MY BLOG
I have eventually pulled my finger out and got my blog back up and running. Feel free to check and see the latest posts which I will keep updated as and when I can. Go to the 'links' page on this site and follow the link to the blog.
EXHIBITIONS
Coming in 2008.....
1) 'WAR and PIECES' - An exhibition of Ian's work from Iraq will be displayed at the Dorman Museum in Middlesbrough, beginning on 15 July 08 and running until 31 August 08 the exhibition will display images showing life in Iraq as experienced by British soldiers deployed there from November 2006 to June 2007.
DATES: July 16 to August 31 2008
LOCATION:
Dorman Museum
Linthorpe Road
Middlesbrough
TS5 6LA
2) 'IMAGES FROM IRAQ' - An exhibition comprising of photographs from Iraq, taken during the time Ian spent out there from late 2006 to mid 2007 will be shown at the National Army Museum in London.
DATES: To be confirmed
LOCATION:
National Army Museum
Royal Hospital Road
Chelsea
London SW3 4HT
Ian's previous exhibitions...
'SALTBURN SURF' - A series of images that illustrated the local surfing scene in and around Saltburn. Shown at the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum in Middlesbrough during 2005.
'AFTER THE SILENCE' - a photographic project...
I plan to continue with a photographic project called 'After the Silence'.
This project aims to highlight veterans from any war or conflict, be it World War One or Two, Korea, Vietnam, Suez, Northern Ireland, Sierra Leon, Iraq and Afghanistan etc and will try to illustrate what happens to these veterans once the spot light of Remembrance Day has passed and what they get involved with as part of their normal life.
The project will take the form of a series of environmental portraits, each one illustrating the individual and also the interests that they have or a certain aspect of their life that is important to them.
It is, of course, a work in progress and anyone who may be interested in becoming involved in the project either as a veteran themselves or someone who knows a former seviceman and can provide a contact then please feel free to email me at ianforsyth2003@yahoo.co.uk or call 07786 076618 to get involved in this worthwhile project.
Sadly, older veterans are now passing away, soon fewer people will remember or even feel the need to remember the work and sacrificies these men and women have done in your name. Your help is needed to assist with this project and help give the veterans the respect and acknowledgment they deserve.
IMAGES FOR SALE
As you will see a selection of images are now available to buy direct from this website via Paypal, the prices are based on an approximate size of 16 x 12 inches for most images and a 36 x 12 inch size for the panoramic images.
Other sizes are available if required so please feel free to get in touch, using the contact details listed, to outline your requirements.
If you see an image that you would like from another gallery on this site then once again get in touch to discuss your requirements.
AVOCET - 'Live with less'
“Avocet” are a four piece band from North-East England playing completely original songs.
Their style of music is hard to label but “contemporary acoustic” will have to do… there's a folk influence,as well as jazz, country and strong latin overtones. Some have compared Avocet's music to Crosby , Stills and Nash, Joe Jackson and The Go-Betweens…
Their new album is called 'Live with less'. Email the band for details on getting hold of a copy.
You can email the band at avocettheband@hotmail.co.uk, visit their website at www.avocetband.com or see them in action at the following www.myspace.com/avocetband and at www.youtube.com/avocetmusic
PUBLICATIONS
A number of magazines, news agencies, newspapers and on-line news websites have used images that Ian has taken. Some of which include:
Getty Images
Associated Press
The Times
The Daily Express
The Daily Mirror
Washington Post
BBC News Website
Tyne Tees television
World News Network
The Sunday Mirror
The Guardian
Le Monde
Soldier Magazine
The Weekly Telegraph
Southampton Daily Echo
Defence News Daily
Croydon Guardian
Hertfordshire Mercury
London Globe
Hampshire Chronicle
Grimsby Evening Telegraph
The Northern Echo
The Yorkshire Post
Defence News Daily Internet
Navy News
The Sun
SKY News
World Photos
Liverpool Echo
Fox news
ABC news
The New York Sun
European Business Press
The Boston Globe
The Sunday Sun
www.britsattheirbest.com
Surfing magazines and companies that have used Ian's images...
Pitpilot surfing magazine
Carve surfing magazine
360 bodyboarding magazine
Resin 8
Ian has carried out commissions for North-East firms including...
The Whyman Group
ALAB Environmental
Mitchell Trucking
...and is currently involved with providing surf imagery for a number of surf books and surfing video productions.
Quotations..
'To see in a thousandth of a second what indifferent people come close to without ever noticing - that is the principle of photographic reportage. And in the thousandth of a second that follows, to take the photo of what one has seen - that is the practical side of reportage.'
Martin Munkacsi - 1931
Quotations..
'hyohakusha' - one who moves without direction.
Quotations..
'The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda'
Robert Capa
Quotations..
"It's through your eyes, your pictures, your images that we see the world that we take for granted day in and day out."