January 27, 2012
William Hague signs the Commitment Book for Holocaust Memorial Day 2012 Photograph by me, 26th January 2012

William Hague signs the Commitment Book for Holocaust Memorial Day 2012

Photograph by me, 26th January 2012

2:44pm  |   URL: http://tumblr.com/ZvRlMyFS9S2b
(Notes: 3)
  
Filed under: william hague holocaust educational trust holocaust memorial day foreign office houses of parliament big ben mp 
January 24, 2012
Exploring Mexico with Google Street View There is certainly some project waiting for me involving Street View, but there is still a lot left to work out. In other news, my dissertation based around Google Street View is nearly done.

Exploring Mexico with Google Street View

There is certainly some project waiting for me involving Street View, but there is still a lot left to work out.

In other news, my dissertation based around Google Street View is nearly done.

1:24am  |   URL: http://tumblr.com/ZvRlMyFGO-wz
(Notes: 5)
  
Filed under: mexico google street view gsv rural 
January 19, 2012
Satellite eye 001

Satellite eye 001

5:07pm  |   URL: http://tumblr.com/ZvRlMyF0s2Hu
(Notes: 1)
  
Filed under: satellite eye google gsv motorway autobahn 60s design 
January 8, 2012

Josh Flowers & The Wild - Poor Boy Blues

We miss you Charlie!!!

11:40pm  |   URL: http://tumblr.com/ZvRlMyEU0c2m
(Notes: 4)
  
Filed under: josh flowers josh flowers and the wild charlie gradon smaal cats crescent collective 
January 6, 2012

Anonymous asked: congrats on finishing the 365 project! just wondering what your highlights were? and also, how many photos do you think you took in 2011???

Thanks!

The Open House weekend was a big treat. Visiting Trellick Tower and Tower 42 was a lot of fun.

I’ve just tried to do a rough approximation, and it’s around 23,000

zedonk mesonoxian

1:01pm  |   URL: http://tumblr.com/ZvRlMyELj9xv
(Notes: 3)
  
January 6, 2012
brendonfraser365: 31st December365/ 365 Finished! Really pleased I saw this project through to the end, even if a lot of the time I got very lazy with it. I knew before I started that it wasn’t about making good photographs every day but instead being open to making good photographs often, by never being far from my camera. I found it also to be more of a diary than I had expected. In the first few months, I was cycling around the Square Mile and shooting a lot of buildings for the project, but a change of house half way through the year caused me to shoot more portraits. I’ve had a welcome break from cameras in the past six days, which has been both refreshing, but also strange. Post-365 project depression? This is the third year-long project I’ve completed (a picture of myself, once a month for a year, and 7 portraits per week, for 52 weeks) and certainly the most successful, and I’d like to do another some time in the future, possible when I know I’ll be travelling a lot, or if I decide to focus on a specific subject matter. Thanks to all my friends for being willing enough to be photographed! 

brendonfraser365:

31st December
365/ 365

Finished!

Really pleased I saw this project through to the end, even if a lot of the time I got very lazy with it. I knew before I started that it wasn’t about making good photographs every day but instead being open to making good photographs often, by never being far from my camera. I found it also to be more of a diary than I had expected. In the first few months, I was cycling around the Square Mile and shooting a lot of buildings for the project, but a change of house half way through the year caused me to shoot more portraits.

I’ve had a welcome break from cameras in the past six days, which has been both refreshing, but also strange. Post-365 project depression? This is the third year-long project I’ve completed (a picture of myself, once a month for a year, and 7 portraits per week, for 52 weeks) and certainly the most successful, and I’d like to do another some time in the future, possible when I know I’ll be travelling a lot, or if I decide to focus on a specific subject matter.

Thanks to all my friends for being willing enough to be photographed! 

1:32am  |   URL: http://tumblr.com/ZvRlMyEKNfls
(Notes: 5)
  
Filed under: 365 365 project one photograph a day 2011 
December 30, 2011
brendonfraser365: 14th December348   Been getting up to date with my 365 blog.

brendonfraser365:

14th December
348
 

Been getting up to date with my 365 blog.

8:04pm  |   URL: http://tumblr.com/ZvRlMyE0Tkt1
(Notes: 6)
  
Filed under: heygate estate 
December 27, 2011
Installation view of my Transitional Space series. Exhibited at the New Gallery in May 2011. See the images here - http://cargocollective.com/brendonfraser#2496600/Transitional-Space

Installation view of my Transitional Space series. Exhibited at the New Gallery in May 2011.

See the images here - http://cargocollective.com/brendonfraser#2496600/Transitional-Space

2:04pm  |   URL: http://tumblr.com/ZvRlMyDrpbgf
(Notes: 4)
  
Filed under: transitional space brendon fraser new gallery peckham 
December 26, 2011

Put together a cargo portfolio recently. Check it out here - http://cargocollective.com/brendonfraser

5:34pm  |   URL: http://tumblr.com/ZvRlMyDp883S
(Notes: 3)
  
Filed under: cargo collective photography london brendon fraser 
December 21, 2011
Cobbled street in Plymouth, 2007

Cobbled street in Plymouth, 2007

11:05pm  |   URL: http://tumblr.com/ZvRlMyDbJu8t
(Notes: 9)
  
Filed under: plymouth 
December 21, 2011
Found out a few days ago that this photograph will be included at the Sense the City exhibition at the London Transport Museum. Runs from late January through till March. http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions Here’s another photograph I submitted too, which I prefer, especially in terms of the brief for this competition.

Found out a few days ago that this photograph will be included at the Sense the City exhibition at the London Transport Museum. Runs from late January through till March.

http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions

Here’s another photograph I submitted too, which I prefer, especially in terms of the brief for this competition.

6:45pm  |   URL: http://tumblr.com/ZvRlMyDaZDy5
(Notes: 7)
  
Filed under: ltm london transport museum sense the city primrose hill london skyline 
October 25, 2011
Crushed Beaks

Crushed Beaks are a duo from London, comprised of Alex Morris and Matthew Poile. Photographed by myself and featured in the NME which was released on 19th October 2011

Check them out here - http://soundcloud.com/crushed-beaks

1:58pm  |   URL: http://tumblr.com/ZvRlMyB5g8XX
(Notes: 4)
  
Filed under: crushed beaks brendon fraser 
October 25, 2011

A few shots from a shoot with the Men’s fashion store Meet Bernard, who are based in Greenwich

1:48pm  |   URL: http://tumblr.com/ZvRlMyB5fT8L
(Notes: 19)
  
Filed under: meet bernard high six media brendon fraser greenwich london men's fashion 
October 25, 2011
Gran Canaria Brendon Fraser/ Google Street View

Gran Canaria

Brendon Fraser/ Google Street View

1:17pm  |   URL: http://tumblr.com/ZvRlMyB5dIFY
(Notes: 12)
  
Filed under: google street view gsv gran canaria spain espana 
October 24, 2011
mullitover: JONATHAN CHERRY: What gets you up in the morning? BRENDON FRASER: By being excited by what’s out there. Bike rides, skateboarding, architecture and people, and combining them together with photography. JC: Are there a couple of emerging photographers inspiring you at the moment? BF: A lot of friends and classmates are making great work right now. Alex Harley, Charlotte Streeter, Craig Barker, Daniele Da Meda Others include Jon Rafman, Colin O’Brien, Ian Berry, and lots more. I gain the most pleasure from viewing vernacular and amateur photographs. Amateurs have a great way of photographing everything - the sifting through this to find hidden gems is rewarding. JC: What initially drew you to photography? BF: When I was much younger, the mechanics of cameras was very fascinating, but nowadays it has become a motivation to see the world and form my own ideas. JC: What is Transitional Spaces all about? BF: I am interested in the ways that space is divided up into sections and how cities grow from this. Because of this, I choose to focus on one space inside a city for each photograph. Each of these spaces is a transitional area between others. Movement from people is what is required to give these spaces meaning. The people in the photographs represent the everyday, using the space purely for function. The minimal aesthetic disregards locational context - we cannot place these photographs with our prior knowledge. Fitting architecture into this is a fascinating problem - I set out to include notable buildings, but I try to photograph them in a way that obscures their original function. JC: What is your current body of work all about? BF: Right now, I am just shooting photographs of friends, buildings and cities. JC: What has the rest of 2011 got in store for you photographically? BF: I am done with Transitional Spaces now, but I have been brainstorming for what is next. I am intending to move into the almost taboo (within certain circles) area of staged street photography. Right now, I imagine I will come up with 5-10 large scale works. If this all works out, it’ll be part of an exhibition in 2012. Aside from that, I am doing a 365 diary project. JC: Are you looking forward to third year? What is your dissertation all about? BF: Yes, it’ll be nice to get back into academic productivity. Street photography and similar branches of photography, and seeing if they can be methods of change in society. Check Brendons work at here or here. Thanks Mull It Over! Update on this - dissertation is now all about Google Street View, and how it fits into the canon of photography. I’m looking at work by Jon Rafman, Doug Rickard and Wolf. Still toying with ideas for my final major project, but I think it might end up focusing on state-built architecture.

mullitover:

JONATHAN CHERRY: What gets you up in the morning?

BRENDON FRASER: By being excited by what’s out there. Bike rides, skateboarding, architecture and people, and combining them together with photography.

JC: Are there a couple of emerging photographers inspiring you at the moment?

BF: A lot of friends and classmates are making great work right now. Alex Harley, Charlotte Streeter, Craig Barker, Daniele Da Meda Others include Jon Rafman, Colin O’Brien, Ian Berry, and lots more. I gain the most pleasure from viewing vernacular and amateur photographs. Amateurs have a great way of photographing everything - the sifting through this to find hidden gems is rewarding.

JC: What initially drew you to photography?

BF: When I was much younger, the mechanics of cameras was very fascinating, but nowadays it has become a motivation to see the world and form my own ideas.

JC: What is Transitional Spaces all about?

BF: I am interested in the ways that space is divided up into sections and how cities grow from this. Because of this, I choose to focus on one space inside a city for each photograph. Each of these spaces is a transitional area between others. Movement from people is what is required to give these spaces meaning. The people in the photographs represent the everyday, using the space purely for function. The minimal aesthetic disregards locational context - we cannot place these photographs with our prior knowledge. Fitting architecture into this is a fascinating problem - I set out to include notable buildings, but I try to photograph them in a way that obscures their original function.

JC: What is your current body of work all about?

BF: Right now, I am just shooting photographs of friends, buildings and cities.

JC: What has the rest of 2011 got in store for you photographically?

BF: I am done with Transitional Spaces now, but I have been brainstorming for what is next. I am intending to move into the almost taboo (within certain circles) area of staged street photography. Right now, I imagine I will come up with 5-10 large scale works. If this all works out, it’ll be part of an exhibition in 2012.

Aside from that, I am doing a 365 diary project.

JC: Are you looking forward to third year? What is your dissertation all about?

BF: Yes, it’ll be nice to get back into academic productivity. Street photography and similar branches of photography, and seeing if they can be methods of change in society.

Check Brendons work at here or here.

Thanks Mull It Over!

Update on this - dissertation is now all about Google Street View, and how it fits into the canon of photography. I’m looking at work by Jon Rafman, Doug Rickard and Wolf. Still toying with ideas for my final major project, but I think it might end up focusing on state-built architecture.

3:32pm  |   URL: http://tumblr.com/ZvRlMyB3C5X8
(Notes: 24)