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Talk at the London Institute of Photography

On the 6th June 2018 I'll be conducting a talk about my work at the London Institute of Photography. I'm be talking about my collection...

THE SECRET SWAMP OF MEMPHIS

To see the full project 'The Birds in the Pyramid' please click here In Memphis is a surprisingly surprising place. It seems that no one...

SUNSET ON SANTA MONICA PIER & WHY I LIKE BEING A STRANGER

On evening just before Christmas I set off for Santa Monica pier to jump with both feet into capturing whatever I saw - kind of a Dawn...

DAWNS TRIP UPDATE NY & LA

Jamie Johnson - Photographer and collector. LA. So I have been traveling now for 50 days around the world on my photographic pilgrimage -...

MEETING NEW YORK FOUND PHOTOGRAPHERS

Manhattan is now in its full autumn colours and the cold winds has descended. I’ve fallen in love with the city, the people and the...

Wet plate workshop in New York

Over the weekend I joined the Penumbra Foundation, New York, for a wet plate collodion workshop. Just off Madison Avenue and in the heart...

Copenhagen: Tintypes and Poul Henningsen

So I've arrived in Copenhagen, and it's rather fancy. I've captured my first portrait of a collector - Andrew Daneman and have discovered...

Portrait Photography Project US

I have begin a major photography project. Photographing the strangers who collect photographs of strangers all around the world - Leading...

The First Photographs

It's a funny term 'Found Photography' and a pretty new one. When I first started collecting, Vivian Maier was still alive and I was just...

The Secret World of a Spiritualist Family

I discovered the family photo album of the spiritualist author Shaw Desmond and his author wife Karen Ewald. They strongly believed in...