Apologies to The Tate Modern for taking a forbidden photograph at the ‘Panorama’ retrospective for Gerhard Richter. To be honest though I have never understood why a gallery would stop people from taking photographs at exhibitions. I think it’s an over reaction on the part of the galleries and an unrealistic fear of theft. And yes I totally understand that they rely on the sales form the shop and that you can use very good cameras these days and blah blah blah…
Personally my experience of art galleries has always been a place for an educational experience and a part of all educational process is taking notes. I see more positive aspects ...
I have been thinking about the photographer Bill Doyle a lot. Sadly he passed away last year but I didn’t discover this until recently when I stumbled accross a substantial part of his personal photography book collection in a shop in Ireland. Check out some of the books I have photographed here, its a who’s who of the greats.
When I left Ireland to work as a photographer in the UK in 1995 I had a poor knowledge of the history of photography. My college,
IADT had taught ...