Iwanowski's PhotoBlog

35 Years On (Final Version)

2010-06-28T23:37:11Z

This collage was made on the night I showed my parents how to use youtube. In a predictable sequence, they went straight back to the late 60's and early 70's, when they were in love with each other and with their youth. My brother and I are the living legacy of that time.

About Missing My Private Saints

2010-06-25T01:32:19Z

Meet Thomas and Lynsey, two of my best friends, who got on the Trans Siberian train in January and are now somewhere in Sydney. Lucky the people who meet them along the way. The Penelope in me is standing at the shores of Dover, looking out for their return. These are the last pictures I took of them back in December.

[in]scape

2010-05-27T00:30:36Z

I photographed Jo Shapland's performance at the Mostyn Gallery in Llandudno, North Wales. We spent a whole day in the impressive gallery, where she is completing a two-year site sensitive residency. After hours, with the three performers and the musician, we stayed in a cottage, unwinding after work, listening to Julie Cruise. I loved Llandudno.

Zdzich And Papa Drinking

2010-04-05T05:20:04Z

I have finally persuaded my dad and uncle to stay still for a few minutes for me this winter.

The Bed Of A Princess

2009-11-23T15:12:46Z

I visited my great friend Aga in her new home in Reading. My guest bedroom for the night was the room of a 4-year-old princess. That was a bizarre feeling. But the bed inspired us greatly so we made some portraits of Aga and her husband, Sebastian.

One Morning The Fog Drew In

2009-10-21T02:26:11Z

At my parents' home, on my last visit in September, I woke up to a fog. One of those fogs that take over more that just the landscape around... This fog has been with me ever since.

Flash Forward 2009

2009-08-14T23:18:41Z

The Magenta Foundation has announced year five of its Emerging Photographers exchange. Flash Forward focuses on emerging talent that jurors have identified as having great potential. 30 photographers from Canada, 30 from the USA, and 30 from the UK have been selected by a panel of jurors. I have been lucky enough to be selected as one of the UK photographers. The initial exhibition and book launch will be held at Lennox Contemporary in Toronto, on 8th October 2009. The touring exhibition will move from Toronto through to New York and will end up in Boston in April 2010. All 90 photographers will be published in the book, due to be released on 8th October 2009. 30 selected photographers will have their work included in the touring exhibition. The first three images in this post have been selected for the exhibition. Needless to say, I am quite thrilled. For those of you who happen to be close to Toronto or the other visited cities - I think it will be a very interesting selection of work to see. Hope to see you along the way!

Gemzone Monroe

2009-08-30T23:32:48Z

A few days ago, Gemma asked me to take a few photos of her 'performance.' Among other creative activities, Gemma is one of Cardiff's burlesque dancers. We met at 8 am in a park in the city centre, walked for a bit and the next things I knew we were both in the river Taff. This is a tribute to rebirth. Fresh and crisp. I made us breakfast pancakes afterward.

Beth At The Farm

2009-08-31T00:51:03Z

Beth down the farm. West Wales. May 2009

Subversive Correspondence

2009-08-14T23:31:26Z

Gyroscope "At night, when you’re sleeping, and the whole world is sleeping around you, the sea rises. Its salty tongues come in, silently, into towns and cities, into houses and parking lots, through driveways and backyards; it flows into dark bedrooms and studies. It stops for a moment, for a deep breath, collecting its harvest, before slowly retracting its hands across the sleeping land. And in those faithful hands, thousands of empty bottles filled with desperate notes, written for the sea to gently carry, flow out of the night. And the sea will rage and foam at the mouth, and crash the bottles against the rocks, and the notes will soak, and then dissolve, and the ink will stain the sea blue for as long as there are people. The sea in constant fury grinds bones into fine powder. Sailors, Damned drifters, The cigarette glow… Your last visible lighthouse." Diana Ali, an artist and curator, has organised an exhibition called Subversive Correspondence that talks about the art of dialogue in the modern world. I submitted the above piece of writing that she included in the show. The first exhibition took place in Bristol in July. After that, it is moving to London and opens on the 19th of August at The Gallery in Willesden Green.