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Keith Cardwell

World Photographer : Professor of visual Fine Art
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  • Nick Jones Fine Art Printer : Photofusion London

The portfolio enclosed is a cross section of my work from the past 30 years. There will be more photographs to follow. Until that time enjoy the limited edition prints : which are now available from the order section.16x20. 12x16.10x12 Fine art Prints. All photography is Domestic so from China to Cuba via Moscow to the East Enders of London (still my favourite Portfolio) the images before you have been my life....  A selection of my work can be viewed on, www.artfinder.com  ......... thank you for your interest.

I hold three professorships in the visual arts : China, Guangxi Provence, USA, Savannah GA, and Turkey, Esparta x Izmer.

Morocco~Photo~workshops.

Keith would like to sincerely thank Red Dot cameras Near /Barbican London for their generosity and providing excellent service for my equipment plus providing me with the Best Advice on Leica Cameras.

Ivor Cooper and his team will help and guide you threw any problems and positive advice.

Sahara.
Sahara.
Cats of Chefchaouen
Cats of Chefchaouen

Series Cats of Maroc

Atlas Mountains.
Atlas Mountains.

The family is always a great theme in Photography.

cardie46@hotmail.com
cardie46@hotmail.com
Leica M series : 40 years
Leica M series : 40 years
Chefchaouen : Maroc
Chefchaouen : Maroc

Returning home the Dog waits, guards the house from the roof.

   I generally work on Series photographs, sometimes displaying together for sequence narrative. I specialised in Film making @ college and the rhythm of multiple images has never left me.

 

This series of stills are named"Walk on By "

Morocco: Photo~workshops @ Darhani Riad.
Morocco: Photo~workshops @ Darhani Riad.

Workshops start and end @ Darhani Riad. Marrakech.

   Omar (manager)     just accommodation @ anytime

 

 Photographic workshops, keith.    cardie46@hotmail.com 

The Riad is central to Marrakech and has been totally refurbished throughout. Check out their site and you will certainly be impressed.

Your first photographic experience is within 5 minutes of the Riad .... The heart of the Souk.

Friendly staff and good breakfast before our meetings.

At these get~togethers we will discuss approach and aspirations of each photographer. possibly SET PROJECTS AND GOALS.

At the core of my tutorials is Personal Vision. I find out your reasons for making Photography and try, with you, to develop those ideas into skills.

This building is, safe and secure, in fact our Oasis in an extremely busy city.

Having been to Maroc over 30 times in the pass 32 years we will plan our trip together.

 you will never believe we are just 3 hours from the UK. It is an incredible experience. Although Moroccans do not generally like to be photographed I will teach to over come this.

These are great people from an incredible country. They make beautiful colour photographic images which reflect,

* Spirit of Place *

5 day workshop is an introduction to this experience. I can also arrange for you to stay longer and help you prepare your journey.

cardie46@hotmail.com

Max~number of People is 8/10.

Marrakech x Essaouiraworkshop 1

Fez x Chefshaouen workshop 2
 

Darhani Riad : Marrakech
Darhani Riad : Marrakech
Souk : Marrakech
Souk : Marrakech

Ordinary day in February Marrakech

Marrakech December 2016
Marrakech December 2016

From a new series of Images in the Souk in a particular light.

A Beginning
A Beginning
Essaoiura December 8th 2016
Essaoiura December 8th 2016

A complete image .... with the figures and composition.

Essaouira
Essaouira
The Green Man : Chefchaouen
The Green Man : Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen : Maroc
Chefchaouen : Maroc

"Walk on By" series

 

Door paintings Marrakech
Door paintings Marrakech
Leica Lunch : Chefchaouen
Leica Lunch : Chefchaouen
Tangier to Tarifa /Gibraltar 22/4/2016
Tangier to Tarifa /Gibraltar 22/4/2016
Chefshaouen : Maroc
Chefshaouen : Maroc
Fez : Fantasia Horse Festival.
Fez : Fantasia Horse Festival.

What joy to see people in traditional dress.

Horses saying good morning is a bonus.
 

 Marrakech
Marrakech

Series : Cats of Maroc :

Chefshaouen.
Chefshaouen.
Musicians
Musicians

Marrakech.

Essaouira.
Essaouira.

After a few days in Marrakech Essaouira's light is incredible. We have our own air conditioned bus to take us to the coastal city .

The Port of Essaouira is Beautifuland I will prepare you to photograph it and its people, Fishermen and Berber women. Our lunch will be on a rooftop terrace with views of the city and the sea.

It is true to say this place is frequented by the elite tourist. For example, many Musicians and artists visit and live in this area.

cover shot .  Fez.
cover shot . Fez.

Horses for Moroccans are a Fantanisa ... this festival will occur on special days in the calendar.

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Chefshaouen.
Chefshaouen.
Marrakech.
Marrakech.
Essaouira Dec 2016
Essaouira Dec 2016
Brick Factory.
Brick Factory.
Photography Musee in Marrakech
Photography Musee in Marrakech

Our photographic workshops will have access to this Fabulous collection. During the September period of the workshops Keith has been invited to show prints, in the gallery from a cross section ofhis portfolio made in Morocco. There will also be evening arranged to view Moroccan culture at the new historic Musee.

Maison of Photography : Marrakech
Maison of Photography : Marrakech

The Musee houses a great collection of Moroccan photography, mainly made by Europeans.

It has the best view of the city from its café roof top.

Darhani Riad : Music Room
Darhani Riad : Music Room
Essaouira : Maroc
Essaouira : Maroc

A visit to Essaouira is must while in Maroc.

It is the last place the French occupied and the restaurants and atmosphere reflect this. The light is clear, bright and harbour a photographer's dream.

cardie46@hotmail.com        Photo~workshops, Maroc
 

Essaouira
Essaouira
Marrakech.
Marrakech.

Early Morning walk is so exciting.

Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen
Ufuk : Guide Sahara.
Ufuk : Guide Sahara.

Our workshops will not go to the Sahara as its a 2 day journey. I can arrange guides and  trips for people who want to go. It's ideal after you have done the workshop in Marrakech.

Essaouira Dec 2016
Essaouira Dec 2016
Essaouira Dec 2016
Essaouira Dec 2016
Moroccans early Morning.
Moroccans early Morning.
Marrakech.
Marrakech.
Snap Shop.
Snap Shop.
cats of Maroc
cats of Maroc
Atlas Mountains.
Atlas Mountains.
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Essaouira
Essaouira
Essaouira Dec: 2016
Essaouira Dec: 2016
Marrakech
Marrakech
Marrakech.
Marrakech.
Chefchaouen. Children playing.
Chefchaouen. Children playing.
Street Marrakech.
Street Marrakech.

I love street portraiture and this sums up what we can achieve just by walking.

Chefshaouen.
Chefshaouen.

This fine print is available on Artfinder.com

winter sun.
winter sun.
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The Souk on a winter day :  60 degrees x
The Souk on a winter day : 60 degrees x
Sahara Desert.
Sahara Desert.
Desert Morning : Guide.
Desert Morning : Guide.
Essaouira Portside.
Essaouira Portside.
Ufuk : Guide Sahara.
Ufuk : Guide Sahara.
Marrakech.
Marrakech.
Dabel  Khealis
Dabel Khealis
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Chefshaouen.
Chefshaouen.

www.artfinder.com  Print sold by artfinder.

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enroute to Desert.
enroute to Desert.
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Pottery works Marrakech Dec 2016
Pottery works Marrakech Dec 2016

"Cats of Maroc"   series

Marrakech.
Marrakech.
Chefshaouen
Chefshaouen

This is the view from your Balcony in Chefshaouen.

Marrakech.
Marrakech.
Marrakech : Shop keepers.
Marrakech : Shop keepers.
The Square : Marrakech
The Square : Marrakech
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Marrakech
Marrakech
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Atlas Mountains.
Atlas Mountains.

Carpet salesman and guides.

Marrakech.
Marrakech.
Square Restaurants.
Square Restaurants.
Grand Hotel : Marrakech.
Grand Hotel : Marrakech.
Marrakech : After work
Marrakech : After work
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Holy City of Meknas.
Holy City of Meknas.
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Marrakech.
Marrakech.
Sahara.
Sahara.
Fantansia : Fez.
Fantansia : Fez.
Fez.
Fez.
Spring.
Spring.
4 Chefs : Marrakech
4 Chefs : Marrakech

Square restaurants.

Head Chef : Marrakech. 2015
Head Chef : Marrakech. 2015
Marrakech : 5 star photograph.
Marrakech : 5 star photograph.
Street Portraiture.
Street Portraiture.
Head Chef : Old friends 2016
Head Chef : Old friends 2016
Souk : Marrakech
Souk : Marrakech
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Marrakech.
Marrakech.
Fez.
Fez.
Oasis : Sahara
Oasis : Sahara
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Sahara.
Sahara.
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Waiter @ my favorite cafe House near main Square Marrakech
Waiter @ my favorite cafe House near main Square Marrakech
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Sahara.
Sahara.
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Chefshaouen.
Chefshaouen.

Chefshaouen. Childrens Games.

Chefshaouen.
Chefshaouen.

New Town.

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Tangiers
Tangiers
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Head Chef : Marrakech
Head Chef : Marrakech
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ESSAOUIRA Dec : 2016
ESSAOUIRA Dec : 2016
Essaouira Dec : 2016
Essaouira Dec : 2016
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Chefshaouen in the Rain.
Chefshaouen in the Rain.
Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen

Young Football supporters on their way to the Game.

Marrakech : Winter light.
Marrakech : Winter light.
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December 8th 2016 Essaouira
December 8th 2016 Essaouira
Tannery worker : Marrakech
Tannery worker : Marrakech
Marrakech
Marrakech
Head Chef : x overseer
Head Chef : x overseer
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Chefshaouen.
Chefshaouen.
The Square : Marrakech.
The Square : Marrakech.
Chefshaouen.
Chefshaouen.
Carpet Sales Man : Chefshaouen.
Carpet Sales Man : Chefshaouen.
Weaver : Chefshaouen
Weaver : Chefshaouen
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Marrakech Dec 2016
Marrakech Dec 2016

Went looking for a Lamp for the Hallway .... found this picture

Marrakech central
Marrakech central
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Mosque @ Night.
Mosque @ Night.
Chefshaouen.
Chefshaouen.
Chefshaouen @ Night.
Chefshaouen @ Night.
Essaouira.
Essaouira.

Fishermen ..... love this pic.

Essaouira.
Essaouira.

Day trip starts, after breakfast, at 9am. Air condition bus with personal driver. Shoot around midday in the Harbour. Lunch and shoot town in the afternoon. Bus 5 30pm. Home for dinner around 8 pm.

Perfect day shoot in a beautiful little town.

Chefshaouen.
Chefshaouen.

Rainy day Chefshouen.

Essaouira : Maroc
Essaouira : Maroc

Fisherman not always agreeable to be photographed.

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Essaouira Harbour.
Essaouira Harbour.
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The Conversation
The Conversation

Catching the boat from Tangier to TARIFA has always been special it reminds me of the ferry rides in Liverpool with my uncle Bill and Aunt Peggy.

The couple were argueing most of the trip and here you can see theguy trying to calm the girl down. Of course she has her back to the sun and has the upper hand.

 

Chefchaouen Restaurant
Chefchaouen Restaurant

The workshops in Chefchaouen ...... we have a number of restaurants this being one of the interiorsThe group will get together each eveningand talk of the days work and what is to come.

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Chechaouen April 2016
Chechaouen April 2016

"Walk on By"  series

Marrakech Dec 2016
Marrakech Dec 2016
 Metal Dabel Khealis
Metal Dabel Khealis
Wood storage  Marrakech  Dec : 2016
Wood storage Marrakech Dec : 2016
Chefchaouen Women
Chefchaouen Women
Birdman : Chefchaouen.
Birdman : Chefchaouen.

  Birdsong is a strong cultural experience. Gypsies too bred hybreds.

This birdGoldfinch father and canary mother so its song is strong and sweet. Rather like scotch Maroc ... ie Minit Tea.

Steelmen Marrakech Dec: 2016
Steelmen Marrakech Dec: 2016
STEELMEN MARRAKECH Dec : 2016
STEELMEN MARRAKECH Dec : 2016
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Chefchaouen : Maroc
Chefchaouen : Maroc
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Walk on By
Walk on By
Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen

Tailor and his son. He made me 2 Bathrobes from Berber wool material superb.

I have photographs of them laughing however, this is the portrait I needed.

Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen

Hotel Bar.

Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen

Tailor holding the material for the Bathrobes. Grand fellow indeed.

Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen

The French still remain in Maroc with the influence of language and attitude. The Boy looks so French in this Photograph.

Children are the core of this community.

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Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen

 on show in Marrakech

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Tangier
Tangier
Steps in Tangier
Steps in Tangier
Leica Lunch : Chefchaouen
Leica Lunch : Chefchaouen
Berber Women : Chefchaouen
Berber Women : Chefchaouen
Berber Women : Riff Mountains
Berber Women : Riff Mountains
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Chefchaouen ; Berber Women
Chefchaouen ; Berber Women

Market Day Chefchaouen brings Berber Women from the Riff Mountains to sell their goods and buy material to make clothes.

Ice Cream selection
Ice Cream selection
The Green Man
The Green Man
Cats of Chefchaouen
Cats of Chefchaouen

Great picture of Cats series in Chefchaouen. Cats anywhere live on their wits and here more Postcard/poster series too!

Chefchaouen
Chefchaouen
Folk Art x Textile Musee, Marrakech.
Folk Art x Textile Musee, Marrakech.
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cardie in Turkey : Photo Barris x
cardie in Turkey : Photo Barris x

one camera one lens x

Railway Station Marrakech Dec : 2016
Railway Station Marrakech Dec : 2016
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Essaouira Port 8th Dec : 2016
Essaouira Port 8th Dec : 2016
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The Square under renovation :  December  2016
The Square under renovation : December 2016
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Marrakech December 2016
Marrakech December 2016
Marrakech  December 2016
Marrakech December 2016
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Cuba - The Buena Vista Years & Beyond

Completed book. 15years in the making.
Completed book. 15years in the making.

Look close at this work as it is the last 15 years of Fidel’s life. It reinforces his dreams on this Magical island. Each time I open the book the memories flood out of its pages. Cubana viva.

Old Man and the Sea : Gregorio Fuentas  Hemingway Character
Old Man and the Sea : Gregorio Fuentas Hemingway Character

 I have photographed many well known people for Newspapers, Magazines : To be in the same room as this man, @ 104 years old, the Gregorio experience was so special to me. 

The Noble prize in 1954 was given to Hemingway for this book. It remains very special in Cuban Hearts. When asked about the Old Man, Hemingway replied, "Gregorio, now 58 has always been an old man."

I have made a limited edition of 50 silver Fibre based 10x12 prints.

Cover of Cuba Book  first ideas
Cover of Cuba Book first ideas

Although the Tobacco Farmer is a great cover for the forthcoming Cuba Book the Jumping Ballerinas is a Landscape Photograph and the content of the Book is mainly Landscape. So I will remove the Tobacco Farmer this time and leave for something more suitable. 

Fidel Castro: Havana
Fidel Castro: Havana

Limited editioned prints of this come in 12x16 and 20x16

Cuba Book : 2017
Cuba Book : 2017

The Black and White work only for this book .

Karl Marx Theatro : BVS Club: Havana
Karl Marx Theatro : BVS Club: Havana
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Compay Segundo. Buena Vista Social Club
Compay Segundo. Buena Vista Social Club
Pregnancy Support Unit.
Pregnancy Support Unit.
Havana.
Havana.
Baracoa. Cuba
Baracoa. Cuba

The first three letters of Chevronlet are Che.

Che's grandmother was Irish and of course Che having Spanish parents kept his mothers maiden name Lynch.

Enernesto Che Guevara Lynch 

swan lake rehearsal  Havana
swan lake rehearsal Havana
Bicycle in the Rain : Havana
Bicycle in the Rain : Havana

This is a Shanghia Bicycle in Cuba. A Forever Bicycle.

I was having Breakfast @ The Castillo Bar, sheltering from the rain, waiting to go to the Grande Teatro in the centre of this Photograph.

With its Asian composition, isolating the figure in a landscape the image becomes timeless. 

Alberto Diaz Korda
Alberto Diaz Korda
www.cubawelcome.com New Tours 2015/6
www.cubawelcome.com New Tours 2015/6

Yes Americans can now visit Cuba ..... read more...

The new Cuban Photographic and Art Tour of Cuba from November 2015/16 ... Join us in this amazing experience and feel the vibrations .... Keith

www.cubawelcome.com

Jumping Ballerinas : Havana
Jumping Ballerinas : Havana

Flamenco group making a Ballet Class: It is like the children in JM Barrie's story Peter Pan as they fly out the window. The finest image I ever made.

Cuba is Never Never land.

Rosita : Flamenco
Rosita : Flamenco

Her head in the mirror and she is looking at Manual behind her in the mirror.

Varadero : Cuban Beach.
Varadero : Cuban Beach.
Compostela Street : Havana
Compostela Street : Havana

 Green based the character for * Our Man in Havana * here.

The enigma of this street in Havana, seems to be of another time. It is the heart of Havana and runs through the city East to West. Green gave it its Moment in Time. The Book is funny, and very English  .... The street is latino and has its roots in South America.

The Publishers however, misspell the street name *Compostella.*

whereas the real name is ............... Compostela 

 

The guy drinking his run, after the dog fight is a Paul McCartney look e like .... Yep : The Local Drunk!

 

Compostela @ Night
Compostela @ Night
Fidel @ The John Lennon Memorial. Havana
Fidel @ The John Lennon Memorial. Havana

The entire Cuban Government is here as well as writers, Musicians, Poets, Painters. etc etc

In front of the sculpture there is a plack which states .

* You say that I'm a Dreamer, I'm not the only one *

The other is Fidel Castro.

Dominos : Havana
Dominos : Havana

Sundays are crazy in Havana and Dominos are apart of that crazy atmosphere. This is community @ best. It is the way Cuba works.

Dominos : Havana
Dominos : Havana

Sundays again. The Cubans are a motivated people whose energy is to be admired. The young need to win if only at Dominos.

Equal rights were fort for after the Revolution. Some intellectuals in the US and Cuba have stated that it was Fidel who inspired the Civil Rights movement in the US in the early 1960s.

Bravo Fidel.

 Alberto Korda made a photograph of Fidel standing,looking up, Hat in hand @ the Washington Memorial to Lincoln. The stories are numerous at this period. I talked for hours with Korda , concerning these events.

On seeing the picture the Cubans said,

* It is one indignant Lawyer, looking at another indignant Lawyer.*

The link is first admiration and second Civil Rights.

you see photography can say everything ....... you cannot hide

 

Childhood in Cuba: from Portfolio Book
Childhood in Cuba: from Portfolio Book
Jack in Cuba
Jack in Cuba
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Carmen: my God-daughter, Cuba
Carmen: my God-daughter, Cuba
Cuban Photo~studio Photographs
Cuban Photo~studio Photographs
Twins: Cuba
Twins: Cuba

Santa Barbara Museum of Photography. USA.

Twins : cuba
Twins : cuba

Started this project in 1998

Collection of this work is in the Santa Barbara Museum of Photography  USA.

Marbles: Havana
Marbles: Havana
Horse on the Balcony:  La Boca .Cuba
Horse on the Balcony: La Boca .Cuba
Doris : Horse in the Kitchen : Cuba
Doris : Horse in the Kitchen : Cuba
Trinidad de Cuba
Trinidad de Cuba
Boy on a Horse : Baracoa ... Columbus Landing place
Boy on a Horse : Baracoa ... Columbus Landing place
Childhood in Cuba: Portfolio Book
Childhood in Cuba: Portfolio Book
Kaisar Garcia: Havana
Kaisar Garcia: Havana
Northern Cuba
Northern Cuba
La Boca: Trinidad de Cuba
La Boca: Trinidad de Cuba
Down by the river: Trinidad de Cuba
Down by the river: Trinidad de Cuba
By the River: Trinidad de Cuba
By the River: Trinidad de Cuba
Trinidad de Cuba
Trinidad de Cuba
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Trinidad de Cuba
Trinidad de Cuba
Childhood:Havana
Childhood:Havana
Havana: 23rd Street Vedado.
Havana: 23rd Street Vedado.
Compostela Street: Havana
Compostela Street: Havana
Santaria Dancers: Cuba.
Santaria Dancers: Cuba.
Trinidad de Cuba @ Night
Trinidad de Cuba @ Night
Trinidad de Cuba.
Trinidad de Cuba.
Dog Fight:  Havana
Dog Fight: Havana
Cobas: Havana's greatest Sculptor
Cobas: Havana's greatest Sculptor   

 

Bicycle repair Shiop: Havana.
Bicycle repair Shiop: Havana.
Dora
Dora
Dear Joanna : Villa Panamericana : Havana
Dear Joanna : Villa Panamericana : Havana
Havana: Cuba.
Havana: Cuba.
Santiago de Cuba: Ice Cream day for students
Santiago de Cuba: Ice Cream day for students
Benny More Bar/Restaurant. Havana.
Benny More Bar/Restaurant. Havana.
Shooting Gallery: Havana.
Shooting Gallery: Havana.
Greek Church: Havana.
Greek Church: Havana.
Kid Chocolate:Havana
Kid Chocolate:Havana
Karl Marx Teatro : Havana
Karl Marx Teatro : Havana
Buena Vista Social Club: Havana.
Buena Vista Social Club: Havana.
Havana.
Havana.
Baracoa: Malecon.
Baracoa: Malecon.

This is the place where Columbus landed and found the Americas.

Santiago de Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Grandmother and children: Trinidad de Cuba.
Grandmother and children: Trinidad de Cuba.
Julio MUNOZ: Trinidad de Cuba
Julio MUNOZ: Trinidad de Cuba
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Havana Square. 1998.
Havana Square. 1998.
Kaisar Garcia
Kaisar Garcia

Ballet National Cuba

Kaisar Garcia.

Cubawelcome.com
Cubawelcome.com
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YAMI X MACHOLO
YAMI X MACHOLO

Trinidad de Cuba

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Photography Award from Fototeca de Cuba
Photography Award from Fototeca de Cuba

Cuba Proper : Savannah/Havana :An explanation of events.

The events in both Savannah / Havana are inter~connected: My positive time with Students and portfolio from The First African Baptist Church Savannah and talks and consequence projects with Carroll Green, Curater and Director of the Ulysses Davis collection @ the Beach Institute linking the African American experience/situation in the city.

The connection with WW Law and the opening of the Civil Rights Museum in Savannah all gel in the year 1996. The year of Olympia was upon us : Atlanta the main venue. However, the sailors came to Savannah. It was a turning point in Savannah.The Southern United States seemed to run alongside Fidel's ideas. In fact, there are scholars in both Havana and the US that link the Civil Rights Movement in the South to Fidel's 1959 Revolution on the island of Cuba.

By 1961 the Blacks of the South were claiming their rights of access.

Parents from the Northern American States would send their children to The Savannah College of Art and Design as it was low cost in both fees and accommodation. This in turn separated the city to them and us.

Of course there was,*Old Money* in Georgia. The college was nonprofit, they paid little or no tax. This in turn infuriated the southern people, black or white. The white imports, from other States or the UK were primarily seen as interesting, then money grabbing intellectuals. The College used London Buses , moving students around campus, this showman elements annoyed locals : Seen by locals as excentricities. I reminded them constantly that we are an Art College.

Never did The music of Billie Holiday echo the environment of a city. When I heard *Strange Fruit * while sitting on a porch on 53rd street Savannah, never did it sound so right. Savannah and Havana were gossip towns, trapped in time.

I floated within these groups, liking, even loving the chemistry projected by both. I had done this for many years on assignments for Newspapers and Magazines. Editors told me over and over *Get Close.* As for Paula and Richard, heads of the College, I really wanted them on board with a Cuban Festival but middle management blocked any connections on personal projects. My main goal here was Cuba and the first visit in December 1997 was upon me.

A friend from New York City had sent me a CD of Ry Cooder and a collaboration with a Band called, The Buena Vista Social Club. Which was interesting so I included in my CD travel folder ready to travel to Havana.

While @ the Catheral Bar I was having a quite time in the not so busy area of this Bar. This was my first trip to Cuba and I thought they were mad as snakes. The Cubans would not take no for an answer. Listening to Cooder's CD on my portable player. The Barman asked what I was listening to. I said Cuban music. He said was it possible for him to hear. His face while listening was extraordinary. He said may I borrow for 10 minutes. 15 minutes later he returned smiling.

Within 3 days every bar in Havana was playing that CD. He had burned it, of course so I alone am responsible for introducing Cuba to the CD that would change the course of History on the island. I changed my flight, I left on Christmas eve and spend the time on Andros, a island off the Bahamas. Planning my next trip to Cuba @ Spring Break, March 1998. The meeting with Korda was still in my head.

This all leads to the exhibit of The Korda show March 1999. on MLK Blvd. ( Martin Luther King.) @ Bergan Hall.The events can not be separated, because of the hostility on both sides.

I will tell the stories however, not in a straight line as events are linked, so Savannah / Havana becomes Havana / Savannah : The names of the two cities have a ring to the ears.

In Havana I had coffee with Arthur Millar and his photographer wife Inge Morath. Rubbed shoulders with Danny Glover, Morgan Freeman , Jack Nicholson Robert Plant. They all needed information about restaurants as the Hotel food was aweful. Even Tom Waits came to my exhibition on the Plaza de Armas. Yes Americans were coming, despite the $50:000 US Government fine. This influx increased during my 47 visits.

The Island hopping to and from mainland US to the Bahamas to get the 3 o'clock Cubana Airways flight to Havana I made aleast 30 times in 4 years. The route was preferred to the Jamaican and Mexican experience. Plus there was a lady selling goat curry in the Airport car park in Nassau that helped the journey.

Keith Cardwell

Alberto Diaz Korda.
Alberto Diaz Korda.

Alberto did not like this Portrait I made of him on the Buena Vista film set in March 1998.. Photographers, generally hate their own image.

You can see how handsome his Cuban face is here.The photograph was made on my Rolliflex 2.8 Planner lens... using Bokeh.

It was displayed for the first time in March 1999 @ The Savannah College of Art and Design, exhibit in the Photography Dept, on MLK Blvd Savannah GA.

This exhibit was a culmination of a stressful period of time for me ... I had 5 bosses @ SCAD ... Not one of them talked to each other. The exception were meetings (x2) between Nancy Weber, Tom Fischer and myself, to find ways to control me. This was idiotic, of course. Oh, how I longed for a BBC type of administration were if the work is being done .... Go with it. Having reported to a online manager.

WHAT WAS MISSING WAS TRUST.

The Korda show was the most important of my 4 year stay at the College ...  At best aspirational, the show was in the Photography Department Galleries on MLK  and still the Head of Department, Craig Stevens did Not Attend its reception. Oh course he was in the process of a divorce, however, his wife and girlfriend came and thoroughly enjoyed it.

You should read my intro to * Cubana : The Buena Vista Years * to get the full story. Thinking of that night still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I will enlighten readers, further in my new book on Cuba.

*Cuba : The Buena Vista Years and Beyond.*

 

Alberto was a friend and Professional for just 4 years until his death, in Paris 2001.

 

Leica User : 35 years
Leica User : 35 years
After Sunday service First African Savannah.
After Sunday service First African Savannah.

The sermons are a four hour experience in this church. This day Rev Thurmond Tillman spoke of* Fishers of Men.* Inspiring sermon about Saint Paul. My favourite sermon of all.

 A church built by slaves, in 1776 and the core of the civil rights movement and independence..

Here we see after the sermon and Men with children.

I guess a woman bought the neck ties.
 

The first African Baptist Church Savannah GA
The first African Baptist Church Savannah GA

Here we see Travis @ the First African with African Mask from the Ulysses Davis collection from the Beach Institute.
 

Carroll Greene
Carroll Greene

Carroll Greene  was the director of the Ulysess Davis collection @ The Beach Institute, on Price Street, Savannah GA.

Ulysess Davis had been a local barber with an interest in Sculpture and African American Politics. Waiting for his customers to arrive he made small hand held sculpturs. The Beach now house that collection.

This photograph is the first time we met in the video Department of SCAD. Darrell Johnson was making a documentary on Romare Bearden and Greene was a scholar on this Black Artist.

He also introduced me to Jonathan Green : Gulleh and sea island painter.

Jonathan lived in Naples Florida and I visited him many times over 5 year period. These journies were real fun with Roger Squires driving the 14 hours to Naples. A book in itself.  

I was looking to move house and Greene had a house to rent on Greene Square Savannah. Darral told me this before we all met at the studio.

I was impressed with Carroll's knowledge and understanding of Black culture. we went for coffee. I rented the house and as he lived next door we became great friends.   

After Carroll Death in 2007 I wrote a piece for the Savannah Morning News.

* Experiencing Carroll Green * pop this into Google, it's a great story
 

Poster: Korda's first American Exhibition.
Poster: Korda's first American Exhibition.

Curator/Designer Professor Keith Cardwell.

18 months and 7 trips to Cuba, to organise. The College, ie Nancy Weber eventually paid for 2 trips. Flights and a Hotel. One to pick up and two to return. So the show @ SCAD had cost me:

 $13 : 000.  lar di dar.

No fee was paid for this show to Korda or the Cuban authorities.

The standard rate for a show of this status would have been $12000+

I sat in the departure lounge @ Jose Marti airport in Havana and my heart sank when I opened the portfolio of the Korda show, it was glorious. Realising that this had pushed me to the limit of my financial and organising skills. Probably loosing my professorship might be on the cards too. There had been no support given during this process.

 Yes, I had a dream and that dream was here before me.

I had the cooperation of Christina Vivas and Jose Figuroa, both connected to Korda. Christina was an Latin American Historian of great understanding and wrote the piece for the exhibit. Jose, married with Christina,, Korda's printer for 25 years , himself a good photographer had provided some prints . The majority of the prints were taken from the archieve, especially the fashion material. These were valuable vintage prints from the 1960s. SCAD had no idea the value of this collection in the market place.  Alberto at one time offered to give me the prints for the University archieve : so that when the embargo was finally dropped they would have the collection of events. I refused, because of the meaness that the SCAD administration had shown during the organisation of this exhibit : only accepting one print of women waving Cuban Flags, dated 1961 on bromide paper. .... signed, 

 For : SCAD,  Korda. Cuba. 1999.

 

I gave this print , and letter of explanation to Richard Rowen, I have no idea where these items are now.  ( The women waving flags I thought relevant as SCAD was really run by women)

Alberto had given me  a signed vintage 1970s 12x16 print of the icon image of Che, which hung with pride of place in the SCAD show.

* Para  Keith Cardwell, friend of Cuba : from Alberto Korda.*

That summer of 1999, after returning to Cuba to give Korda his prints, I spent in Ireland, London and Paris. After selling a Korda print , that I had purchased in 1998, to a friend Jonathan Green, the painter in Naples Florida. I then realised my Professorship @ SCAD was over. I wanted so much to Curate and produce Photographic events for the College.

I had already started to organised a Lewis Hine exhibit.

 A great sadness came over me and I cannot wait to write the Book of Events that had taken place that last year in Savannah GA. Their games and superficiality were really annoying. The Power hungry administration had this time gone too far. However, to survive there you had to play their games and it was over for me. The loss of my friends really hit me. The atmosphere was one of watch your back. I felt an odd ball at parties knowing these people, some of them real friends were terrified of this regime.

 Returning from London I stayed in New York for 4 days. I was jet lagged and couldn't sleep, I turned to the Hotel TV 4am. Diane, Princess of Wales was DEAD!  This event effected everyone. I had photographed her at the  Wimbledon Tennis event  and Hong Kong. Even sat next to her in the Hilton Bar in Hong Kong. The connections with her and my country helped me through the next 3 months in Savannah.

Returning from New York to Savannah in September, I had no job and I was broke from the 3 month road trip. I struggled to pay rent, friends were feeding me : My car was reprocessed : can you imagine how I felt about SCAD at that time.

Then an ex-student arrived at my house which I shared with Brian Slakie brother of Doug Slakie, a name to remember. The student had overheard a conversation in a Pool Bar in Downtown Savannah between Slakie and his Pot head friends.

Dougie had suggested they enter my house when I wasn't there and burn my negatives : Knowing this was a life times work. That night I moved the negatives to Denise Falk's House on Whitemarsh Island, after confronting Brian.

 They were out for me. Savannah being a small town I had to cover tracks. I knew what these people were capable of. They belonged to a Harley Davidson club, yes Dougie owned, paid for, a $15000 Harley on technician salary.

I was single with no job so I was alone a great deal. This was a can of worms that had to be seen to believed. I had to get out of there.

Dougie and Brian and two others shared house on Price Street. Brian, who was the college Framer, I got to know well while organising exhibitions for the College. Over coffee one morning, in Exlibris Bookstore Brian suggested that we became room mates, as we were friends and we could half expenses etc etc. He knew I was away a great deal so it was ideal for both of us. After we had found a house, which was owned by college professors, we set up home. Brian was cool and his love of music was extraordinary.

I was in the college Photography shop one morning chatting to students before a class and Dougie walked in and immediately said,* Morning brother stealer.* This was the beginning of verbal abuse said to me during this time. I asked Brian to talk to him.

  The explanation will be written later. In a letter to Brian Murphy.

 

You see I had knowledge of Dougie's activities with students and he wanted me out of Town. He was chief technician in the Photography department at this time . The professors, and staff were frightened of him as he controlled the inner engine of the Photo/Dept..  As I have said I treated students as equals, so they told me Stuff. 

This relationship with the two brothers could be a chapter but it bores the shite out of me, and I really liked Brian.

About 6 months after I departed from SCAD there was a meeting in the gallery @ the Photography Department. There, in frames, against walls of the gallery was most of the work I had made while at SCAD. The galleries department had the request from the new publishing department. They had invited two photographers to view the collection. The brief was,

Can you create work like this to make a book on Savannah?

Both photographers said, * Impossible *   for the budjet you have given us ... this is one man's vision, over a period of years.

I knew the head of Galleries very well : some time later had told me, over dinner, of this meeting and what was said. He said we were all dumb~founded looking at the quality and quantity work and wondered how did you do this and teach in 4 years.

Of course a book was produced. without my images. High quality with little real content on how the city ticked. You see access is everything and you don't get to photograph the real Savannah if your not apart of it.

They later produced Books on my photographs of * The First African Baptist *and the* MLK Parade* with out my consent. I did try to purchase said books without success.

 *SCAD and the photography department knew my concerns on Copyright. I am and always will be a freelance photographer that believes in the ownership of work produced with my own film and cameras. It became slightly tricky ground while working for SCAD as more often than not they supplied film. However, I did not use SCAD equipment to produce work as I knew there was the copyright issue. As a young photographer I had worked for music magazines and had lost all this great work to their archive. I told my students to be very quiet as confrontation with the administration on ownership of their work during the period at SCAD was not resolved.

This was something I had fought for as a freelance in London and elsewhere.

Returning from Cuba and after a sale of my prints at the café Metropole I wrote a letter to Brian Murphy explaining my situation concerning my time @ SCAD.

Murphy was sort of Head of the finance at the college at this time... This letter will be published in full in the final draft and the book will be sent to Savannah Morning News. They will publish this with my consent, of course, and at last the demons will be laid. You see I had a theory about SCAD's *cover ups*. They had one size cloth in which to cover their tracks. So while they were covering the new stuff the old stuff was revealed.

I organised, with the generous people, at the Café Metropole a print sale in early November 1999. I was due in Havana @ Thanksgiving for my first exhibit on the Island at the Plaza de Armas at the Biblateca Gallery. We opened on the 4th December 1999. Alberto Korda, Tom Waits and the Flamenco dancers of Edvardo Vieta group opened the show.

 

 

I had made new friends in Cuba.
 

The letter/Print  to Provost Paul Rowan from Korda
The letter/Print to Provost Paul Rowan from Korda


I gave this letter and vintage print to Richard Rowan. I had them photocopied before I reached the office. The Rowan'smarriage had ended and they were separating at this time: the college was in a sensitive period.

The letter is an explanation of events in Cuba concerning Korda's visit to the US and the College.

The vintage print was a gesture of Good Will.

 

From Bahamas to the USA.

Now travelling from Cuba to the Bahamas was a well know route for Americans who had connections with Cuba . They were not necessary Cuba exiles. They could be elderly men who had found younger women on the island probably had a child with them and were going to Cuba three times a year, to visit and bring hard currency. Cuban girls are good at catching stay men.

The story I want to tell is returning to Nassau one Sunday afternoon I decided not to pay the airport tax. This was a tax of $20 paid if you were not in transit.

Coming into the Bahamas you were in Transit. However, you could be fined $50:000 for entering Cuba , as it was a no no on American radar. Arriving , collecting luggage was simple and I walked the 100 meters to the check in desk for Miami.

On arrival at the check in I told the guy I had just arrived from Havana Cuba. there was nothing to pay in Taxes He then wrote in large font on my ticket the word Cuba in Red.

Standing in the que for immigration , as it was in Nassau airport rather than Miami. When you arrived in the domestic flight area in Miami it was completely open. The Amy officer who looked at my ticket immediately said, Cuba Sir, you have been to Cuba. I can fine you up to $50:000 for that.

Please take your luggage and go and see that lady over there. Now, in that que there were at least 10 people that were on that plane from Havana. No one of them had declared transit status. So I walked with my luggage over to the Large Black girl, who looked like an retired Basket ball player ... a Globe trotter no less with her pig tails and Southern Voice she was magnificent.

Cuba Sir, I can fine you up to $50:000 for going there . I said, he just fined me, is it your turn? She smiled that smile when children win at marbles. Well, she said lets start with what you have in the bag.

Stuff, I replied, a big word in the US.

What kinda stuff?

T shirts, presents for college friends etc etc .

Any Boxes? she asked.

Sure, 2 boxes, I replied knowing there were 4 boxes of cigars in the suitcase and two bottles of Havana Club Ron in my hand luggage.

Your a Professor Sir?

Yes , in Savannah Georgia.

I could remove your J 1  Visa, so you are out of a job. she smiled once more.

I think we are going down the wrong road, I explained showing her my international Press Card.

The que now were all looking some saying he has cigars.

What a hoot, as she knew that having Press acredidation we can bring from any country a $1000 of mechandise.

She bend over and whispered in my ear .... Get the Fuck out of here.

I threw my case on the moving belt and walked slowly up the stairs for departure.

I sat in departure, drinking a large Rum and coke, Havana libre indeed: thinking I was going to be called. It didn't happen. I was in Miami within the hour.

It reminded me of Bogart in The Big Sleep: when Eddie Mars tells him *You take chances Marlow.*

I saved $20 on Transit Tax, but probably took 5 years off my life for a great story.

 

 

 

Korda and Keith Cardwell.
Korda and Keith Cardwell.

The first time we met in March 1998, in his apartment in Miramar Havana on the Film Set of Buena Vista Social Club.   I am wearing a Savannah College of Art and Design T Shirt. I had hoped to curate a Cuban Festival @ the College, with Dance, Music and the visual arts. Instead I went on the curate the first Alberto Diaz Korda exhibit in the US @ The Savannah College of Art and Design. Cuba was in the air .... Buena Vista Social Club had won9 Grammies and in July on 1998Ry Cooder and the Band played @ Carnege Hall in New York .... I was there and my heart lifted as The Band played Compay Segundo's Chan Chan. I swear you could hear that audience down in Brooklyn. 

This was Cuba's * Coming Out * party.

The events that took place between 1995 thru 1999 changed my life forever. Good and bad I have to explain how and why. It is time to move on so stories have to be told to clarify events.

There is a saying in Cuba:

*When you are in my country you pay! when I am in your country you pay.* Just a little advice for visiting Americans, ha ha .

 

 

 It was a struggle as middle management @ the college blocked ideas going up and coming down :  Individuals were against the exhibit. Americans, with exception to the African American community  despised Fidel,  having taken from them their pre Las Vegas playground. Proclaiming the lack of civil rights in Cuba. I find this strange as at home they still use the N word to describethese communities.

I was at the John Lennon memorial reception in Havana and Fidel was asked by CNN *Why do you have Black Bodyguards *

 *A Civil Rights reminder* Fidel answered.

*But surely Fidel they are all equal Now,* asked CNN.

*Try telling that to young Black Americans,* he answered.

 In many ways the College was Business School ( There were rumours that the PresidentRichard Rowan x his Provost wife, Paula, had tossed a coin, before opening SCAD, to decide what paththe college should take) although The Arts won they seemed to have a backseat. This all sounds resentful, however, I loved being in Savannah, greatly admiring the energy and power of this College and had great friends @ the college and in the Town. The local people generally disliked SCAD. They were a non~profit making College. They did not pay taxes, Money, or the word dollar, is in every paragraph an America speaks can you imagine what the local Savannahians said about SCAD. Therefore, as a Professor and single I was not invited to local's dinner parties until I left the college employment. From September to November 1999 I attended old Money dinner parties. Boy the stories I heard concerning the inner circles of that Town..Savannah / Havana both Gossip Towns.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil indeed !

 However, in 1996 I wanted out of their teaching system, it was too traditional, them and us. I treated my students as equals. 

The Chair of the photography department gave me the Documentary course : I feckin freaked. I started to run projects on the annual events in Savannah : ie MLK parade, The Jazz festival, in Savannah and Jacksonville, Daytona Bike week etc. 1996 saw the Olympics in town. The sailing Olympics came to Savannah. The College  talked to Savannah's Historic Society and they gave me total access to the Olympic Marina site. I gathered 3 best Students Jon Holloway, Russ Bryant and Aran Alexander who had graduated on the MA course and had the variety of skills. Portraiture and Landscape we needed for the book and exhibit. Now on permanent display @ Savannah Court House.

Jon x Lori Holloway and there dear family are still great friends and live, work in Greenwood, South Carolina.

These group sessions, on my documentary course, meant we could make Catalogues with an exhibit that could not only promote the college through touring shows but help students get work published : ready for interviews, after they had graduated. Learning is a fantastic process, but after acquiring skills students need to place their work in the  public domain. This was ideal for that purpose. The selection was democratic.

I also started a solo project on the Atlanta Ballet.

The five hour drives from Savannah to Atlanta were cushioned by my student assistant Richard Burthart, who was good company and great technician.

* Backstage,* was an amazing show at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. ... They were producing an Alice Ballet : Right up my street.

Opening the system up was not what the Photography Department wanted. I sensed my work and ideas were seen as making the department vunerable to the administration.

It is important to realise that the Professors in Photography did not interview me in London for the job. Paula Rowan and Judith Van Baron had given me the Professorship in the Photography Department. So, because I was given the post by senior management, the staff / Professors, thought I was a spy placed in their department. I also taught two classes on the history of painting, in the Art History Dept. Judith Van Baron, whom I rented a house in her garden for 6 months, had placed me there, and again. I was told later ...... .. They thought me a spy for the administration. To say the least the blunt end of this college, ie the teaching staff were feckin Paranoid. The bottom line,  they were fearful of their employment. The litigation with the School of Visual x Performing Arts, who had opened a small school is Savannah was ongoing.

 The energy I had for Photography was boundless and I sensed fellow Professors did not like this. The photo~ department was self contained and kept a paws length between the administration and everyday function as a Department. (re : Orwell's Animal Farm, where all the animals are proclaimed equal, but the birds always kept a paws length away from the cats) I was also connected to the Communications Dept, which was run by Pam Afifi, ( Paula Rowan's sister) a professional who I greatly admired.

The joy to work with Betsey Braiton and Pam Afifi was a real highlight of my time in Savannah. These women were strong and articulate as Editors of the Guardian / Observer newspapers I had worked with.

 The students either loved or hated my way of teaching. Some of them just didn't get it ! The Provost was the answer, but Paula Rowan was right up there in the clouds. I had to get this show on the road ..... The enthusiasm was catching and Korda loved, and trusted me, .You see, I know how Photographers think I have been one for 35 years.  We sat in the heat of Cuban nights, drinking rum, talking of the Revolutionary days, good looking Cuban women, and his experiences with Fidel.

one story of many :

 Korda was told to be at the arirport at around 6am. We are flying to Mexico city then on to Latin America proper ... he was told.

So Korda packed bags ... 20 rolls of film 2 cameras 4 lenes and lightweight clothing. He arrived early and boarded the plane.

Of course they were off to Moscow ... 

Alberto being the only photographer in the delegation was allowed to embark first. So they wrapped him up in gathered clothing from others in the party and he left the plane. Fidel wanted pictures of himself walking down the embarkation stairsas he knew they would be seen in the US the following days. So out walked Korda to the Moscow winter ... for a Cuba, Hell on Earth.

The Russian Newspapers the following day spoke of

* Hippies arriving with Fidel. *

I HAVE THE PHOTOGRAPH, IT IS SO FUNNY

That trip was the negotiation for missiles to be based in Cuba in exchange for the purchase of Sugar.

JFK had cancelled his purchase order for sugar from Cuba and announced an Blockage against the Island. Fidel immediately said that *other arrangements were being made.*

There is a Korda photograph of Fidel making a Polaroid photograph of the Kruschev family @ a break during the talks: Korda started to laugh : 

Fidel asked Why ..?... and Alberto pointed to the make of the camera : Polaroid Mass / USA.

 I used savings to support visits to Cuba to negotiatea deal with Korda. Intially, I had taken the job in Savannah to be near the Island. I started to make real friends in Savannah and my dreams were to be an Exhibition Coordinator in Photography. The College had little or no trust in my abilities to organise this show, they had no conception of the loyalty that was applied during these negotiations.  It is not that I was tired of making photographs it was a need to show others how people work and how the world is seen through the personality of the individual. Further, there were lies on both sides of the Miami straights and the photographs of Alberto Korda would project the truth to North Americans. The events photographed as they happened. As for the promoting of Individuals, these ideas are in conflict with the Communists : Fidel's ideas are a mixture of Communist and Community. He is a Nationalist through and through. Having Irish blood flowing through my body I totally understand in idea of Family and Community. That has been the core of my life as a Photographer/Teacher.

 

The next photograph in this section:

The Photograph of Fidel on a March morning standing at the Washington DC Lincoln Memorial looking up admiringly, Hat in hand .... Photograph : Korda

Keith Cardwell Collection.

 

The Cuban establishment were not cooperative either. I asked Korda if it was possible not to inform the Minister until the exhibit was up and running as I feared he would block it. Alberto agreed and we went on with the selection. You see I wanted to organise a Cuban Festival with Music , Dance and Visual Arts. This would have to be placed on hold until after the Korda show. Somehow I pulled it off and the show was glorious :

 Thanks to Korda's generosity of spirit.

I had asked the college for an invitation letter and this was in process during the later part of the organisation. Alberto Korda had the virus Hepatitus b, something I have never told anyone before now. His liver was completely shot and relied on painkillers to keep going. At the time of the show he had a bad attack, therefore impossible to travel to Savannah. I had told the college he was ill, never telling them of the virus.

He actually went to Spain for a show around one month after ours opened. He was ill .... KingJuan Carlos sent his private jet for him with two doctors aboard. Can you believe how important these pictures are ........... NOW!

Savannah show :

An Intimate Portrait of the Cuban Revolution

 This contained 45 pieces from the Korda portfolio, further, as he was Fidel's Official photographer, it showed the ongoingpolitical changes in Cuba, as Korda was in the very makeup of the administration. However, Korda , although in full support of Fidel was no communist. His Fashion work was at the core of his photography. In fact, you could say he photographed the Revolution as a Fashion Shoot. That is not to degrade the work as he had Style and loved women. Much to the annoyance ofRaul Corrales. After the Che photograph had gained fame Korda begun to Photograph Fidel again..

Running simultaniously I had a time show called * Flamenco de Cuba* which ran @ The café Metropole next door to the Korda exhibit. Alberto on seeing the dance pictures insisted I show alongside of his work. He explained that these dancers, all in their early 20s, were a reflection of Fidel administration. The reason they exist he said. I decided to keep them separate : the Café Met was a great venue.

The Korda exhibitbecame the centre of the Royal National Theatre show Cuba Si in 2000 , containing over 500 prints from 10 Cuban photographers and myself.

50 years of Cuban Photography. Cuba Siwent on to 6 venues around the UK.

While in London  Alberto, with finance from Cuban Solidarity, also won the copyright to the Che icon Photograph ... something he had waited for some 40 years.

The photograph of Che was made 5th March 1960 @ 11:20am. on 23rd Street, Vedado, Havana. Cuba. Leica 3f with 73mm lens.

We projected the Che Image for all to see on the Royal National Theatre to celebrate winning the Copyright for the Photographer.

Alice
Alice

Backstage @ The Fox Theatre Atlanta.
 

Leica User : 35 years
Leica User : 35 years
Fidel in Washington
Fidel in Washington
Korda with his Negative of Che Guevara.
Korda with his Negative of Che Guevara.

I talked to Korda and friends about this Negative and persueded Korda to place it in the government office, knowing the family.
 

Korda: on the set of Buena Vista Social Club.
Korda: on the set of Buena Vista Social Club.

This photograph was used by The Guardian for Alberto's obituary.

The first meeting was a great moment in time for both of us. I had taken the Professorship in Georgia just to make this photograph and others like it.

I went on to curate two major shows of his work one in Savannah and the other with Nicky Akehurst in London @ The Royal National Theatre. Cuba Si. 2000. He came to London and won his copyright for the Icon Photograph of Ernesto Che Guevara Lynch. Yes, Che's  grandmother was Irish.

Korda was 72 years old, while visiting London, on the 14th September 2000. Nicky Akehurst gave him his party in  a restaurant in Portobello Road. Nicky had been so generous with the Cubans. They disappointed us with their behavouir in London. Korda's son came from Norway ... what a piece of work he was.

 It was to be his last birthday. Korda died 25th May 2001 in Paris.

The next photograph was made from Waterloo Bridge during Korda's stay in London. He loved seeing the image 30'x40' projected onto the Royal National Theatre.

Royal National Theatre London: South Bank
Royal National Theatre London: South Bank

Che's image projected on the Royal National Theatre South Bank London ... Tony Benn said you could see it from the House of Commons Bar. September 16th 2000 : for three nights.

"That would have never happened in Margret's time." he said. ha ha.

The Award given to me from Foteca de Cuba
The Award given to me from Foteca de Cuba

The Award was given for organising the The National Theatre exhibition in 2000.

Korda won copyright to the Che Picture here.

The sculpture was made by the Ovido Brothers Havana .... good  friends and great sculptors. It is a Russian Leica.

Alberto Diaz Korda.
Alberto Diaz Korda.

On the film set of BVS Club : Korda Handsome as ever.

One of my favourite photographs of the Man.

 

I have this shirt signed by the Photographers from Cuba Si
 

Tom Waits @ Keith's exhibit in Havana.
Tom Waits @ Keith's exhibit in Havana.

I was the first living British Photographer to exhibit in Cuba. (There had been a Bill Brandt show @ Fototeca after his death, organised by the British Council) 

My exhibit took place in December 1999 @ The Biblateca Gallery Plaza de Armas, Havana. Korda opened my reception alongside The Flamenco dancers : Edvardo Veita group and Tom Waits. Morgan Freeman came later.

On the right of Frame the photograph of the Twins .... now owned by Santa Barbara Museum of Photography. The curator of that Museum came to the show.

Baracoa: Cuba.
Baracoa: Cuba.

The eye of Che looking over the roof of the chevie .... In fact the first three letters from Chevrolet are Che.

Baracoa, being on the far east of Cuba, is were Columbus landed : Discovering the Americas. Columbus is special to the Cubans. The Monument on the Plaza de Amas still exists, however, they  returned his ashes to Genoa in 1998.
 

The Old Man and the Sea : Gregorio Fuentas.
The Old Man and the Sea : Gregorio Fuentas.


This is the character from the Noble prize Hemingway Book.

I have photographed many famous individuals ... this Guy is at the top of my list : Gregorio was 104years old here.

That day we went to lunch at the Terrasa Bar, the bar in the book.  Hemmingway drunk there too before driving home to his house some 12 miles away.

Gregorio was quite a celebrity at the restaurant and many people mostly Europeans wished him well. His 78 year old son however, managed to down a bottle of Rum in just under an hour. Then started another.

I also took him the cigar, an esplendidos from Pina del Rio.

Given to me by the Great Tobacco Farmer : Robana

You will notice in the photograph I have chosen, Gregorio is looking at the cigar. He is checking on the ash to see how long he can talk before he takes another draw. My picture of Compay Segundo has the same moment.

Tobacco Farmer. Pina del Rio. Cuba.
Tobacco Farmer. Pina del Rio. Cuba.

The Great Robaina.

 

This picture speaks for itself ..... A great environmental Portrait.

Compay Segundo. Buena Vista Social Club.
Compay Segundo. Buena Vista Social Club.

The night we auctioned his Hat for child medication. Viva Compay.

He would not part with the Hat so he was accompanied home  The Hat was then given .

Compay would not be seen in public without his Hats. 

I had to send Korda to get drinks as he kept grining at camera from the chair on the left of frame.

 A Shanghia Bicycle in the Rain : Havana.
A Shanghia Bicycle in the Rain : Havana.


A truly Beautiful photograph. I made this picture with a Mojita in one hand and my Leica in the other...  ha ha

Fidel Castro.
Fidel Castro.

This was @ The John Lennon Memorial.

So many stories, my head hurts concerning this day. I was so near to him ... perhaps needing to touch his shirt. ha ha.

Korda telephoned my Hotel on that evening to inform me that I, like Fidel, had made Cuban 10pm TV News .

Fidel x John Lennon. Havana
Fidel x John Lennon. Havana


Fidel unvailing the John Lennon Memorial on the 20th Anniversary of John's death. The reason for the Lennon statue in the park is I think unclear. My family, in part are from Liverpool. Before the statue there is the sign,

* you say that I'm a dreamer I'm not the only one* 

Of course Fidel is the other.

The Beatles are very well respected in Cuba and were allowed to be played after the Revolution. The links with Lennon again are firstly The Music and the song content but most of all the link is Subversion.

I 've heard a Government Minister say,

*You can't kill a Scouser and get away with it.*

The truth is that Fidel and his Government have been reaching out, but other  western countries will not interfere because of the North America Blockade.

 

John Lennon Mermorial: Fidel openning reception.
John Lennon Mermorial: Fidel openning reception.

Fidel just off left of centre ... the entire Cuba Government are here to remind the world that twenty years had passed since John's death.

 

Baracoa: Cuba.
Baracoa: Cuba.

 

 Jose Marti died here fighting the spainish, in 1898 towards Cuba's independence.

Most importantly is Columbus landed here discovering the Americas. The image is miraculous and a symbol for the Cuban people ... Boy on a Horse with no shoes. To a Cuban this is a Flag.

This was a December day and shows the richness of the Cuban landscape.

A symbol of crossing the river, a memory for this child that makes Cuba's miraculous childhood.

One day it is hoped that this print will be seen in the National Gallery of Cuba.

Raul Corrales and Alberto Korda.
Raul Corrales and Alberto Korda.

Checking the Paperwork for the London show. Cuba Si, this picture was made at the Fototeca de Cuba August 2000, just 12 days before the opening reception @  The Royal National Theatre London.

Corrales was not keen on playing second fiddle to Alberto and the young photographers. He thought he had no respect from his fellow exhibitors. He had given 10x8 silverprints for the catalogue however, when I came for the prints just a few days after giving him £1000 to exhibit  ... he refused to give the work. Contracts had been signed but he was, as he said  *Not going to be Humiliated in London.*  It was a blow ... I convinced Nicky to frame the 10x8 prints and exhibit them , knowing it would really get to him.

Alberto was very amused at the reception at the National Theatre.

Corrales and Korda were great friends and Raul had taught Alberto the very fundamentals of making a great Photograph. Korda however, was hungry for great images and the  Che icon picture confirmed , together with the Don Quixote image that Korda was more than a Fashion photographer. Korda was a great stylist and loved women: Corrales was at the core a communist and family man, trusted by Fidel.

Raul Corrales Photographer. Cojimar Cuba.
Raul Corrales Photographer. Cojimar Cuba.

Corrales was the greatest Cuban Photographer. He had the ear of Fidel and worked in the inner circles of the Cuban Government.He had visited London in the 1960s to buy spy cameras for Fidel.

 He taught Korda to understand photography .... in return Alberto Korda said, "When there is no more poverty in Cuba, Corrales will be out of a job"

This little Porch in Cojimar, a subarb of Havana, had seen some great visitors. Henri Cartier Bresson, Gary Cooper, Robert Cappa, Birt Glinn, Gregorio Fuentas ( The old man of the Sea) and Fidel Castro x Family. 

I visited Raulmore than 30 times, over some 6 years as I stayed in Villa Panamericana just half a mile from Cojimar where he lived with his wife Norma. The Corrales family was large with 5 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

He had been near to Fidel. He would say in conversation you must remember I am a communist almost spitting as he said it. It worked with visiting Americans but not with me. Raul was a people photographer. We discussed his work most of the time and I have all the Books. One image on the page is of a group of women working in the fields. A young cuban girl spits water out of her mouth. I guess she thought something had to happen during the making of a Photograph.

We talked about this image for two hours and its relationship to the Cuban people. However, in the background just in frame is an old Land Rover.

At the end of the session of chats and great coffee from Norma and JB whiskey , which I bought him from the States I asked Raul,

 *The Car Raul, who does that belong to? *

It was mine he answered. You see this picture is the end of my independence. My son Saul took over as head of the family. I sold that car within that month and things changed forever. I am stuck here now looking at the past. When they ask me to exhibit it is always stuff I made 20 years ago.

Great Photography is not made for money, this I have learned from the greatest photographers I have met. Of course we need to be paid and the business end has to be dealt with. Raul knew this but his family did not.

The stories Corrales told about Fidel .... visits to his girlfriends house and Fruit treesis is a great one next. ha ha

 

I talked extensively to Korda x Corrales during the Buena Vista Years.

Their personal stories confirm the closeness they had with their government and leaders. Photographers, in general love to tell the events around their great photographs. These two men had total access and trust of Fidel.

 

Karl Marx Teatro: Havana.
Karl Marx Teatro: Havana.


A Cold War image indeed. The Karl Marx Teatro and the American Chevie. The placing in this image is a summery of Cuba.

 

I have a beautiful Nick Jones  20 x 16 print of this £1200

Twins : Cuba
Twins : Cuba

This print was exhibited in my first Cuba show in Havana.

It now hangs in the Santa Barbara Museum of Photography, USA.
 

Don't take our picture Mister. Havana.
Don't take our picture Mister. Havana.
Horse on Balcony: La Boca.
Horse on Balcony: La Boca.
Doris: Horse in the Kitchen. Cuba.
Doris: Horse in the Kitchen. Cuba.  

 

Marbles. Childhood in Cuba.
Marbles. Childhood in Cuba.
Compostela Street : Havana.
Compostela Street : Havana.


My night work in Havana, with 10 minuite exposures on the Rolleiflex.

This was a Motorcycle dodging potholes, not drunk as most people think. The tape on the windows is for protection during Hurricanes an Havana experience from August to October.

Compostela Street.
Compostela Street.

This is one of my greatest Photographs.

In Photography you have to let go, and the control is only in the, choice of subject, film, the environment and the camera.

The balance between what you want and what the camera sees is now complete. I can remember knowing this would make the Compostela Street  majestic .... I subverted the glory for the natural : Music taught me this. Not Photography.

After all Greene had placed * Our Man in Havana* on this Street.

One exposure was OK then the second @  10 minutes worked because after 8 minutes someone put the light on : the right hand side of the frame.            A  Complete image was made.

The Frame is filled with engima .... especially the clock with no hands... the guy that stood still as in the first street photograph ever made in Paris , when a man has his shoes polished and is recorded.

Initially I called the series* Ghosts of Havana.* However, their *Sense of Place * was forthcoming.

Check out the light source of this photo it is simply amazing.

So why is it not at the top of my projected list .... My idea is that you have to * discover in photography* for yourself.


 

Compostela Street: Havana.
Compostela Street: Havana.

The sign is above on the Left of frame ..Compostela Street.. I have a sign for sale from that street. Our Man in Havana takes centre stage there .
 

Trinidad: Cowboys and Cadillacs.
Trinidad: Cowboys and Cadillacs.
Dominos. Havana.
Dominos. Havana.

Sundays in Havana are the craziest time of the week.
 

Dominos
Dominos
Barman Havana    :      montage x
Barman Havana : montage x

Made for a south American STEAK HOUSE .....

Showing Jose @ the Catheral Bar Havana .

Julia Munoz. Trinidad.
Julia Munoz. Trinidad.
Jack in Cuba.
Jack in Cuba.

Jack @ The Santa Isobella Hotel Plaza de Armas Havana.

Meeting by the River.
Meeting by the River.
Northern Cuba.
Northern Cuba.

I first exhibited this photograph in Georgia were people were shocked at the thinness of the horse.

The occasion was the 20th anniversary of the Savannah College of Art and Design. Photographs for me are reflections of the way Things are

This image is European in concept .... But when seen in well-fed societies has a moment.

It was also an anniversary of a Cuban embargo by the US.

Flamenco de Cuba
Flamenco de Cuba
Ice cream day: Santiago de Cuba.
Ice cream day: Santiago de Cuba.
Compostela Street : Havana
Compostela Street : Havana

A photograph so near to a John Cage experience.

At uni I had made a Thesis on Music and Performance : Cage was right up there with Stockhausen x Co.

Silence according to Cage.

There is no silence in the world just a state of Non~intention.

As human beings our perceptions and concentration move from the quiet to the noise thru a state of Non~intention.

I looked for Zen for a very long time: It eventually found me.

KC

 

* I have nothing to say, and I am saying it. * John Cage.
 

Night Havana: Floridita. Hemingway Bar.
Night Havana: Floridita. Hemingway Bar.
Compostela Street.
Compostela Street.
Malecon:Havana.
Malecon:Havana.
Night Havana.
Night Havana.
Trinidad.
Trinidad.
Sugar Factory with Perfecto poster on the wall.
Sugar Factory with Perfecto poster on the wall.
Gymnasts. Cuba
Gymnasts. Cuba

On the set of Buena Vista Social Club Movie.

enroute to Trinidad de Cuba.
enroute to Trinidad de Cuba.

Again from a Taxi 284 miles from Havana to Trinidad de Cuba.

Paid $5 to the horse rider for a greatjob.
 

Cuban Beach.
Cuban Beach.
School Kids: Elian affair.
School Kids: Elian affair.
The Prado: Havana.
The Prado: Havana.
Buena Vista Social Club. Havana.
Buena Vista Social Club. Havana.


This was after they had won Grammies ... playing the Catheral Bar.

Compostela Street: Havana.
Compostela Street: Havana.

After a Dog Fight in Compostela Street. The guy on the right looks like Maca .... he is the local Drunk x
 

Trinidad de Cuba
Trinidad de Cuba

I chased this guy in a  Minibus Taxi with 3 students who were  on my Photo~workshops. Such Fun , and a good photographs. Cuba rarely let me down!
 

Girls Band.
Girls Band.

They used to play in The Egyptian Café. I went there , mainly for breakfast. however, Mary, the Base player was the cute one. This girl always reminded me of Eartha Kitt.
 

Racing Pigeon.
Racing Pigeon.

Trinidad de Cuba.
 

Perfecto Romero.
Perfecto Romero.

Perfecto was in the mountains with Che pre~revolution in 1958. He later became Che's official photographer and there are prints for sale on this site that were taken and made by Romero. Perfecto is a generous character who has talked and presented his Photography and life experience to many groups of photographers I have taken to Cuba for  Photographic WORKSHOPS.
 

Perfecto Romero : Photographer.
Perfecto Romero : Photographer.

Inside the Capitolo Building, Havana

Rosita : Flamenco de Cuba
Rosita : Flamenco de Cuba

She is looking at the teacher and he is in the Mirror behind her.
 

Kaisar Garcia
Kaisar Garcia

Ballet National Cuba

This was my last trip to Cuba and the restrictions on entry to Ballet National were getting to me. I had letters from the Cuban Embassy but this was not the ticket I needed .... can you guess what was ?

Karl Marx Teatro : Havana
Karl Marx Teatro : Havana

 

The Buena Vista Social Club @The Karl Marx Teatro.

This was the very last time Ruben would perform with them.

The curtains are coming down|!

 

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Elvis : Trinidad de Cuba
Elvis : Trinidad de Cuba

Elvis managed the riding stable in Trinidad de Cuba. This is mid April, during the dry season in Cuba. While riding with a group of Dutch tourists one rider came off his horse and died. No enquiry, however, Elvis did 4 years in prison for neglect. The stories on how the rider, a Dutch Farmer, had committed sucide as his insurance was 1 million Euros. His wife later confessed that he was only supposed to break limbs.

Poor Elvis lost everything he had worked for.
 

Night Havana.
Night Havana.

More time needed more Night work.
 

A new era is coming to Cuba.
A new era is coming to Cuba.
Leica User : 35 years
Leica User : 35 years
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Russian Leica 1943
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Cuba: photo~workshops

Joanna and the camera that made the image of Che.
Joanna and the camera that made the image of Che.
Capitalo: Havana.
Capitalo: Havana.

Photography~Workshops www.cubawelcome.com
 

Santa Maria Beach.
Santa Maria Beach.
Santa Maria Beach.
Santa Maria Beach.
varadero: Father showing his children how to catch Tropical Fish.
varadero: Father showing his children how to catch Tropical Fish.
German Tourist: Cuba
German Tourist: Cuba
Santa Maria Beach.
Santa Maria Beach.
Three generations Havana
Three generations Havana
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Kaisar Garcia
Kaisar Garcia
Havana
Havana
Montage: Cuba, Portfolio Book
Montage: Cuba, Portfolio Book
Obispo Street: Havana.
Obispo Street: Havana.
Cuban Beach.
Cuban Beach.
Isolina: Printmaker Cuba
Isolina: Printmaker Cuba

This beautiful Print~image is Mother Nature holding the island of Cuba Blowing the furtility across the island ... The joy and spirit of this island is one of the finest experiences known on our Planet.
 

Santa Maria Beach.
Santa Maria Beach.
Che Memorial Santa Clara: Cuba
Che Memorial Santa Clara: Cuba

In Late October 1997 Che's remains were returned from South America. In mid December my first visit to the Island and I made a Taxi~cab ride pilgrimage from Havana to Santa Clara (180 miles) and the Che Monument.

The foral display had been placed there just weeks before.

This image, among 5 others, were publish in the Savannah Morning News on my return to Savannah. The occasion of John Paul's visit to Cuba, January 1998.
 

Havana.
Havana.
Cubana :  colour Book
Cubana : colour Book

This was the reconisance work .... as my method of working through the years has been to visit a place, a country , make slides, then look carefully in on the ideas selected by intuition.
 

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Havana @ Night : Montages

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Compostela Street : Havana
Compostela Street : Havana
Compostela Street : Malecon Havana. 20x16 Fine art prints
Compostela Street : Malecon Havana. 20x16 Fine art prints
Compostela Street : 23rd Street Havana.
Compostela Street : 23rd Street Havana.
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Bacon Street : East Enders

Bacon Street
Bacon Street

The East Enders are now in print. 

You can now purchase a signed,editioned, embossed book.in archival dark green Box.

+ 3 fine art fiber based 8x10 prints in a 12x16 mount ready to frame or keep for investment purposes.

One signed Book :

 3 fine art Mounted prints       £450     +postage overseas

contact: cardie46@hotmail.com

Charlie: Bacon Street
Charlie: Bacon Street
Charlie of Bacon Street
Charlie of Bacon Street

November 16th visited Bacon Street first time in 20 years.

I found ythere a Homage to Charlie painted on the wall. Shutters replaced the Iron sliding doors. Met his son x daughter and told them about my book.

Charlie RIP.

Bacon Street Book
Bacon Street Book
Bacon Street Book
Bacon Street Book

Gypsy Sef …. I knew him from the Gypsy fair @Stow on the Wold. Here before the sliding doors of Charlie Burns warehouse Bacon Street.

Molly. Brick Lane.
Molly. Brick Lane.
Bacon Street
Bacon Street
Cafe: Cheshire Street.
Cafe: Cheshire Street.

The core of the series:

A story: John Lennon saw people in the street , on TV, on a bus and in book characters : then went on to make a parallel life for them. He found, in a graveyard in Liverpool, while having a lazy July afternoon with Paul, a grave marked Elenor Rigby.

This is exactly the way good photographers work. This reactional process gets more sophisticated with experience. As John created a parallel so does the Photographer and by doing creates a new meaning to mundane situations.

 While in Cheshire Street London EI  I saw a woman sitting in a café. At once I knew I had been looking for this person for some 30 years. Alone, and yet with others, she sits and waits. There is a gap between drinking her tea and moving on, a kind of silence, a state of non~intention as John Cage called it. This is a story of  loss, sorrow..waiting.... even death. This was right @ the heart of the Thatcher era ...

The grid pattern to the composition suggests quietness and the ghost figure leaves the café before her. The process of creating as been reversed.

What was written, then spoken is now seen!

I found a woman I hadn't been looking for, that day ... Sweet Elenor Rigby.

George. Cheshire Street.
George. Cheshire Street.
Muslim wedding: London E1.
Muslim wedding: London E1.

 Series of photographs made for the Museum of London on London communities ...

" Wedding Arrangements "

Cheshire Street
Cheshire Street
Cheshire Street.
Cheshire Street.
Tommy: Cheshire Street.
Tommy: Cheshire Street.
Whitechapel.
Whitechapel.
Nobby Clark: Jeweller
Nobby Clark: Jeweller
Off/Brick Lane.
Off/Brick Lane.
Whitechapel.
Whitechapel.
Brian: Jeweller.
Brian: Jeweller.
Off/Brick Lane.
Off/Brick Lane.
Kevin: Gypsy, Bacon Street
Kevin: Gypsy, Bacon Street
Nobby.
Nobby.
Nobby.
Nobby.
Engagement Ring For Sale.
Engagement Ring For Sale.

Bob Dylan lyrics :

Old men with Broken teeth stranded without Love.
 

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Tracy: Off/ Brick Lane.
Tracy: Off/ Brick Lane.
Tony: Off/ Brick Lane.
Tony: Off/ Brick Lane.
Bacon Street
Bacon Street
Gus: Cigar seller.
Gus: Cigar seller.
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Jeff : Bacon Street.
Jeff : Bacon Street.
Gypsy Boy: Bacon Street.
Gypsy Boy: Bacon Street.
Off/ Brick Lane.
Off/ Brick Lane.
Brick Lane.
Brick Lane.
Bacon Street.
Bacon Street.
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Brick Lane.
Brick Lane.
Whitechapel.
Whitechapel.
Alfie: Off/ Brick Lane.
Alfie: Off/ Brick Lane.
Brothers: Whitechapel.
Brothers: Whitechapel.
Eddie\ Cheshire Street.
Eddie\ Cheshire Street.
Whitechapel
Whitechapel
Tobias: Bacon Street.
Tobias: Bacon Street.
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Bacon Street
Bacon Street

Bacon Street :

This will be the title of the Book .... East Enders is too broad and 80% of the work is made in this street. A street of villans , fetches, and people trying to be those things.

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Kevin: Gypsy, Bacon Street.
Kevin: Gypsy, Bacon Street.
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Nobby Clark. Jeweller.
Nobby Clark. Jeweller.
M Leica used 40 years
M Leica used 40 years
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Saudi Mosque Whitechapel : Friday Prayers
Saudi Mosque Whitechapel : Friday Prayers

                                         Friday Prayers

I worked in this church for 8 months and exhibited samples of this work in Whitechapel library having won the people of London Competition. Fond memories of these gentle human beings going about their daily lives.

However the Saudi leaders were not so keen on me photographing.

I later won the portfolio section of the South Bank Competition with 6 x16x20 images.... They were beautiful. Still more to come folks.

The following photographs are produced in the Bacon Street Book

Arranged Marriage
Arranged Marriage
Friday Prayer Brick Lane
Friday Prayer Brick Lane
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Brother x Sister
Brother x Sister
wedding arrangements
wedding arrangements
A Grandfather
A Grandfather

Giving comfort to his grandson at the loss of his father and the grandfathers son

Child @ the window
Child @ the window
Arranged Marriage
Arranged Marriage

Mother x Daughter

Gypsy Brothers : Bacon Street
Gypsy Brothers : Bacon Street
Cheshire Street, Cafe
Cheshire Street, Cafe
Cheshire Street, Cafe
Cheshire Street, Cafe
Cheshire Street, Cafe.
Cheshire Street, Cafe.
Bacon Street
Bacon Street
Bacon Street
Bacon Street
Cheshire Street
Cheshire Street
Bacon Street
Bacon Street
Bacon Street
Bacon Street
Bacon Street
Bacon Street
Bacon Street
Bacon Street
Cheshire Street
Cheshire Street
Bacon Street
Bacon Street
Bacon Street
Bacon Street
Bacon Street
Bacon Street
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Friday Prayers, Brick Lane, London
Friday Prayers, Brick Lane, London
Bacon Street
Bacon Street
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The Sidcup Cowboys

The 1990s saw a shortage of Photography work ,although China was still a major contender until January 1994. I had been home in the summer of 91 and met people who were members of a Cowboy Club.

These English frontier cowboys spent their Sundays hanging out at the Ranch called Sweetwater, built at the rear of a terrace House in Sidcup, Kent.

There is a great deal to this story and I will tell it in the introduction to the forthcoming Book.

Basically these people were Music and Film fanatics, who touched many peoples lives.... and the theme weeks at Pontins Holiday Camps were the place they ' Came Out ' 

The project fitted well my work on English eccentrics.

The Sidcup Cowboy Cover photograph
The Sidcup Cowboy Cover photograph
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The Book Cover : The Sidcup Cowboys
The Book Cover : The Sidcup Cowboys

The Sidcup Cowboys aims for February 2018

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Cowboy wedding Bream sands Somerset
Cowboy wedding Bream sands Somerset

From a forthcoming Book The Sidcup Cowboys

George Washington look a Like Marrys his Bride x

Ken  in the Saloon @ Sidcup Ranch
Ken in the Saloon @ Sidcup Ranch
The chief , in red bananer, and his chalet compaions
The chief , in red bananer, and his chalet compaions

Bream Sands Weston~Super~Mare

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Chief : Pontins Bream Sands.
Chief : Pontins Bream Sands.
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Pops @ The Ranch Sidcup
Pops @ The Ranch Sidcup
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Sidcup Cowboys ..... Bream Sands
Sidcup Cowboys ..... Bream Sands

Drummer Boy
 

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The arrival of General Custard ; Pontins.
The arrival of General Custard ; Pontins.
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Pissing Indians : Pontins
Pissing Indians : Pontins
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Morning Parade : Pontins Bream Sands
Morning Parade : Pontins Bream Sands

The  Blue coats made friends withy Confederates. Fantasy stuff.
 

Indians by their Chalets.
Indians by their Chalets.
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The wedding of George Washington : Local church Bream Sands.
The wedding of George Washington : Local church Bream Sands.
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Guest @ GW wedding.
Guest @ GW wedding.
Wedding Feast : Pontins
Wedding Feast : Pontins
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George by the Pool : Pontins.
George by the Pool : Pontins.
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Alfie @ The Ranch : Sidcup
Alfie @ The Ranch : Sidcup
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Big Brian and Daughter @ The Ranch in Sidcup
Big Brian and Daughter @ The Ranch in Sidcup
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Sidcup Cowboy James 6/2/2018
Sidcup Cowboy James 6/2/2018
My Sidcup Cowboy : James
My Sidcup Cowboy : James

St Mary Cray Kent xxxx

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Dance Me Cuba - Black & White

Kaisar Garcia
Kaisar Garcia
Jumping Ballerinas
Jumping Ballerinas

Probably the finest photograph I have made. Flamenco group making a Ballet Class. It appears that they are the children in Peter Pan flying through the window.

Editioned, signed, boxed, +3 fine art 9x12 prints.
Editioned, signed, boxed, +3 fine art 9x12 prints.

Only 10 available.

Casa de Tango.Havana
Casa de Tango.Havana
Leica User : 35 years
Leica User : 35 years
Buena Vista Social Club. Karl Marx Teatro
Buena Vista Social Club. Karl Marx Teatro
Flamenco de Cuba  Havana
Flamenco de Cuba Havana

The three Best Dancers in Cuba

Cuba Book : 228 pages 15 years in the making.
Cuba Book : 228 pages 15 years in the making.
Swan Lake rehearsal NBC.
Swan Lake rehearsal NBC.

Tried to expose FLOOR AS LAKE X

Ballet National 1st Year Students.
Ballet National 1st Year Students.
Elizabeth Gomez: Havana.
Elizabeth Gomez: Havana.
Dance me Cuba
Dance me Cuba

Part of  double page in Portfolio Book

Liza Mendoza: Flamenco
Liza Mendoza: Flamenco
Elizabeth Gomez and Group. Ballet National
Elizabeth Gomez and Group. Ballet National
Kaisar Garcia
Kaisar Garcia

Ballet National Cuba.

Kaisar Garcia

Kaisar Garcia
Kaisar Garcia
Flamenco
Flamenco
Isobella: Flamenco
Isobella: Flamenco
Lola : Flamenco de Cuba
Lola : Flamenco de Cuba
Santaria Dancers: Cuba
Santaria Dancers: Cuba
Yuette: Girls Zorro Jazz. Havana.
Yuette: Girls Zorro Jazz. Havana.
Santaria Dancers: Trinidad de Cuba
Santaria Dancers: Trinidad de Cuba

The very first image of these special Dancers I made.

Ghislaine Gomez.
Ghislaine Gomez.
Flamenco.
Flamenco.
Gymnasts: On the set of Buena Vista Social Club.
Gymnasts: On the set of Buena Vista Social Club.
Buena Vista Social Club: Movie set.
Buena Vista Social Club: Movie set.
Flamenco: Grande Teatro.
Flamenco: Grande Teatro.
Rosita: Playing Gameboy.
Rosita: Playing Gameboy.
Kaisar Garcia
Kaisar Garcia

Ballet National Cuba.

Kaisar Garcia

Cuba
Cuba
Tango House Havana
Tango House Havana
Ballet National: Portfolio Book
Ballet National: Portfolio Book

Acosta and Garcia

Havana. Portfolio Book.
Havana. Portfolio Book.
Buena Vista Social Club. Karl Marx Teatro.
Buena Vista Social Club. Karl Marx Teatro.
Daynel: Playing Gameboy.
Daynel: Playing Gameboy.
Havana: Portfolio Book.
Havana: Portfolio Book.
Dance me Cuba
Dance me Cuba
Flamenco de Cuba
Flamenco de Cuba
Flamenco: Portfolio Book.
Flamenco: Portfolio Book.
Lisa Mendoza: Montage from Portfolio Book.
Lisa Mendoza: Montage from Portfolio Book.
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Flamenco.
Flamenco.

On the roof of the Grande Teatro

Kaisar Garcia
Kaisar Garcia

Ballet National Cuba

Flamenco School: Havana.
Flamenco School: Havana.
Elizabeth Gomez
Elizabeth Gomez

centre figure is Elizabeth  .... great dancer and unique person.
 

Flamenco de Cuba
Flamenco de Cuba
Isobella: Flamenco
Isobella: Flamenco
Compostela Street: Havana
Compostela Street: Havana
Daynal: Flamenco
Daynal: Flamenco
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Ghislaine Gomez: Ballet National. Cuba
Ghislaine Gomez: Ballet National. Cuba
Elizabeth Gomez and group: Ballet National. Cuba
Elizabeth Gomez and group: Ballet National. Cuba
Flamenco making Ballet Class: Havana
Flamenco making Ballet Class: Havana
Liza Mendoza: Flamenco
Liza Mendoza: Flamenco
3 Best Dancers in Cuba: Daynal, Maria and Liza Mendoza
3 Best Dancers in Cuba: Daynal, Maria and Liza Mendoza
Daynel : Flamenco de Cuba
Daynel : Flamenco de Cuba
Cuba in a Box : Editioned Book. :
Cuba in a Box : Editioned Book. :
Keith in China
Keith in China

Cuba Welcome : Photographic Workshops in Cuba

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Mike Mirecki MD
Mike Mirecki MD
Mike Mirecki
Mike Mirecki

Mike is the managing Director of Cuba Welcome and we have worked together for 10 years now.

www.cubawelcome.com

Check out the site for other activities, Cigar and fishing tours.

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Ireland

Dark Hedges : Antrim
Dark Hedges : Antrim

This is for the rear of my Morgan Book.  I will add an image of a three wheeler pulling away from camera.

Giants Causeway
Giants Causeway

O Flinn's gateway to Scotland.

Mamm Pass Pilgrims.
Mamm Pass Pilgrims.
Leica M series : 35years
Leica M series : 35years
Aran Islands
Aran Islands
Dark Hedges  : Antrim
Dark Hedges : Antrim

The picture is a study. The cover of  Morgan book. The car will be driven and photographed here . The spring/ Summer 2016.... and the rear of the book the winter.

Cong: Quite Man country.
Cong: Quite Man country.
Kerry and Dublin
Kerry and Dublin
County Kerry.
County Kerry.
Maam Pass Pilgrims.
Maam Pass Pilgrims.
Belfast.
Belfast.
Falls Road: Belfast.
Falls Road: Belfast.
Johnnie: Dublin
Johnnie: Dublin
County Kildare : Ford
County Kildare : Ford
 Guinness @ The great Wall
Guinness @ The great Wall
Giants Causeway : Antrim
Giants Causeway : Antrim
Rock Pool : Causeway
Rock Pool : Causeway
Award given by Fototeca de Cuba for organizing the South Bank Exhibition
Award given by Fototeca de Cuba for organizing the South Bank Exhibition

Cuba Si @ the Royal National TheatreLondon September 2000

 

The camera is a Russian Leica.

The sculpture made by Ovido Brothers Havana

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Bacon Strret  London E1
Bacon Strret London E1
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Bacon Street
Bacon Street
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Cuba Book with hand made Box
Cuba Book with hand made Box
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China

Keith Cardwell ..... Shanghia.
Keith Cardwell ..... Shanghia.
China Book : Sweet and Sour
China Book : Sweet and Sour
Intro to China Book.
Intro to China Book.
Li Yang
Li Yang

The design is from Portfolio Book .... Fine Art Print later on page.... 12x16 and 20x16 available sizes

Summer Palace: Beijing
Summer Palace: Beijing
Summer Palace: Beijing.
Summer Palace: Beijing.
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Shanghia: Childrens Palace.
Shanghia: Childrens Palace.
Fochow.
Fochow.
The Village: Barber's Chair.
The Village: Barber's Chair.
Beijing.
Beijing.
Li Yang
Li Yang
The Village: Boy holding a Dead Bird.
The Village: Boy holding a Dead Bird.
Shanghia: Childrens Palace.
Shanghia: Childrens Palace.
The Village.
The Village.
The Village.
The Village.
Shanghia Portrait of Keith Cardwell 1990
Shanghia Portrait of Keith Cardwell 1990
Leica User : 35 years.
Leica User : 35 years.
The Village.
The Village.
Fochow.
Fochow.
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Tibet.
Tibet.
The Village.
The Village.
Dumpling Seller: Guilin.
Dumpling Seller: Guilin.
Madam Lu: The Village elder.
Madam Lu: The Village elder.
Festival: Guilin.
Festival: Guilin.
Beijing: Chinese New Year.
Beijing: Chinese New Year.
Beijing.
Beijing.
Child Prodigy: Guilin.
Child Prodigy: Guilin.
Stone~Mason Cotswolds x
Stone~Mason Cotswolds x
Yang Xi Ge: Child Painter Guilin.
Yang Xi Ge: Child Painter Guilin.
Moon Festival : The Village
Moon Festival : The Village
Nanking.
Nanking.
The village.
The village.
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Chairman Mao celebration. Dancers as Red Guards.
Chairman Mao celebration. Dancers as Red Guards.
Mao: 100th celebration.
Mao: 100th celebration.
Beijing.
Beijing.
Bellboy @ Peace Hotel: Shanghia.
Bellboy @ Peace Hotel: Shanghia.
Chinese New Year: Forbidden City.
Chinese New Year: Forbidden City.
The Village.
The Village.
The Village: Professor Wu calligraphy: Long Life.
The Village: Professor Wu calligraphy: Long Life.
Li Yang.
Li Yang.
The Bund: Shanghia.
The Bund: Shanghia.
Childrens Palace.
Childrens Palace.
The Village : Father and Son.
The Village : Father and Son.
The Village.
The Village.
Guilin.
Guilin.
Moon Festival :  The Village China
Moon Festival : The Village China

Fine art print

The Village.
The Village.
Ye Ban Buer: China Book.
Ye Ban Buer: China Book.
Childrens Palace
Childrens Palace
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Guinness @ The Great Wall
Guinness @ The Great Wall
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Nanking
Nanking
school guilin
school guilin
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
The Village : China
The Village : China
The Village
The Village
Shanghia
Shanghia
Shaghia : China
Shaghia : China
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Xhing Phing : Chijna
Xhing Phing : Chijna

This village I documented over a period of several years .
 

China
China

Russia & The Bolshoi Ballet

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Bolshoi Ballet. Moscow
Bolshoi Ballet. Moscow

Girls chatting backstage .
 

St Petersburg : Vespas
St Petersburg : Vespas
Bolshoi: Dancing for a Stagehand
Bolshoi: Dancing for a Stagehand
Giselle. Bolshoi.
Giselle. Bolshoi.
Bolshoi studio.
Bolshoi studio.
Giselle: Bolshoi.
Giselle: Bolshoi.
Bolshoi: Giselle.
Bolshoi: Giselle.
Bolshoi : Giselle.
Bolshoi : Giselle.

Smoking Ballerina
Galina Kraplina Backstage at the Bolshoi in Moscow.

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haircut 100
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James 2 year review
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Turkey x Greece

I was invited to speak @ the Photo-Festival in Izmir in October 2013.  In December I returned to lecture in Esparta, after visiting Konya. I now have connections with Turkish people, who are generous and enthusiastic about Photography. Young Photographers are sensitive to the needs of their people ... which I find both refreshing and rewarding,

Personal Vision is at the core of my time here.

I continue with Greece a 10 visit in October 2015 with Barbaba xxxx

Whirling Dervishers BxW : Istanbul
Whirling Dervishers BxW : Istanbul

This comes in two sizes 12x16 and  20x16

The Limited fine Art Print can be ordered from this site.

Mosque
Mosque
Whirling Dervishers Turkey *****
Whirling Dervishers Turkey *****

The image I went for .... the shape of the dervish figure is in the spaces between the performers.

Sophia Mosque : Istanbul
Sophia Mosque : Istanbul

Selfie pictures.

Tea Shop
Tea Shop
Rumi : Resting Place.Konya.
Rumi : Resting Place.Konya.

December 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

Izmir : Souk
Izmir : Souk
Konya
Konya
Esrefoglu Mosque :  Unesco Heritage Site
Esrefoglu Mosque : Unesco Heritage Site
Esrefoglu Mosque
Esrefoglu Mosque
Whirling Dervishers : Konya.
Whirling Dervishers : Konya.
Rumi Tourist
Rumi Tourist
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Dervishers : Konya
Dervishers : Konya
Istanbul
Istanbul
Breakfast @ Feronya Hotel : Istanbul
Breakfast @ Feronya Hotel : Istanbul
Whirling Dervishers : Konya
Whirling Dervishers : Konya
Blue Mosque : Istanbul
Blue Mosque : Istanbul
Konya.
Konya.
Cafe Ara : Istanbul
Cafe Ara : Istanbul
Rumi Prayer : Konya
Rumi Prayer : Konya
Istanbul
Istanbul
Blue Mosque : Istanbul
Blue Mosque : Istanbul
Konya.
Konya.
Grand Bazaar Istanbul
Grand Bazaar Istanbul
Whirling Dervishers : Konya
Whirling Dervishers : Konya
Tea Shop Card Players
Tea Shop Card Players
Whirling Dervishers : Istanbul
Whirling Dervishers : Istanbul
Blue Mosque.
Blue Mosque.
Whirling Dervishers of Istanbul 2014
Whirling Dervishers of Istanbul 2014
Whirling Dervishers  x3
Whirling Dervishers x3
Thessaloniki : GREECE
Thessaloniki : GREECE
Gypsy Girl : Thessaloniki
Gypsy Girl : Thessaloniki


We were in Greece for egg donation and stayed 10 days.

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Coffee Shop : Thessaloniki
Coffee Shop : Thessaloniki
Selfie : Dancers
Selfie : Dancers
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Deli
Deli
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Barbara giving me 7 embryos xxxx
Barbara giving me 7 embryos xxxx
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Vespa
Vespa
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Other Places : South Carolina, Hong Kong, Memphis, Spain, Prague, France, USA, Venice, Mexico x UK

The Other place section is the odd section to Portfolio. South Carolina and Memphis do not seem to fit together nevertheless it is my work and I love showing it

Amish Girl : South Carolina
Amish Girl : South Carolina

This photograph was exhibited in the John Kobal Portrait Awards in the National Portrait Gallery London.... they own the 20X24 print.

Amish Girl, South Carolina is a great story. I found the group while making photographs of * Indian Springs*. A small stream in Greenwood SC, said to have great healing powers, where Native Americans had healed the confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. I will write a brief history concerning this photograph and its making in my Portfolio Book.

Chapter:

* Covering Costs * has been the obsessionof most Photographers. Sometimes you have to give up your valuable time to make money to pay bills before you can even get near to what you want to achieve. As you get older there is less room for compromise.

I don't even know her name but she is an experience most photographers would die to make.

I had talked to Robert Doisneau about his portrait of a young girl in a Parisian  Bar. I knew he had difficulty in getting her to sit the tension is in his photograph ..... I had seen the contact sheet. Robert photographed the entire group of young women to get to this child,  who was so aware of her new sexuality.

The Amish Girl would not be photographed at the end of term event at the school where she was an assistance teacher: so I photographed her entire family 36 pictures on 3 rolls of film, in my little studio : just to make two exposures of her. The choice of backdrop is superb.

This moment was a culmination of 2 years work.

From this moment on I decided to open the project up to selected students and we as a group photographed a wedding and weekend of church celebration of the joining of two groups.... The Amish and Menonites.

 

The Fine Art Print is now available on Watercolour paper. signed, editioned and embossed with Photographers name this print is superb quality.

 sizes :

12x16     @      £250

20x16      @     £450

 

NO COMMISSION, AS DIRECT FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER.


 

Window Cleaner Greenwich: London.
Window Cleaner Greenwich: London.

This won," Workers of London," and was exhibited on the South Bank. Window Cleaner Mr Keith Apps is fondly remembered.

Now Poster with All Posters UK  £39

Hong Kong : Monkok
Hong Kong : Monkok
The House on the Hill : Elvis
The House on the Hill : Elvis
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Boys in the Sea : Spain
Boys in the Sea : Spain


The Boys were chatting on the Beach in Spain. They walked into sea at waist level. They were, at this moment a group of around 15 persons all chatting to each other.

Suddenly a wave hit the group and I made the photograph immediately after the wave settled. Now the group was split. separation had kicked in. They were now splintered groups of 2s and 3s.  The photograph works and is exciting in its passage of Time.

now available onwww.artfinder.com.

Cong : Ireland
Cong : Ireland


This was the last Summer of a century ... July 1999.

I had been in Ireland a month and a friend from Boston came to Dublin : Gerard.

We travelled Ireland for over a 10 days and has Gerard was keen to see the landscape that John Ford had filmed *The Quiet Man * we travelled to Cong.

This is the stream that Ward Bond, who plays the priest, is trying to catch a Trout that had given him a run for years.

The children here are fishing too. They are emerged in a childhood only seconded by Cuba. Yes Cuba.

The top lighting gives this photograph a grand design .... The relationships are special too.

You will see the girl is holding the net while her brother shows her where to fish. Guidance is the core of this picture.

Greenwich
Greenwich

*Park it in the Market*   Greenwich, London.

Georgia driving a Jaguar.

 

Now available on www.Artfinder.com
 

Alice and the White Rabbit :  Georgia.USA.
Alice and the White Rabbit : Georgia.USA.

While  a Professor of Visual Arts in the US I was given the commission to record *Backstage* @ The Atlanta Ballet @ The Fox Theatre Atlanta. This was a major exhibit in the Teatro in June 1998.Their production of Alice was superb. This photograph is a favourite from the 2 months recording these events. The characters are watching a Tea Party onstage.... Alice soon to join them. This picture is exhibited @The Museum of Childhood, London.
 

The Fairies in Alice.
The Fairies in Alice.

The fairies returning to the Stage .... the tea party had finished and the mood needed to be changed. I superb image from a great performance. The Fox Theatre Atlanta

Memphis. Bearle Street.
Memphis. Bearle Street.

Bearle Street Sunday Morning.
 

South Carolina : May Day
South Carolina : May Day

Made these beach images for an exhibit called May Dance to celebrate The Coming of Spring. South Carolina.

Aish Girl : SC
Aish Girl : SC
Amish : SC
Amish : SC
Amish Girl : SC
Amish Girl : SC
South Carolina: Charlston
South Carolina: Charlston

Jonathan Green's character from a Painting. This was made into a Ballet .... Off the wall and onto the stage, the work of Jonathan Green. Jonathan lives in Naples Florida.

 

The next image is a Jonathan Green Painting

Jonathan Green painting
Jonathan Green painting


The photograph like all great pictures is based on Memory.

Mexico City, Bank.
Mexico City, Bank.
New York Central Park
New York Central Park

The commission was the Plaza Hotel.

New York Skaters. Central Park.USA.
New York Skaters. Central Park.USA.
South Carolina. May Dance
South Carolina. May Dance

The photograph is mine. The shadow is Matisse.

South Carolina : May Dance
South Carolina : May Dance
Stonehenge
Stonehenge

ufo Series .. Now available in print form.

12x16

20x16           prints available
 

Shipton Oliffe : Cotswold Village.
Shipton Oliffe : Cotswold Village.

Storm in the Cotswolds in ufo series.
 

Toas: New Mexico
Toas: New Mexico

Georgia Okeefe's House 1988.

Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Henry Moore exhibit Hong Kong Harbour, 1986

Georgia: Rodeo Girls.
Georgia: Rodeo Girls.
Stow on the Wold: Gypsy Fair
Stow on the Wold: Gypsy Fair

Published Guardian Newspaper. As were many.

Venice.
Venice.

New Years Day. 1986.

Rodeo: Georgia.USA
Rodeo: Georgia.USA
Georgia Rodeo Girls.
Georgia Rodeo Girls.

Lodawisi Georgia.
 

Charles Bridge: Prague
Charles Bridge: Prague
Atlanta Ballet.
Atlanta Ballet.
Heather: Atlanta Ballet.
Heather: Atlanta Ballet.

Lead Dancer.

Keith Cardwell portrait. Shanghia, China.
Keith Cardwell portrait. Shanghia, China.

Made by a Chinese Master Painter in Shanghia.

Barbara and my Tree
Barbara and my Tree

16.4.2014

Greenwich Park 1984
Greenwich Park 1984
Greenwich: Project. 2013
Greenwich: Project. 2013

Working on a small book called My Greenwich ... watch this space.

Tree Greenwich 4th October 2014
Tree Greenwich 4th October 2014

Bernadette xxx

Secret Cuba
Secret Cuba

Check out the name place on the picture.

Civil Rights Museum: Savannah GA.
Civil Rights Museum: Savannah GA.

I worked for the Civil Rights Museum in Savannah on several projects... MLK Bld and PR. work.

Worked closely with WW Law the Civil Rights Director on major projects.

London Barber's Shop.
London Barber's Shop.

Worked in the Barbers shop on this project for around 12 weeks.

The Guardian decided to scrap it. Don't you just hate editors ha ha

Aix en Provence.
Aix en Provence.

This photograph has a name ..... Stan's Bike.

Florida Nudist. Club Paradise.
Florida Nudist. Club Paradise.
Florida Nudist. Club Paradise
Florida Nudist. Club Paradise

This was made for the Observer Sunday Magazine. 5 pages of wine tasting, Tennis, walking the dog.. net ball etc etc

The piece was call " Would you Adam and Eve it"

France.
France.

Teaching workshops in France was a great period of our lives.

New Orleans.
New Orleans.

walking with my Barbara at 4 30am in New Orleans was strange : as we were then in different worlds. Thank Goodness I found her again.

Portfolio Book.
Portfolio Book.

I cutting from The Alchemist : a book I adore ...  Placed on my photograph, in the Sahara

Cardie sailing from Miami to West Palm Beach.
Cardie sailing from Miami to West Palm Beach.
The Sidcup Cowboys
The Sidcup Cowboys

Along the English Frontier. Tom x Eileen in Sidcup Kent UK.

Tom x Eileen had built a the Ranch  *Clearwater *at the rear of their terraced house in Sidcup Kent.

Book in Process
Book in Process

Sidcup Cowboys : Weston Super Mare

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Savannah - First African Baptist Church

Peaches.
Peaches.
First African Baptist Church: Bridesmaid.
First African Baptist Church: Bridesmaid.

I had been in Savannah Georgia just 5 days when I walked into the First African. A wedding was being held : searching for the preacher to get permission to make a few photographs I met half the congregation. Eventually finding Rev Thurmond Tillman,who said,    " Do what you like with your camera," That started a three year photo-essay. A collection of Nick Jones fine art prints are in the Telfair Museum Savannah GA. I am extremely proud of this work. 

Trust is @ the core of all the work I have made and this project

Ooooooooozzzzzzzes it. Thank you First African.

 

Travis: Ulysess Davis collection from Beach Institute. Savannah.
Travis: Ulysess Davis collection from Beach Institute. Savannah.

The Photograph was made in the Basement of the First African after Sunday school. Travis was on his way to deliver an Iron to his mother , who was preparing for the service. I asked him if he would sit for me.... * Yes, if I can wear the African Mask* He did, of course and made the photograph into something very special..... That was April 1996 . During a Hurricane in September Savannah was invaccuated. Travis died while swimming in South Carolina.

 The Project was a commission from the Beach Institute to photograph the Ulysses Davis sculpture collection. This was part of the Olympic commission in the Arts in Savannah GA ... Beach hold 62 framed images of this project, some frames containing up to 20 separate photographs. It was a gloriously optimistic project ... Thanks to Carroll Greene.The then Director of Beach.

The Telfair Museum, in Savannah  have the Nick Jones prints in their collection, some 20 pieces. I am so proud to be part of that Church, at that time. This I owe a debt to Jeffrey and Rose Williams on the Telfair select committee.
 

Deacon Underwood.
Deacon Underwood.

Special Portrait of Underwood ..... who was a retired school teacher and very dignified. He is leaving the church after the service. In the background you can see the only stain glass windows in the United States to have Black Preachers images.

After the Service.
After the Service.

As a professor of Fine Art my knowledge of painting is extensive. So Gauguin's work with the Breton Peasants After Service Paintings are right up there in my minds eye. These are not the peasants of France here ... these are sophisticated Blacks : From the Glorious South, who know who they are and where they come from. I guess a woman choose their neck ties.

The Telfair  Museum of Savannah GA.have this in their collection .

Church visit: Albany Georgia.
Church visit: Albany Georgia.
Church visit : St Helena Island.
Church visit : St Helena Island.

The girl runs from the Brick Church in the rain. As it is September the girl delights in the experience and dances as she runs in the warm rain. When I presented images to the congregation some time after ... they said she was running for Jesus as a crucifix lays across the picture frame ... the placques on the ground are in memory former preachers for this formidable church.

I still hold my breathe when I see this photograph

Mens Choir.
Mens Choir.
Church Bus.
Church Bus.

Doctor King's image is printed on the fan. Overleaf there is an advertisement for a funeral parlore  Downtown Savannah GA.

St Helena Island: Sisters.
St Helena Island: Sisters.

Church visit to St Helena ... I later found out that Brick Church was the location for two of the images Robort Frank made in the book The Americans.

 Ms Gilbert : Preachers Wife. FAB.
Ms Gilbert : Preachers Wife. FAB.
During sermon. FAB.
During sermon. FAB.
After the Service.
After the Service.

 After the service is a special time to photograph The First African. Many of the congregation loose themselves into the sermon given. They are comforted by other members of the church. The feelings remind me of a Gauguin painting, After the Service, he made in Brittany.

Cherry. Heritage Month.Savannah. GA.
Cherry. Heritage Month.Savannah. GA.
MLK Parade:Savannah GA
MLK Parade:Savannah GA
First African Baptist Church: Savannah.
First African Baptist Church: Savannah.

Early morning Bryant Square Savannah GA. April. 1996.

Morgan Notebook ~ Book

2/10/2014
2/10/2014

SP1 Designer   Jonathan Wells *

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SP1 : 17th December 2014
SP1 : 17th December 2014

Morgan Motors
 

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Dipping Tank 2/10/2014
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Morgan 2/10/2014
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Dipping Shop  2/10/2014
Dipping Shop 2/10/2014
SP1 Morgan 2/10/2014
SP1 Morgan 2/10/2014
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2/10/2014
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Steve Morris MD Morgan 2/10/2014
Steve Morris MD Morgan 2/10/2014
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2/10/2014
Morgan Spray Booth
Morgan Spray Booth
2.10.2014  Morgan Motors
2.10.2014 Morgan Motors
2/10/2014
2/10/2014
5th Sept 2014
5th Sept 2014
2/10/2014
2/10/2014
16/9/2014
16/9/2014

Queens House Morgan   +8

2/10/2014
2/10/2014
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2/102014
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2/10/2014

SP1 Designer

16/9/2014
16/9/2014

Blackheath +8 Morgan

Wren's buildings Greenwich
Wren's buildings Greenwich

Morgan +8 Morgan 16/9/201

16/9/2014
16/9/2014

Queens House Morgan +8

4th Sept 2014
4th Sept 2014
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Morgan 22/102014
Morgan 22/102014
5th Sept 2014
5th Sept 2014
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5/9/2014
Queens House Morgan +8
Queens House Morgan +8

16/9/2014

5/9/2014
5/9/2014
5/9/2014
5/9/2014
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4th Sept 2014
4th Sept 2014
5/9/2014
5/9/2014
Morgan @ General Wolf Greenwich
Morgan @ General Wolf Greenwich

16/9/2014

5th/9/2014
5th/9/2014
4th Sept 2014
4th Sept 2014