01.12.15
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Calais
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The Jungle camp in Calais is home to 6000 refugees from the Middle East and Africa. After spending several weeks and several thousand dollars more and more people are arriving at this make shift refugee camp daily. To describe the Jungle as a camp is misleading as this is unlike any ‘refugee camp’ I’ve visited before. It’s a stretch of open muddy ground that the arrivals have made home out of old tents, tarpaulin and hand me down sleeping bags. The lucky ones get a donated broken down caravans or a garden shed to live in, these are reserved for families with young children.
Since my previous visit last year the port is now surrounded by four meter high fencing and patrolled by hundreds of French CRS riot police. What remote chance these people had of getting across the channel last year has been reduced to zero. This is a situation that will just get worse as the winter arrives.
I’ve donated an image to the charity Prints for Refugees which has been set up to raise funds to help bring some relief for the growing number of refugees arriving in Europe. The site has received donations from photographers which are all on sale.
The site link is here: http://www.printsforrefugees.com/shop/dharavi-mumbai-india-2009-by-adam-hinton
Since my previous visit last year the port is now surrounded by four meter high fencing and patrolled by hundreds of French CRS riot police. What remote chance these people had of getting across the channel last year has been reduced to zero. This is a situation that will just get worse as the winter arrives.
I’ve donated an image to the charity Prints for Refugees which has been set up to raise funds to help bring some relief for the growing number of refugees arriving in Europe. The site has received donations from photographers which are all on sale.
The site link is here: http://www.printsforrefugees.com/shop/dharavi-mumbai-india-2009-by-adam-hinton
18.11.15
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What Women Want
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Was on a panel discussion on the subject of ‘What Women Want’. It was part of The Drum Network Awards day in London. The talk was around ‘femvertising’ which is this ridiculous phase about advertising to women. As the only man on the panel I hope I didn’t make too much of an arse of myself.
17.11.15
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Interview for YouPic
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Had a film crew from the people at YouPic around today to interview me about my work and how to balance commissions and personal work. The interview should be on-line in the new year.
16.11.15
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Creative Review awards
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Attended the Creative Review Photography Annual Awards last night. Both This Girl Can and the Princes Trust campaign are featured in this years annual.
03.11.15
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Screening of my film at Saatchi's
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After shooting for Saatchi’s in Spain last week I was asked to do a screening of my documentary film about the gang MS-13 at the agency in London. After showing the film we had a very constructive Q & A session.
26.10.15
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Land Rover
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As part of their involvement with the Rugby World Cup, Land Rover sent me around the world to photograph grassroots rugby. The brief was to celebrate the spirit and dedication of the men and women who play the game for fun, whatever the weather. I’ve put some of the imagery together in a web mag.
You can view it here
You can view it here
23.10.15
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Kenco Coffee V Gangs
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The Kenco Coffee v Gangs campaign I shot in Honduras has just won a Gold and a Silver at the Mediaweek Awards. It’s good to work on a campaign that doesn’t shy away from the issues!
19.10.15
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BJP
14.10.15
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This Girl Can
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shot several slow motion digital billboards for This Girl Can. This one's for Netball.
05.10.15
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Land Rover
17.09.15
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Asics
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Back in November last year 180Amsterdam asked me to work with them capturing members of the South African & Australian rugby teams off the back of a TV shoot.--break-- Just got the finished ad's back form the agency in time for the World Cup this week.
16.09.15
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Russia Today Interview
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I did an interview with Russia Today the other week.
04.09.15
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The Guardian
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With the release of my new book of the MS-13 Prison Portraits in El Salvador and had an interview with The Guardian. I was expecting an article about the book but it seems they wanted more of a profile about my career. Feels a bit strange reading it but I hope it comes across okay.
03.09.15
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Judging the Prestige Grant Award
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Spent today on the final round of judging in the Prestige Grant Award. I love looking at new work and proposals and we had a long discussion before coming to our decision. Thanks go to the other judges Rebecca McClellan, Gemma Padley and Lydia Pang and to Gemma Fletcher and Getty for organising the award.
31.07.15
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HSBC
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The campaign I shot for Grey London/HSBC has Launched. We shot it in Malaysia in May with the help of Locate productions in the UK and Rajen and the crew at Tankers productions in Kuala Lumpur.
10.07.15
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Talk at Antidote
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Been invited to do a talk at the London agency Antidote. There interested in getting some of the stories that lie behind the projects I've worked on.
22.06.15
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Getty Prestige Grant interview
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Gemma Fletcher, a Senior Art Director at Getty asked if I'd like to be a judge on the new Prestige Grant Award. It's designed to provide financial support for two photographers to work on their dream project and has it's emphasis on the importance of personal work.
They came over and filmed an interview with me which you can see here.
They came over and filmed an interview with me which you can see here.
10.06.15
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Cannes Lions for SportEngland.
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It seems the SportEngland campaign just keeps rolling on and picking up awards. It's won the Glass Lion: The Lion for Change Award, a gold Lion for Best Integrated in Health and the United Nations Foundation Grand Prix for Good award.
31.05.15
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HSBC Crew
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Just finished shooting a campaign for Grey London/HSBC in Malaysia. Big thanks to the crew.
31.05.15
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HSBC Crew
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Just finished shooting a campaign for Grey London/HSBC in Malaysia. Big thanks to the crew.
15.05.15
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Havana Club
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Three of the ads I shot for Havana club in Cuba are out today
15.05.15
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D&AD Award for This Girl Can
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Very pleased to find out that the 'This Girl Can' campaign I shot for Sport England has been awarded a White Pencil at the D&AD awards!
15.04.15
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Talk at PhotoForum
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Did a talk at PhotoForum in London. It's a photo-journalist forum run by the photographers and does monthly talks with invited guest. This time I did it with my agent John to talk about how we work together and the industry. It was standing room only with over 100 people present
02.04.15
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Best Campaign - Think!
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I worked on the latest Think! campaign with Anthony Nelson & Mike Sutherland at AMV BBDO for the Department for Transport. Its Campaigns best this week and selected as one of the Ads of the week in Creative Review.
04.03.15
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Winner in the Creative Circle awards
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A couple of the campaigns I've been working on have won several categories in the Creative Circle Awards.
Princes Trust won the following:
Best Press Campaign
Best Charity/Public Service Single
Press Craft (campaign): Best Photography
Outdoor Craft (campaign): Best Photography
SportEngland, This Girl Can:
Best Charity/Public Service Single.
Princes Trust won the following:
Best Press Campaign
Best Charity/Public Service Single
Press Craft (campaign): Best Photography
Outdoor Craft (campaign): Best Photography
SportEngland, This Girl Can:
Best Charity/Public Service Single.
02.03.15
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Talk at LCC University of the Arts
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It's the season to be talking or so it seems. Did a talk to the BA(Hons) Photography students at LCC University of the Arts today. That's the third university talk in a month and it's something I always enjoy as I find it inspiring to chat with students about the photography business today. With the numbers of new hopefully entering the profession it's quite a daunting thing for people to do. I just hope I've given them so useful advise today.
11.02.15
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Talk at University for the Arts, Farnham
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Took a trip down to the University of the Arts in Farnham today. It was to give a talk to the second year BA(Hons) Photography students followed by a portfolio review afterwards. Always good to do and great to catch up with Joy Gregory the new head of department.
10.02.15
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Adidas Predator
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Got these latest mock up's from an Adidas shoot I did last year. It was dark and noisy like you were in some kind of video game. The colours, grain and contrast all add to the hyper-reality of the event.
Creatives: Nick & Steve Tidball
Agency: TBWA
Client: Adidas
Assistant: Mark Griffiths
Creatives: Nick & Steve Tidball
Agency: TBWA
Client: Adidas
Assistant: Mark Griffiths
05.02.15
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Talk for University of South Wales network Week
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I've been asked to give a talk to a group of photography students from South Wales University and The Hague University in Holland. They organised a week of talks in London with various photographers, curators, editors etc to give the students a feel for life outside of college. I've done it for several years now and this year VCCP kindly allowed me to give the talk at there agency and then show them around the place and see how it all works. I hope it was all helpful for them.
30.01.15
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Princes Trust
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CHI asked me to work with them on the new campaign for Prince's Trust. The idea was an overhead shot of a room or space showing a young person in some of the situations many of the people they work with find themselves in be it as a carer, unemployed or homeless. At first it was suggested we shot it in a studio and built a set which isn't really the best approach as I feel it's best to find real locations as they work much better. After some hard searching by Darren from Locate production we found the right locations and rigged up a supper wide from the ceiling.
Client: Prince's Trust
Creative Director: Gavin Torrance
Creatives: James Crosby & Will Cottam
Location manager: Darren Pratt at Locate Productions
Styling and Make-up: Lisa Dredge
Casting: Sue Odell
Assistant: Stephen Ambrose
Client: Prince's Trust
Creative Director: Gavin Torrance
Creatives: James Crosby & Will Cottam
Location manager: Darren Pratt at Locate Productions
Styling and Make-up: Lisa Dredge
Casting: Sue Odell
Assistant: Stephen Ambrose
26.01.15
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Digital Arts
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My stills campaign for Sport England, 'This Girl Can', is featured in an article on the Digital Arts website today:
22.01.15
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Talk at BMB London
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Got invited to the agency BMB London today. They asked me to come and talk to about my project work with the gangs in El Salvador.
We talked about many of the issues that lie behind the growth and power of these gangs over the last three decades. It's was good to be able to discuss these issues with such a responsive and receptive audience.
We talked about many of the issues that lie behind the growth and power of these gangs over the last three decades. It's was good to be able to discuss these issues with such a responsive and receptive audience.