet, and don’t have much of a clue what the article says, but you can get a sneak peak below and in my tearsheet section on the website.
Late in December, soon after arriving in South Africa, I visited some very remote San-koh communities in the North Eastern provence to do a story for Colors magazine and their happiness issue. I was investigating the use of a plant called ‘Kana’ which has been used by both the San people and Koyi-san groups for decades as a natural anti-depressant.
You can see the final tearsheet on my website, but below I have included some rough scans from the contact sheets. I’m yet to do my own scans and as soon I do I will put the story up in my assignments section and let y’all know.
The great folk at ‘A Book Show’ took Cairo Divided to the Cardiff Art Book Fair recently. You can read about the event here. They will also soon be featuring the publication in an online shop. But stocks of the publication are running very low. We now only have 300 copies left from the 5000 we printed in November, which is unbelievable!
The publication has had an amazing life since it’s launch with copies being sent all over the world including distribution with in the corridors of the EU in Brussles, over 20 universities and institutions, 25 galleries and book shops, 4 festivals and over 700 individual online orders.
I need to do a huge shout out to Katie Higson who has been so instrumental in the production and distribution of publication. If you need any help with upcoming projects/shoots/research, reach out to her, she’s brilliant.
Cairo Divided has been getting a lot of great coverage recently, especially after the successful launch last week at the CIC gallery. You can read articles written on the night and the work here, here and here. Also Joerg Colberg from the brilliant Conscientious blog featured my Past Perfect project last week!
Was pleased that the Cairo Divided publication was exhibited as part of the A Book Show in Brighton last December. There was some great self published books on show including publications by Simon Norfolk and Misha De Ridder. You can watch a virtual flick through the publication here.
**Update** Just been told that Cairo Divided will be featured in both upcoming Cardiff and London Photo Book shows! Will provide more details of these when they are released.
Very pleased to announce that the publication Cairo Divided is going to be launched at the Contemporary Image Collective gallery (CIC) in Cairo on the 18th January. The launch will be focussed around a panel discussion on topics raised in the publication as well as the broader implications of these desert developments.
The talk is hosted by Megawra and the kind folk at CIC. On the panel discusion will be Jack Shenker (Guardian correspondent and author of the accompanying essay), Wafaa Nadim, Ahmed Zaazaa, Ursula Lindsey and Mohammed El-Shaheed.
And of course there will be free copies of the publication available. The event kicks off at 7pm.
CNN interviewed me in late 2011 on my Cairo Divided publication and the work I produced out in the new satellite cities surrounding Cairo. You can read the full article here.
Very pleased to announce that there will be a launch event for the new publication Cairo Divided at Flowers Gallery.
Thursday 1st December 6-8pm, Flowers, 82 Kingsland Rd, E2 8DP
Free copies of the publication will be available.
For the last couple of months I’ve been busy turning the Cairo Divided story into a 32 page newspaper print publication, and finally it’s been printed and delivered, and I’m really chuffed with the results! The free publication combines 30 of my images from the series, and a 6000 word essay by Jack Shenker. Cairo Divided is also a dual language publication as all text has been translated into arabic.
It’s beautifully art directed and designed by James at Realise Creative, as well as help from Harry Hardie (Panos & Here) and Francesca Sears (Panos) as well as lots of other people along the way.
There is a dedicated website where you can find out more information on the publication and order your free copy anywhere in the world (+p&p) which was designed and built by Mark Dearman.
An image from the Mistake of Nature project which I donated to Photo Voice’s photography auction was used in The Sunday Times Spectrum section last weekend.
The charity auction is being held on the 22nd of October and features work from the likes of Simon Norfolk, Stephen Gill and Brian Griffins to name just a few. Should be a fun night for a great charity.
For more info click here
