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© JOHN BULMER<br />
Books, exhibitions and websites<br />
APReview<br />
The latest photography books, exhibitions and websites. By Jeff Meyer<br />
Northern Soul<br />
By John Bulmer<br />
Until 25 April. The National Coal Mining Museum for England, Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton,<br />
Wakefield WF4 4RH. Open daily 10am-5pm. Tel: 01924 848 806.Website: www.ncm.org.uk. Admission free<br />
AN EARLY pioneer of colour photography, John<br />
Bulmer travelled across the north of England in the<br />
1960s recording everyday life in its industrial centres.<br />
His portfolio from this time was eventually commissioned<br />
by The Sunday Times for what became its fi rst colour<br />
supplement, entitled The North. Said Bulmer: ‘It didn’t<br />
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occur to anyone to take the north of England in colour –<br />
that was considered a black & white subject.’<br />
Bulmer’s fantastic series shows a region on the cusp<br />
of great change and in stark contrast to the grim and<br />
gritty black & white images that we now associate so<br />
strongly with the north.<br />
http://michaelhughes.wordpress.com<br />
YOU have probably seen Michael Hughes’ quirky images published<br />
in the tabloids or on any of his popular websites. In an ongoing<br />
project that would make Martin Parr proud, the Londoner-cum-<br />
Berliner developed an obsession for tourist souvenirs and trinkets,<br />
which he photographs to scale within an everyday scene to give it<br />
the impression of being real. Holding a plastic phone box with one<br />
hand, for instance, he will hold his camera in the other, lean back and<br />
capture it to scale within a street scene.<br />
Here, in yet another blog, Hughes selects some of his more popular<br />
images and explains how he made them. In one entry, for instance, he<br />
states how the unpredictable behaviour of a camel kept him from using<br />
his standard technique of holding up an object to overlap another, so<br />
rather than replace the camel he simply added another to the scene<br />
(see left). What’s revealed through Hughes’ humorous tales is that he<br />
isn’t taking a simple snapshot – a lot of planning and creativity goes<br />
into making each image. His style may not be your own, but this is an<br />
excellent chronicle of how to bring your ideas to fruition.<br />
12 www.amateurphotographer.co.uk I 17 April 2010 subscribe 0845 676 7778<br />
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© LINDA RUTENBURG
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