I am often commissioned to cover agricultural stories for specialist magazines and companies, at a recent shoot at an agricultural livestock auction I managed to capture this shot just as the auctioneer’s hammer (gavel) was going down. This could be described as a decisive moment
The decisive moment
My short film ‘Procession’ has been shortlisted in the photography and video category for the Signature Art Prize. The winners will be announced on the 13th February. The finalists will be on show at the Bankside Hotel in Central London from mid February to the end of March.
In 2019, my video 14,000 metal boxes was shown at The Holden Gallery in Manchester as part of the John Ruskin Prize, finalists exhibition. The same film was also screened at the Small Axe Film Festival.
WARNING – VERY LOUD – START WITH VOLUME SET LOW
A pinhole camera is one of the simplest devices you can make and, if used with care can take pictures beyond the abilities of even the most sophisticated of digital cameras. In this informative and entertaining talk, I take the audience back in time to over 400 years BC to the earliest types of camera before looking at the work of the pioneers of analogue photography before explaining my personal journey through the history of photography and how this has inspired a pinhole project that I have been working on for nearly 20 years. Exposure times are normally measured in fractions of a second and occasionally for whole seconds or even minutes, the pictures in this talk are taken over the course of several months or even years so they capture the world in a way no normal camera can.
6 month pinhole Cheney Court near Bath.
The extreme pinhole photography project has led to exhibitions, practical workshops, formal training sessions and invitations to chat about my work with an audience. I have delivered this talk at National Trust properties, universities, WI groups, camera clubs, history societies and many other types of group. No previous understanding of photography is required.
Talks start at £80 for a group of up to 100 people. I normally need a large TV screen or projector with HDMI connection to run the talk. I can provide these at a small additional price. I am based near Bath and there is a small charge for travel to and from the venue. This talk can also be delivered online. For more information please email me mail@nigelgoldsmith.co.uk
I have just released my latest short video titled ‘Procession’. The video is the fourth in a series of videos exploring the impact of global trade and consumer culture on the environment. The first in the series, ‘14,000 boxes’ was a finalist in the 2019 John Ruskin Prize.
‘Procession’ includes audio recorded using both surface and homemade underwater microphones.
Homemade hydrophone (underwater mic)
Recording foley splashes for Procession sound track
