Tom Broadbent – Broadbentius' Blog

The mermaid of the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

Varnishing 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.…

At Home With Xavier Fox

“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…

Become a Patron of Broadbentius

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…

The 9 golden rules of doing a photobook crowdfunder

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…

It’s a furtastic feeling, it’s Friday and the furs are fully funded!

Yesterday 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…

It’s that Furday feeling..again

Friday is a special day for the furries, there’s a tradition of posting photographs on social media under the hashtag fursuitfriday, (#fursuitfriday) Have a look and see what my fellow fuzzies are up to! In campaign news, the At Home With The Furries Kickstarter is now up to 44% backed with 85 supporters, there are…

1001 Photographs You Must See Before You Die

My photograph ‘Smirnoff, a husky wolf hybrid’, from the series ‘At Home With The Furries’, will be featured in the new photography publication; 1001 Photographs You Must See Before You Die. Fittingly for the project, At Home With The Furries, this photograph is the very first picture I took for it. I remember arriving at…

The Furries, Fix Photo and L A Noble Gallery

So bit of a big update for the furry project on here. Firstly Laura Noble, the photography gallery owner and curator has taken me on as one of her represented photographers, have a look at L A Noble Gallery. This is wonderful news for the furry project. As readers of this blog may have picked…

Bee excellent to each other

Whilst I shamelessly rip off Bill and Ted’s line with one hand, I selflessly hold onto the lack of waspish ways within the anthropomorphic fandom. That’s right, where are the pretty stinging varieties; the wasps, the bees and the dragonflies. A distinct gap in the market, until now. I met Hazel last weekend and she…

Fundraiser for Stuart Pilkington

I came across this fundraising page for the photographer, curator and all-round good guy, Stuart Pilkington to aid him in his recovery from a severe stroke in September. Those who know Stuart well have set it up, I can’t claim to be one of them although we have tweeted a few times. Essentially photographers are…