Cyphers Blog is now launched.

February 12th, 2012

I have finally found a bit of time to launch the Cyphers Blog – this is a huge project which will become the visual archive to my working methodologies. Images will become linked in various ways; tags, visual associations and other forms of contextual referencing. Hopefully over a period of time the sheer volume of the posts will help visitors to my website and blogs to understand more about why I photograph the way I do and how my own working methodology has evolved over the years. It is designed NOT to be chronological. And the blog itself represents a continuous “works in progress” – some of it will be documenting old projects and some, the preparatory research, for new ones.

Polaroid Pyramid

Ajami Script, Marrakech, Morocco, 2010.

 

 

Fibre Print Sale Clearance Sale (updated 06.05.11)

April 20th, 2011

This post has now been moved to my new dedicated print sales blog. Each post will offer different bodies of work for sale under a themed title. A full print description (for example “fibre silver gelatin” or “archivel lightjet” is given under each image including the price which varies depending on rarity, print type and size. Shipping is extra and is priced according to country of destination. Payment can be via paypal or a personal cheque if based in the United Kingdom.

The Mercy Project INOCHI

April 13th, 2011

Although this book has been out a few weeks I only saw my complimentary copy the other day when arriving back in the UK. I thought I’d scan my page and share the relevant project info on my blog. James is a good friend of mine and the book supports a very worthy cause.

James Whitlow Delano posed one question to photographers he’d met all over the world, after the untimely passing of his sister, Jeanne, and last member of his nuclear family: “share with me one photograph that says to you, `MERCY’”. Such a body of work, he hoped, could contribute in a meaningful, concrete way in the effort to expand awareness about the critical role that enlightened hospice care can play, as it is likely to touch the lives of most families worldwide some time in the course of their lives.

The Mercy Project is a charity photo book project featuring the work of 118 photographers from 28 photographers from Magnum, VII Photo, Noor, National Geographic to emerging talent coming together to create awareness and raise funds for hospice and palliative care.

About my image: Chea Nica (7) right, suffers from severe cerebral palsy, attended to by her older sister Chea Sreynan (9), The Cambodia Trust, Kampong Chhnang Province, Cambodia, 2005. You can see more of this work “Disability in Cambodia: Documenting the work of Cambodia Trust (2005-2007)here.

You can buy the book from here.

The Mercy Project INOCHI (front cover)

The Mercy Project INOCHI (pp 084 Simon Larbalestier) Chea Nica (7) right, suffers from severe cerebral palsy, attended to by her older sister Chea Sreynan (9), The Cambodia Trust, Kampong Chhnang Province, Cambodia, 2005.

Chaos, Flux, Pleasure and Decay | Brian Curtin in conversation with photographer Simon Larbalestier.

December 12th, 2010

In the November issue (no 176) of Thailand’s art magazine art4d, I share some of the latest project ideas with Brian Curtin, curator of the recent “Surface Depth” exhibition at the H Gallery in Bangkok.

Chaos, Flux, Pleasure and Decay pages 66-67

Chaos, Flux, Pleasure and Decay | pages 66-67

Chaos, Flux, Pleasure and Decay | pages 68-69

Chaos, Flux, Pleasure and Decay | page 66 (detail)

Chaos, Flux, Pleasure and Decay | page 67 (detail)

Chaos, Flux, Pleasure and Decay | page 68 (detail)

Chaos, Flux, Pleasure and Decay | page 69 (detail)

Pixies’ ‘Minotaur’ box set earns Grammy nomination for best packaging design.

December 8th, 2010

Pixies’s Minotaur box set earns Grammy nomination for best packaging design. The Grammys will be awarded on February 13th.

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Pixies' Minotaur Limited Edition Box Set

Pixies' Minotaur Limited Edition Box Set

The Temple of Wax @ Snap Galleries, London | 19th November to 15th January 2011.

November 29th, 2010

A celebration of classic album sleeve art @Snap Galleries, London 19th November to 15th January 2011 – this show includes two large Pixies images: Surfer Rosa and Monkey Gone to Heaven. Go here for the direct link.

Surfer Rosa #1 © Simon Larbalestier

Monkey Gone To Heaven © Simon Larbalestier

The Temple of Wax © Snap Galleries

“RodeoGirls” makes The Drawbridge No17/Summer 2010

October 28th, 2010

“RodeoGirls, 2008″ was published in the summer issue (no 17) of The Drawbridge. See the online version here. To see further examples of my published work visit the press section of my website or the new Archives Blog.

RodeoGirls, 2008 published in The Drawbridge (pages 17-18).

A R C H I V E S | new dedicated blog.

October 26th, 2010

A brand new online archives of my photographs dating from 1986 – the present day is now set up on its own dedicated blog with 20 new gallery pages: A R C H I V E S

"About" page from the Archives Blog

Bangkok Post reviews Surface Depth Exhibition

September 19th, 2010

On Thursday September 9th 2010, Andrew J West of  the Bangkok Post reviewed Surface Depth. Read the online version here.

Bangkok Post 16.09.2010

Surface Depth Exhibition, H Gallery, Bangkok.

September 19th, 2010

SURFACE DEPTH Curated by Brian Curtin

H Gallery, Bangkok  September 2-30, 2010

Heman Chong

Dutton and Swindells

Adam James

Simon Larbalestier

Simrin Mehra-Agarwal

Olivier Pin-Fat

Nigel Power

Arin Rungjang

Sutthirat Supaparinya

Noraset Vaisayakul

Pornpraseart Yamazaki

H Gallery is very pleased to announce an international exhibition of artists who highlight the physical form of representation. Including a diverse array of media and methods – sound, text, photography, installation and painting – Surface Depth explores how form guides significance, concealing as well as revealing and shifting and altering the familiar or expected in ever-new and provocative directions. All the artists address the broad contexts of representation in terms of the popular and the elite and the political and the personal. In a local context where representation remains a volatile means of expression, Surface Depth promises a nuanced and critical view of how it is intended that we understand, and therefore reflect on, the world we live in. The diversity of the artists is a key to the impact of Surface Depth and includes recent Bangkok émigré Simon Larbalestier, famed for his photographs for music albums, and Arin Rungjang, whose work with space and representation has been selected for inclusion in the 3rd Singapore Biennale 2011. As well as Thailand, the artists hail from New York, Britain and Italy.

H Gallery, 201 Sathorn 12, Bangkok 10500,

Telephone  + 66 81 310 4428

www.hgallerybkk.com

Sponsored by NIST (New International School of Thailand) with special thank you to Val McCubbin

Four of my prints are in this show details shown below:

Surface Depth Opening Night 02/09/2010 H Gallery Sathorn Soi 12, Bangkok, Thailand

Surface Depth Opening Night 02/09/2010 H Gallery Sathorn Soi 12, Bangkok, Thailand

Surface Depth Opening Night 02/09/2010 H Gallery Sathorn Soi 12, Bangkok, Thailand

Surface Depth curated by Brian Curtin H Gallery Sathorn Soi 12, Bangkok, Thailand.

Far Left: Minotaur Centre: Cuban Right: Simon Larbalestier 2010, ‘Luxury’ from The 5th Quandrant series C-type Archival Lightjet (printed chemically on Kodak Chromira), floated between two pieces of 4mm glass and wood. Signed, numbered and titled on the verso. 1/10 41.5" x 54.5" (105.4cm x 138.4cm)

Simon Larbalestier 2010, ‘Phoenix’ from The A L P H A V I L L E series C-type Archival Lightjet (printed chemically on Kodak Chromira), floated between two pieces of 4mm glass and wood. Signed, numbered and titled on the verso. 1/10 41.5" x 54.5" (105.4cm x 138.4cm)

Simon Larbalestier 2009/2010, ‘Minotaur’ from The Minotaur series C-type Archival Lightjet (printed chemically on Kodak Chromira), floated between two pieces of 4mm glass and wood. Signed, numbered and titled on the verso. 1/10 41.5" x 54.5" (105.4cm x 138.4cm)

Simon Larbalestier 2009, ‘Cuban’ from The Minotaur series C-type Archival Lightjet (printed chemically on Kodak Chromira), floated between two pieces of 4mm glass and wood. Signed, numbered and titled on the verso. 1/10 41.5" x 54.5" (105.4cm x 138.4cm)

Simon Larbalestier 2010, ‘Luxury’ from The 5th Quandrant series C-type Archival Lightjet (printed chemically on Kodak Chromira), floated between two pieces of 4mm glass and wood. Signed, numbered and titled on the verso. 1/10 41.5" x 54.5" (105.4cm x 138.4cm)

Simon Larbalestier 2010, ‘Phoenix’ from The A L P H A V I L L E series C-type Archival Lightjet (printed chemically on Kodak Chromira), floated between two pieces of 4mm glass and wood. Signed, numbered and titled on the verso. 1/10 41.5" x 54.5" (105.4cm x 138.4cm)