Simon Richardson http://simonrichardson.org A Photography Portfolio Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:15:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Samantha Tan in the City http://simonrichardson.org/samantha-tan-in-the-city/ http://simonrichardson.org/samantha-tan-in-the-city/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 08:00:55 +0000 simonRichardson_admin http://simonrichardson.org/?p=715 Had a ball shooting with Sam on a glorious sunny day. Sam was indomitable and unfazed by working amongst crowds, even when the camera was out of sight and to all intents and purposes she was was throwing shapes in pointe shoes all on her own. London passers-by generally phlegmatic Samantha Tan Samantha Tan Samantha Tan Samantha Tan Samantha Tan Samantha Tan Samantha Tan Samantha Tan Samantha Tan

apart from a few wolf whistles towards the end of the day

]]> http://simonrichardson.org/samantha-tan-in-the-city/feed/ 0 Natalia Hildner performance at Nehru Centre, London http://simonrichardson.org/natalia-hildner-performance-at-nehru-centre-london/ http://simonrichardson.org/natalia-hildner-performance-at-nehru-centre-london/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:12:35 +0000 simonRichardson_admin http://simonrichardson.org/?p=706 Natalia Hildner Natalia Hildner Natalia Hildner Natalia Hildner ]]> http://simonrichardson.org/natalia-hildner-performance-at-nehru-centre-london/feed/ 0 Elisha Francis Jewellery with Bertha Tanaem http://simonrichardson.org/elisha-francis-jewellery-with-bertha-tanaem/ http://simonrichardson.org/elisha-francis-jewellery-with-bertha-tanaem/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:04:21 +0000 simonRichardson_admin http://simonrichardson.org/?p=693 A lovely shoot with my long term collaborator  Elisha Francis/Massiah ., a remarkable person who is a jeweller, model and stylist. Visit her web site www.elishafrancis.com. Bertha Carolina Tanaem modeled the wonderful collection of vintage dresses and jewellery that Elisha brought. Bertha Carolina Tanaem Bertha Carolina Tanaem Elisha Massiah Elisha Massiah Bertha Carolina Tanaem Bertha Carolina Tanaem Bertha Carolina Tanaem Bertha Carolina Tanaem Eiisha Massiah and Bertha Tanaem Eisha Massiah

]]> http://simonrichardson.org/elisha-francis-jewellery-with-bertha-tanaem/feed/ 0 The amazing Sally Miller http://simonrichardson.org/the-amazing-sally-miller/ http://simonrichardson.org/the-amazing-sally-miller/#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:24:09 +0000 simonRichardson_admin http://simonrichardson.org/?p=680 Last week I had the joy of working (again) with Sally -aerialist, gymnast, balancer, contortionist. Gymnasts give me great pleasure not least because of the control over their entire body that they have. There is a very different (from,  say,  dancers) rhythm to their work, the preparation, the execution and the finishing. I was also interested in the rigorous  warming up of the specific bits of body that were going to be most tested. When Sally was going to do a particularly difficult position she would stretch for two or three minutes beforehand. Warmth was also absolutely critical. Sally has remained almost entirely injury- free during her career and that is clearly not just luck

Sally Miller Sally Miller Sally Miller Sally Miller Sally Miller ]]> http://simonrichardson.org/the-amazing-sally-miller/feed/ 0 RIP Gigi Garaqanidze http://simonrichardson.org/rip-gigi-garaqanidze/ http://simonrichardson.org/rip-gigi-garaqanidze/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:06:47 +0000 simonRichardson_admin http://simonrichardson.org/?p=675 The awful news of the death of Gigi, son of Edisher and leader of the Georgian choir, Mtiebi.  As Michael Bloom put it: Gigi had not only a deep knowledge of Georgian song but a gentle and open spirit. He will be greatly missed both personally and for his great contribution to Georgian singing in Georgia and abroad.

]]> http://simonrichardson.org/rip-gigi-garaqanidze/feed/ 0 The Avatara project of Veena http://simonrichardson.org/the-avatara-project-of-veena/ http://simonrichardson.org/the-avatara-project-of-veena/#comments Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:57:29 +0000 simonRichardson_admin http://simonrichardson.org/?p=661 Veena Basavarajaia has been researching the ancient sculptures of dancers and we got together with the Henna artist Riffat Bahar to try and recreate the sense and the poses of those wonderful statues which to my mind reach  the pinnacle of beauty of the human body. Here is a link to Veena’s blog about the project: http://www.veenadance.com/Home/avatara

Veena Basavarajaiah Veena Basavarajaiah Veena Basavarajaiah Veena Basavarajaiah Veena Basavarajaiah Veena Basavarajaiah Veena Basavarajaiah and Riffat Bahar ]]> http://simonrichardson.org/the-avatara-project-of-veena/feed/ 0 Bisakha’s workshop for dementia sufferers http://simonrichardson.org/bisakhas-workshop-for-dementia-sufferers/ http://simonrichardson.org/bisakhas-workshop-for-dementia-sufferers/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:05:27 +0000 simonRichardson_admin http://simonrichardson.org/?p=647 Yesterday I had the privilege of attending a workshop for dementia sufferers led by Bisakha Sarker with Amina Khayyam and Kali Chandrasegaram. Bisakha started by asking the participants to make shapes with their hands and name them  – the first shape was called Please and others included Bloom, Windmill and Cut. With this focus,  and with the help of live music,  people gradually got to their feet quite unselfconsciously moved,  and came together, all the time supported by the force field of grace, beauty and commitment that poured from Bisakha. And at the end Bisakha danced  a short and exquisite solo. The workshop was enabled by artsfordementia.org.uk and Akademi Bisakha's workshop Bisakha's workshop Bisakha's workshop Bisakha's workshop Bisakha's workshop Bisakha's workshop Bisakha's workshop Bisakha's workshop

 

]]> http://simonrichardson.org/bisakhas-workshop-for-dementia-sufferers/feed/ 0 Music Village 2012 http://simonrichardson.org/music-village-2012/ http://simonrichardson.org/music-village-2012/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:57:46 +0000 simonRichardson_admin http://simonrichardson.org/?p=633 Just off to London for the Launch of Cultural Cooperation’s festival of talks, demonstrations and four days of open air free weekend  concerts by world musicians. I have been around this organisation for years and they do fabulous work

The concerts have a unique flavour, very laid back, very fine music from all round the world – and totally free. Do come.  I cant make this weekend’s gigs but expect to be around the following weekend

Check out the programme here: http://www.culturalco-operation.org/festival

]]> http://simonrichardson.org/music-village-2012/feed/ 0 Lazy Sunday http://simonrichardson.org/lazy-sunday-2/ http://simonrichardson.org/lazy-sunday-2/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:19:12 +0000 simonRichardson_admin http://simonrichardson.org/?p=595 Bertha Carolina Tanaem Bertha Carolina Tanaem Bertha Carolina Tanaem Bertha Carolina Tanaem Bertha Carolina Tanaem

Evoking a lazy, sunlit, Sunday morning with time to savour. Bertha was the ideal collaborator

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Hi everybody
welcome to my blog page. Heaven knows how I will use it as I am not one of nature’s bloggers. I would welcome your suggestions – at the moment I am thinking of featuring a picture or series of pictures say once a week with perhaps some explanatory text.

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