I’m delighted to announce that I will be participating in the upcoming exhibition Love Letters to London, curated by the team at Monad Gallery. The show opens on 30th September 2025 in London at 279 Cambridge Heath Rd, London E2 0EL and will feature works from a diverse group of contemporary artists.

For this exhibition, I’ll be presenting a selection of some recent film-based photographs.

It’s always nice to share my work especially in this context and to contribute to a dialogue with such a strong group of artists. I’ll share more details about the exhibition programme and visiting information soon.

If you’re in London at the end of September, I’d love for you to come and see the show in person.

Cool,

Jaié

What is not to like about images? In their immediate digestibility - they have the effect of fast food, that dissolves on the tongue quickly, allowing you to move rapidly on to the next. 

We are image addicts with the algorithm as our pusher. William.S. Burroughs wrote “Look at that picture. How does it seem to you now… Does it seem to be persisting?” 

How many images do in fact persist? What is the act of making an image persist? Can you find it again or is it lost in the deluge of images? The one you saw recently that was interesting. Where is it now? 

And who has the patience today to be with one image maker or camera user? I have been doing some reading on the subject of photography. Ideas about the camera interest me. Barthes & Vilém Flusser in particular offer insights that are intriguing: Barthes’s suggestion, for instance, that cameras, originally, were ‘clocks for seeing’ is fascinating. Or Flusser who suggested that: ”The camera is not a tool but a plaything, and a photographer is not a worker but a player… Yet photographers do not play with their plaything but against it. They creep into the camera in order to bring to light the tricks concealed within.”  

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I thought I would come here and write clearly about the idea of photography and that is exactly when I met my match. My inner critic. So this has become about what stops me in general. From feeling like I am wasting your time. That is the last thing I want to do. 

What do I have going on?

My next shoot is 12th June 2025. I will be using my usual set up of X Pro 2 & Mamiya 645J. It will be in a studio with a model named Kaya. I look forward to sharing the results. My next uploads will be when the lab is done developing. Rapid Eye in London is where I have been and instead of 2 days turnaround I chose 7!  And I have a new film scanner, an Epson V850. More definition more sharpness coming very very soon. 

Thanks for stopping by.

What’s been up? 

It seems a long absence from this space. The truth is, I find sharing online is my biggest obstacle. Instagram especially I find difficult to navigate. I have changed the theme of the site. In truth I haven’t found the aesthetic I want to stick with - so be patient with this style for now. Thank you. 

I am looking for a safe space online. I used to like Tumblr many years ago. Facebook is not it for me. And ultimately I am trying to take my time and attention away from Meta. (Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Threads). 

A place I like to share that gets me lots of views is YouPic! s/o YouPic! I can become complacent and only share there bt it is a fertile ground for views and shares so I get drawn in. 

I have done some street photography recently. First time doing street photography for a very long time. I will share one or two jpegs straight from the camera.

All I really want to say is, I am looking for a safe space to share online and I may have found it - right here, on my own site! Of all places?! I know. 

Perhaps look forward to hearing more from me here and not so much on social media places. 

Enjoy x