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Portraiture

November 22, 2013
By: SophieFiled under Portraits. Tagged Black & White, Carolyn Cowan, Hasselblad, portrait photography. Bookmark the permalink.

The pleasure of taking a photograph is almost indescribable. The closest I can come to how it feels is that moment in Billy Elliot, at his exam for the Royal Ballet, as he leaves knowing that he has not been … Continue reading→

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Rubyyy Jones

November 22, 2013
By: SophieFiled under Portraits, United Kingdom. Tagged portrait photography, Rubyyy Jones. Bookmark the permalink.

I have worked with Rubyyy Jones for several months now and together we have produced an extraordinary body of work. It is challenging to work out which image I love more than any other, and for this reason I end … Continue reading→

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St Marie de la Mer Gypsies

October 26, 2013
By: CarolynFiled under France, Portraits, Travel. Tagged Black & White, Carmargue, Carolyn Cowan, France, Ilford. Bookmark the permalink.

St Marie de la Mer – Every year the Carmargue is host to a series of festivals celebrating various aspects of the region’s complex history. The celebration of the miracles of Saint Marie de la Mer are rather unique: gypsies from all … Continue reading→

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Cowboys

October 26, 2013
By: CarolynFiled under France, Portraits, Travel. Tagged Carmargue, Carolyn Cowan, France, Hasselblad, manadier. Bookmark the permalink.

The Carmargue features in another piece here on The Long Spoon, and the Cowboys are mentioned. Not many know about this extraordinary breed of men. The Carmargue is a harsh environment. Blazing hot and mosquito-filled in the summer, it is … Continue reading→

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Beautiful Incisions

October 19, 2013
By: CarolynFiled under Portraits. Tagged Beautiful Incisions, Hasselblad, portrait photography, portraits. Bookmark the permalink.

You may or may not know that I am an excellent portrait photographer. It is a skill that I put down for a while to build up Devotion. I now feel it is time to pick it up again. I … Continue reading→

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Saints & Nomads

October 18, 2013
By: CarolynFiled under India, Portraits, Travel. Tagged Carolyn Cowan, Gujurat, Hasselblad, India, portrait photography, Reincarnation, Saints & Nomads. Bookmark the permalink.

In the days of 120 film and a life without children I asked Ilford to sponsor me on a trip to the wilderness of Gujarat to photograph Saints & Nomads. I set off with an old Hasselblad and some reflectors … Continue reading→

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Women Caught

October 18, 2013
By: CarolynFiled under India, Portraits, Travel. Tagged Black & White, Carolyn Cowan, Gujurat, Hasselblad, India, Jack Prager, sterilisation. Bookmark the permalink.

On one of the extended trips I took to India I worked with a man called Jack Prager in Calcutta, and visited a women’s sterilisation clinic in Bangalore. In all the time I have spent in India, and I guess … Continue reading→

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