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“……Photographer.. Get in the ring.”
A second time, he said it again, I think he wants me in the ring to …
“Photographer, get in the ring”
He was holding the ropes open for me too…. no choice, I have to get in the ring!
An hour earlier, I was peeling my jumpers off after arriving at the submerged Winter Gardens on Margate’s coast for the Pej’s All ...
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You might be surprised to learn that it is very tricky to carry on a conversation whilst also making a portrait.
The trouble with any conversation during a portrait session is that, beyond the niceties of ‘Hello’ and ‘Nice weather we are having’, if you really get stuck into a topic ...
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These photographs are a short diary of living in London for almost 20 years. As a street photographer I have always tried to treat everywhere as a democratic subject. London with its vast sprawl has a natural energy fed from this hive of villages belying the notion that it is just one city. It is many things. Old, overcrowded, European, multicultural, disrespectful, embracing. It’s alive and it doesn’t care about you but I have enjoyed walking its streets open to its life. I think any city on this scale is easy to hate but if you look and see you can find whatever you want. It’s an energy. You can never capture it. For every photograph I take I am acutely aware of the many moments around me, passing me by, the many lives and stories that churn and churn. Perhaps the joy of recording and choosing an image is the opportunity to look at it and imagine what might be going on, for that moment.
I was born in in Dublin but I feel like a Londoner these days, its my home. I moved there in 1997 and have been taking photographs here wherever I ...
The last time I was in Paris I spent some time soaking it up with my camera. This gallery of images was taken in full on, dreamy Paris mode!
I recommend it full screen with the sound up. The music is by Jason Williams of i strip for couples.
Conor is a photographer and film maker based in London. His images can be viewed on his website on the PHOTOGRAPHY and FILM links above. This blog is a good place to see all sorts of personal work and general projects in progress.
