Brian Thompson

Last updated:

Apr 2011

Brian Thompson

These are a growing selection of photo’s I have taken of contemporary artists and photographers, also photographs I have taken on my travels in the Sahara and around the North East of England. I try to carry a camera wherever I go. Please take a look at them and let me know what you think>

Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art Yoko Ono ‘Between The Sky And My Head’ exhibition

Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art ‘Duck for Mr Darwin’ exhibition

Kiron Hussain

Kiron Hussain is studying fine art at Newcastle University 2011, he is the winner of Animate Projects Award for best experimental film at the London Short Film Festival for 'Slick Horsing'. Kiron says 'In all my work, paint, video etc, I try to create beautiful aberrations, I want the viewers flesh to creep and heart to lift at the same moment'

I took this photograph in the new Globe Gallery Newcastle opens April 2011 http://www.globegallery.org

If you would like to see some of Kiron Hussain's work including the haunting, flesh creeping 'Slick Horsing' follow the link http://www.artreview.com/profile/kiron

Ben Jeans Houghton

Ben Jeans Houghton was born in Newcastle in 1984, he works in various fields of art including sculpture, installation, film, photography, drawing and writing. In 2009 he exhibited his installation 'On The Ark And I' at the 'A Duck For Mr Darwin' exhibition at The Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art in Gateshead. I took this photograph at the preview evening of his video installation nahda unta 'Story Telling' on February 10th 2011at The Globe gallery in North Shields. If you would like to see some of Ben's work please follow the link http://benjeanshoughton.co.uk.

Richard Anthony Hindmarch BA Hons, Post Graduate Interior Designer

Creating innovative interior design schemes for private individual commissions. Renovating homes and public buildings in England and Europe. Worked at creating environmental friendly interiors and up to the minute design schemes. Worked with French designer Matalli Crasset.

David Fry, Ceramicist

David Fry makes hand made studio pottery at his studio in Newcastle upon Tyne he specialises in high-fired Chinese and Japanese glazes.

SDNA are a digital art collective. I took this photo as the two artists had finished installing their new work ‘Incandescent’ as part of the AV10 Festival in a room of the derelict Pilgrim pub in Sunderland. Once part of the Athenaeum, it was in this building that Joseph Swan attended a lecture that inspired him to invent the electric light bulb.

Will Scrimshaw created his new audio installation ‘Space Against Itself’ in the north-tower of the Tyne Bridge, as part of the AV10 festival.

Sirrka-Liisa Konttinen is a Finnish photographer, and founder member of the Amber film and photography collective. Forty years ago Sirrka photographed the changing face of Byker. I took this photo in St Michaels Church Byker when Sirrka took part in a debate ‘Changing Byker’ as part of ‘Reinventing the City’ program.

Photographer Richard Blosse lived and worked in Byker in the late 70’s and early 80’s. His photographs record the last of old Byker terraced houses and the creation of the new Byker Wall estate.