Waltzing Matilda

Photographer Jocelyn Bain Hogg from the series The Firm...

I went to a talk featuring Jocelyn yesterday, and the thing that I was most impressed with is the access he's been granted to capture some of his shots. (you should see some of the other pictures from the series - they. are. RAW!!!!)

Always love a bit of black and white; it's quite a disturbing moment to catch (and it's obvious he's messing around), but the fact Hogg caught it makes me think this dude is at the top of his A-game. Deep.

Suddenly feels like I'm running in grime circles.  I'm good peoples with Griminal's manager CB aka the Grimeminister (lol) who invited me down to the 1st day of the video shoot (see below)  and the young lady who sings on Invincible is another one of my peoples, Cruz...most recently, Grim came and charmed my all female class last week (well, at least two of them said he was arrogant, but all agreed he was 'Peng' - yea, I know, back in my day, we said 'handsome' *side glance*) and I think this single could do wonders for him.  Wrote about him earlier this year in The Indy and he's most certainly one to watch in 2010 - remember I told ya :-)

As I said previously, great show from the first lady of Garage. Boooooooo! (lol) Review's just here...

(spotted on K.Hart) Michelle Williams, taken by celeb photographer Derek Blanks.  Nice to see the former DC singer in a lighthearted context (I've interviewed her and she was sorta tough to work out), and big up to Blanks for going for the cloned image - I've tried them myself and they are RIDICULOUSLY time-consuming and hard to do. 

Not many people believe me when I say this was a brilliant show, BUT THIS WAS A BRILLIANT SHOW! Review's just here...

Good show!  But here's my rant....

At last :-)  Bit of a mad weekend trying to sort out domains, ftps, blah, blah, blah.  Very long.

But, it's done.




tillycooper.com is ALIVE!

 Jonathan Mannion, the well-regarded hip-hop photographer.  If I'm gonna be honest, this was a controversial pic as it's not the most technical, glossy, wow-ish portrait Mannion has shot (and further more, I'm not a fan of Drake - yep, that's Drake), but I can't help but thinking there's more layers to this picture than what initially meets the eye. 

It's got a sort of 'I'm actually warlock, and I've spun a spell on the hip-hop game' feel to it, but I'm not sure if I'm over-reading it.  Anyway, very different sort of portrait.

For those who've been following me for a good minute (6 years I've been blogging for now donchaknow? *smile*), you might have noticed Waltzing Matilda's been leaning more towards photography, and that's simply because that's where my head is at.  I love photography, I'm pursuing photography, and photography is what keeps me inspired. BUT!  I'll still be posting all my published work here and featuring the odd bit of randomness (this blog, after all is still Me)  - I'll just be having more of my rants about music, culture and such over there :-) 

You can find me at http://megerecooper.livejournal.com - I wrote something today about last night's Ladies Unplugged, and I'll always flag up my new posts on here, so yes - I'm not going anywhere per se - just moving into a bigger house with more rooms (does that makes sense?  Naw, I didn't so either).

I'm there, next Weds - blurb just below:


A bloody spate of stabbings in the UK capital over the last year left more than 20 teenagers dead and provoked a belated interest in the activities and mores of London’s youth.
HOST brings together a group of photographers who have tried to engage in different ways with youth and crime issues over time, hoping to look at the causes behind the headlines. ‘Shooting Kids’ will be chaired by award-winning journalist John Sweeney , and by way of an examination of the photographs by Adam Patterson , Jocelyn Bain Hogg and Robin Maddock , will aim to shed some light on the issues and how they are represented in the mainstream media.

Adam Patterson will present his ongoing work Another Lost Child, recently published in 8 magazine, which focuses on a former south London gang member Vipoh. Jocelyn Bain Hogg ’s ongoing project British Youth weaves in and out of the social lives of young people (as featured on Sky News). He also documented British gangsters in his project The Firm , an insight into organised crime. Robin Maddock has just published Our Kids Are Going to Hell , which takes a look at youth crime from the perspective of the police.

John Sweeney is an award-winning journalist and author, best-known for his investigative reporting on the BBC’s Panorama.

Wednesday 18 November, 7pm start
£5 Foto8 Members, £8 all others
Please email rsvp@hostgallery.co.uk

Was meant to post this up yesterday, but time and busyness got the best of me!!!  Anyway, I was on the music review panel on Monday, and here's the audio:

http://www.mediafire.com/?ndnt5mkknnw

(how funky was this joint!)







(Me want book about Little Red Riding Hood! LOL That dude was JAMAICAN!)

I love this song so much.

On the Music Review panel! Tune in!
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Showing conveniently in my ends!  Until November 26th.

since the tail-end of 2004....random announcement, I know - but I just spotted the number and it's interesting to see how I've changed so much when I browse the archive. My computer-based time capsule. 6 years of blogging.

Thank you Google :-)

Award-winning doc photographer Leonie Purchas, taken from the story In The Family - The Labours of Hercules - The Ward family, London.  Her work is pretty thoughtful and insightful - the type of stuff that gives me hope that doc won't become a dead tradition anytime soon.

Can't believe we gotta wait till Spring 2010. Aint right.

I can't actually recall the moment I started to struggle to stay up past 11pm.  It could be exhaustion accumulated from years of regular nights out, transatlantic press trips (those raves and house parties back in o' day), and all those things that had no respect for a good night's sleep.  Because right now, I aint the one when it comes to staying awake past 11:30pm (I could be standing up, bass bumping and will still nod off same way.  Trust).

Like last night, the every vivacious Janelle Monae didn't touch down until 11pm (can you imagine? Ah!) and I could only hold tight for 30mins.  And I was undoubtedly snoozing on the tube home.

Maybe it's old age? (hee hee!)