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To celebrate Mother’s Day in America this year, Feature Shoot have curated an online group show with images of mother’s as it’s theme.

Included is the portrait of my mum featured in my last blog post.

You can see all of the images from the show here, including one of my favourites by Robin Cracknell (above).

http://www.featureshoot.com/2013/05/feature-shoot-group-show-mothers-day/ 

Image by Robin Cracknell

Reading: ‘Setting Sun: Writings by Japanese Photographers’ edited by Ivan Vartanian, Akihiro Hatanaka and Yutaka Kanbayashi

Listening to: ‘The North Borders’ by Bonobo

I’ve recently contributed to Stuart Pilkington’s latest curatorial project Someone I Know. I’ve been a follower of Stuart’s work for a while now, and was delighted to take part.

The project brings together the work of over 100 photographers internationally, and the brief required the artists to photograph someone they know.

I photographed my best friend; my mother.

You can check out the images by all of the photographers involved on the Someone I Know website:

http://www.someoneiknow.net/

Image: ‘Song For The Asking (Mother) (2013)’ by Clare Hewitt

Reading: ‘Return To Sender’ by Sipke Visser

Listening To: ‘The Concert for Bangladesh’ by George Harrison & Friends

I’ve once again been working with Labyrinth Photographic to curate their second anniversary exhibition A Year In Development, which opens in just over a week’s time at Four Corners, Bethnal Green.

The exhibition will showcase over 70 of Labyrinth’s clients’ hand printed photographs shot solely on film during the last 12 months. In doing so we intend to illustrate the continued and diverse use of film, and the outstanding results that photographers are still achieving through this medium despite the recent uncertainty surrounding the future of analogue photography.

Exhibitors include Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Zed Nelson, Jennifer Pattison, Tyrone Lebon, Clare Shilland, Spencer Murphy, Laura Hynd, Ben Stockley and many more!

We hope that you can join us for the Private View on Thursday 21st February from 6.30 - 9pm at Four Corners, 121 Roman Road, Bethnal Green, London, E2 0QN!

For more information please visit www.labyrinthphotographic.co.uk

A Year In Development runs from 22nd February - 22nd March 2013, Wednesday - Saturday 12 - 6pm.

Private View: 21st February 2013 from 6.30 - 9pm.

Reading: ‘The Color Purple’ by Alice Walker

Listening To: ‘Portrait’ by Josephine

Thanks so much to everyone who came down to the Private View of 11.59 on Tuesday night, we had a great time and it was lovely to see so many people there!

In case you couldn’t make it, today is the final day to see the show, so if you’re around Oxford Circus pop in and have a look!

Thanks to Margaret Street Gallery for hosting the show and all their help throughout the week!

Reading: Philosophy of Photography, Vol 1, Issue 1 (Available free here: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/pop)

Listening To: ‘Pianotapes’ by Bill Wells and Stefan Schneider

Next week I’ll be exhibiting some recent work with 10 other young British photographers in our show, 11.59, at Margaret Street Gallery. Come down and join us for the Private View on Tuesday 22nd January from 7pm if you can! 

The show will run from Wednesday 23rd to Saturday 26th January 2013 so be sure to have a look if you’re in Central London!

Margaret Street Gallery, 63 Margaret Street, London, W1W 8SW

Reading: ‘Serious Concerns’ by Wendy Cope

Listening To: ‘Is Your Love Big Enough?’ by Lianne La Havas

Photographer Léonie Hampton and her husband, filmmaker Martin Hampton, have kindly interviewed me following my exhibition at Labyrinth Photographic Printing as part of The Stare Show. You can read the article here:   http://thestareshow.tumblr.com/post/38157921406/leonie-and-martin-hampton-interview-clare-hewitt

Image: Untitled (Latvia #4) 2012 by Clare Hewitt

Reading: ‘Core Curriculum: Writings on Photography’ by Tod Papageorge

Listening to: ‘Home Again’ by Michael Kiwanuka

During November Labyrinth Photographic Printing have kindly let me take over their stairs as part of The Stare Show, a small rotating exhibition that will highlight the work of a variety of photographers over the next year. This will culminate in a group show in 2013 including all 12 artists.

The Stare Show will provide a glimpse into our recent and ongoing projects shot on film, and will be hand printed by John McCarthy.

The exhibition also forms part of East London’s Photomonth: (http://2012.photomonth.org/)

If you’re in Bethnal Green throughout November be sure to have a look at the exhibition and say hi to the guys at Labyrinth!

For more information please visit: http://thestareshow.tumblr.com 

Labyrinth Photographic Printing, Four Corners, 121 Roman Road, London, E2 0QN

http://www.labyrinthphotographic.co.uk/

Reading: ‘The Photographs Not Taken’ Edited by Will Steacy

Listening To: ‘Every Kingdom’ by Ben Howard 

The ISSP final works are now online in slideshow and gallery format!

I had a week of wonderful company, and you can view the works of all the people who participated here:

http://www.issp.lv/en/summer-school/2012/students-works/final-works-video

Image by Juanan Requena, from the series ‘Own Your Own Trace’

(http://www.nodetenerse.com/)

Reading: ‘Great Expectations’ by Charles Dickens

Listening to: ‘Amassakoul’ by Tinariwen

This year’s International Summer School in Latvia was a fantastic experience! I’ve written a blog post for Photowork’s about Hellen van Meene’s workshop, which you can read here:

http://www.photoworks.org.uk/blog/post/00000000024/

This Saturday (8th September) a slideshow of the work by all of the ISSP participants will be projected in two different locations in Riga, so if you’re round that way go and take a look!

An image that I made during the workshop has been used on the advertisements for the event (above), and below are a couple more portraits that I made while I was there.

http://www.issp.lv/en/summer-school/2012/news

(Images by Clare Hewitt:

Poster Image: Untitled (Latvia #3) 2012

Untitled (Latvia #1) 2012

Untitled (Latvia #2) 2012)

Reading: ‘Great Expectations’ by Charles Dickens

Listening to: Simon Fowler’s ‘Merrymouth’

This year the Brighton Photo Biennial’s theme is ‘Agents of Change: Photography and the Politics of Space’. Included in the work that will be exhibited is Julian Germain’s wonderful collaborative project, ‘No Olho da Rua’.

I’ve written a blog post about the project for Photoworks, which is available to read here:

http://www.photoworks.org.uk/blog/post/22

The Biennial will take place from 6th October - 4th November and you can find out more information about it on the BPB12 website: 

http://www.bpb.org.uk/2012/

Image from the series ‘No Olho da Rua’ by Julian Germain

www.juliangermain.com

Reading: ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Listening To: ‘In Rainbows’ by Radiohead

Earlier this year I visited the University of the West of England in Bristol to give tutorials and a lecture to the BA Photography students. The standard of work was fantastic, and their graduating show, Pitch Exhibition is sure to be worth a visit at the end of this week.

As part of the exhibition I’ll be sitting on UWE’s panel discussion ‘Moving Stills’ chatting all things photographic with Laura Noble, Harry Hardie and Ben Ingham from 2pm at The Old Truman Brewery. It’s a free event so please come along if you can make it!

Pitch Exhibition runs at The Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane from 22nd - 25th June, with the Private View this coming Thursday from 6 - 10pm.

http://www.pitchexhibition.co.uk

Image by Siobhan Raw - http://www.siobhanraw.co.uk

Reading - ‘Photoworks - Spring/Summer 2012’

Listening to - ‘Way to Blue’ by Nick Drake

I’m thrilled to have been selected for Hellen van Meene’s workshop ‘Portraits: A practical guide to the art of seeing’ at the International Summer School of Photography in Latvia this August.

Hellen’s process and photographs are a huge inspiration to me, and I’m really excited to be taking part in this event!

More information about the ISSP, the masters involved and the selected participants is available here: http://www.issp.lv/en/summer-school/2012/about

Image by Hellen van Meene

http://hellenvanmeene.com/

Reading: ‘Jackson’s Dilemma’ by Iris Murdoch

Listening to: Hotel lobby music

Tim Andrews has Parkinson’s Disease. In 2009 he began his project ‘Over the Hill’ through which he began to approach photographers to ask them if they would make his portrait and thereby document his experience of his disease. He has since been photographed by nearly 200 photographers.

On March 2nd this year Tim and I spent five hours together making this portrait. I was particularly interested in our process both emotionally and photographically, and the shoot was a fascinating experience. 

This portrait forms the first piece of work in my new project, Hours: 

http://www.clarehewitt.co.uk/tim-pictures.html

Tim has also written a post about our shoot on his blog, which shows the work of all the photographers involved:

http://timandrewsoverthehill.blogspot.it/2012/05/tim-andrews-2-march-2012-5-hours.html

I’m in the process of editing a film that I shot with Tim during the shoot, which will follow soon…

Reading: ‘Jackson’s Dilemma’ by Iris Murdoch

Listening To: ‘Louder than Bombs’ by The Smiths

Firefly Photofilms and Aletheia Photo Collective produce multimedia projects that question cultural preconceptions and provoke necessary social change.

Over the past weeks I’ve been working with them to present ‘Untold’, an exhibition showcasing the ongoing power of traditional documentary photography and film-making, produced using a variety of conventional and contemporary techniques, from 5x4 analogue photography to digital media practice.

Running from 10th - 16th May at 3Objectives Photography studio in Oval, ‘Untold’ combines films, photofilms, prints and books to create a multi-media experience that tells a range of stories from across the world, including the Congo, Nepal, India, Cambodia and the U.K.

Exhibitors include Andy Ash, Charley Murrell, Rajan Zaveri, Michael Carroll, Ross Domoney and Dan Giannopoulos.

Please come down and join us for the Private View. which will take place on Wednesday 9th May from 7 – 9pm, with a formal screening of a number of films produced by members of the collectives, beginning at 8pm.

http://fireflyphotofilms.com/untold/

‘Untold’ opens on Thursday 10th – Wednesday 16th May 2012 between 10am - 5pm at 3Objectives, Unit 1.13, Canterbury Court, Kennington Park, 1-3 Brixton Road, London, SW9 6DE.

For more information about Firefly and Aletheia check out their websites:

http://fireflyphotofilms.com/

http://www.aletheiaphotos.com/

Reading: ‘A Single Man’ by Christopher Isherwood

Listening To: ‘El Camino’ by The Black Keys

The Independent have run a lovely feature on ‘A Year In Development’ in The New Review today. Perhaps have a look over your roast!

Reading: ‘The Sea, The Sea’ by Iris Murdoch