By Tom Broadbent
I was commissioned by Unipress Books to do all the picture research for their new book, The Lives of Sharks. Written by Daniel C. Abel and R. Dean Grubbs, it’s a comprehensive introduction to the world of sharks. I’m someone who likes to be challenged, not only in the work I do for publishers, but…
Read MoreNext weekend The Photobook Club Collective and I will be in Bristol attending BOP, this is the annual photobook festival organised by the Martin Parr Foundation. It is only the third year they’ve run the event and it is rapidly becoming the most popular in the U.K. Last year we that is The Photobook Club…
Read MoreVarnishing Day…. It’s so so nice to be back. Syrrus and Lupestripe from At Home With The Furries made up up onto the walls of the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition for the 250th edition, in 2018. That was the first time my work had been selected for the exhibition and it was a great experience.…
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Two weeks ago, Xavier Fox and I launched our collaboration, our new photobook, At Home With Xavier Fox at The Photobook Cafe, a really lovely venue in Shoreditch and it was a wonderful occasion. Xavier Fox and his furry friends came down, which take it from me really livens up proceedings. My friend and supporter,…
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“You took the first book and turned the volume up to 11” My new photobook, a collaboration with a furry friend and supporter, Xavier Fox is now out and I could not be any prouder of it. Printed by MAS in Istanbul, as with my first book, At Home With The Furries. The quality, concept…
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In 2008 whilst working as a photographer I met the furries during a magazine photoshoot and over the next ten years I developed a project which had real resonance and longevity as it was about the furries and for the furries. That is the project, At Home With The Furries which is now available as…
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Next week, Thursday the 28th November I’m doing an At Home With The Furries book event and talk at a new venue dedicated to the art of photobooks, The Photobook Cafe in Shoreditch, central London. It’s a great venue, set up by Lee, owner of Rapid Eye lab and printer. The event starts at 6pm…
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Which helpfully just happens to be Platform 2 at Colwyn Bay Station in North Wales as part of the Northern Eye Festival next month. 15 shots from the series will be shown on Platform 2 at Colwyn Bay Train station from the 7th to 21st October. https://www.northerneyefestival.co.uk/furries I’m also excited to reveal that I’m going…
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Just over a year ago I successfully launched a crowdfunder for my book, At Home With The Furries using the Kickstarter platform and so I thought I’d share a few thoughts of what I learnt along the way of doing mine. The why, the how, is it really as easy or difficult as some photographers…
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