By Tom Broadbent
“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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When I first met the furries all that time ago ( only 2008..Ed) I was slightly overwhelmed by their costumes, but more than that their sense of fun and mischief. I was there to do a two page report of RBW, which is the Rather Brilliant Weekend. A sadly now defunct furry convention, which was…
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Dear furry fans, I’m pleased to let you know that the At Home With The Furries book is in the final stages of production now, this week the pages are being folded and the cover is being foil blocked for binding. Order the book here Two weeks ago I travelled to Istanbul, to the printers…
Read MoreOver the weekend I received a rather wonderful email from the Royal Academy of the Arts. It started with, “We are delighted to inform you” My dear friend I think you’ll find that I am more delighted than you..:-)) Earlier this year I entered Syrrus and Lupestripe having a barbecue in Leeds into the annual…
Read MoreYesterday morning (April 5th) just before 8am, the Kickstarter campaign came to an end. It was a very dramatic last week and it finished, I’m pleased and also extremely grateful to report fully funded. There are 205 superb supporters of At Home With The Furries, time for a furry conga… The target I set at the…
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I feel like we are heading into the home straight now, At Home With The Furries is 73% funded with 132 backers and six days left to pledge. So don’t hesitate, please support the project. It’s an all or nothing campaign, that is if we don’t make the target, the book is a bust. All…
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