Author Archives: Jonathan Swain

Miu Miu Spring Dance

This video was made to celebrate a lovely day in Brighton, so good I had to get up on the table and do a modest jig. It was also the final season for the pair of MiuMiu shoes that I … Continue reading →

The opening of Brighton PhotoBiennial 2010

4 Feb ’11

Testing out a solo version of the mobile exhibition on the opening afternoon of the Third Brighton PhotoBiennial. It was throwing it down with rain so not ideal conditions. Had to build an adhoc rain cover for the picture, good, … Continue reading →

NIGHTWORKER

31 Jan ’11

My conversations with the nightworkers were all charming, generous and full of good humour. I thought it would be coffee, cigs and grumpiness but it’s a different world. Emptier roads means different geographies, 24hr café’s a different diet, less background … Continue reading →

SAFEWAY (2006)

24 Jan ’11

The last day before conversion into a Morrisons. St James’s St. Kemptown. Brighton.

NIGHTWORKER (2010)

20 Jan ’11

This year I have spent too much time sorting out exhibitions and being frustrated by (still) dormant landlords, agents and owners of empty shops. When the Photofringe asked if I was doing another exhibition I decided that it would be … Continue reading →

White Night at Tesco.

19 Jan ’11

Noam Chomsky at the University of London. (2003)

14 Jan ’11

Noam C being beamed down. I was too far away for my mobile phone to capture the finer details.

Pull thru

25 Dec ’10

According to my trainer, a Cable Pull Through is a harsh exercise involving a column of weights. Gavin says that it’s a bit embarrassing to do in the gym, but that nothing is better for firming up the hams. In … Continue reading →

‘Sans Papiers’ on the outside wall of a photographer’s studio, near Place de la Republique, Paris, August 2010

19 Dec ’10

Cycling around central Paris last summer I whizzed past a large wall plastered with photos. Some sort of official document and passport style portraits. It was dark, I was hungry. The next day I went back. The wall was in … Continue reading →

Visiting Revolutionaries. The New Factory of the Eccentric Actor. London. (2010)

3 Dec ’10

A series of readings and performances of scenes from the plays of the New Factory of the Eccentric Actor. A commemoration to the life of one our friends and benefactors, John Retty, who died earlier in the year.