Thu, September 30th, 2004 by MattB
Matt O'Sullivan's recent post on being sneaky reminded me: do you already know John Brownlow's work? If not, you definitely should. His site, Pink Headed Bug, has a plethora of remarkable black & white street photography, as well as documentary and music work. Unfortunately he stopped updating in March 2003, but he's left behind more than a few things well worth looking at, especially Human Traffic. A few of my favourites: 6, 14, and 20. He's also got a great deal of experience to share on the how to's of street photography.
And I'll send a Mars bar to anyone who can find him and ask him why the hell he stopped updating and what he's been up to since March 2003.
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September 30th, 2004 at 3:34 pm
A Mars bar, hey? King size? You're on. It's a great link, thanks so much for bringing it into the public realm. Time to get out there and free my innihbitions. If you see me pointing a camera in your direction, look natural!
September 30th, 2004 at 3:43 pm
i subscribe to a streetphoto list that john brownlow owns and operates. i believe he's stopped updating simply for lack of time. he participates regularly in the list discussions but rarely posts new street work.
September 30th, 2004 at 4:10 pm
So I just emailed Jon and got an immediate reply - what a nice man! Below is his response with loads of links to what he's currently upto should anyone be interested. That'll be a Mars bar then.
Ha ha, great!
I was in POP PHOTO a couple of months ago.
http://www.popphoto.com/article.asp?section_id=5&article_id=859
I have another website at
http://www.johnbrownlow.com
My recent work has been urban landscape or 360 street panoramas. I
haven't updated the website because everything now feels like a
work-in-progress, and because I'm very busy writing screenplays and
trying to set up a movie I'm directing.
I can always be found hanging out on the Streetphoto mailing list,
which I founded & administrate and is a great place to chat... about
1000 members... lots of work posted, not much blather about equipment.
http://www.topica.com/lists/streetphoto
Here are some links to recent work:
360 stuff --
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/wip/360/
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/wip/360nyc/
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/wip/360war/
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/wip/360easter/1000px/source/krazykidz.html
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/wip/360easter/1000px/source/trumpet-
web.html
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/wip/360easter/1000px/source/stilts.html
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/wip/360easter/kidz1000.jpg
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/wip/360easter/1000px/source/
churchgroup.html
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/wip/360easter/1000px/source/blueband.html
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/wip/360easter/1000px/source/christs.html
http://pinkheadedbug.com/wip/tmp/copsdwarf1000.jpg
http://pinkheadedbug.com/wip/tmp/umbrellas1000.jpg
http://pinkheadedbug.com/misc/cowboy1000.jpg
http://pinkheadedbug.com/misc/turntojesus1000.jpg
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/wip/roundshot/images/tcr-1000.jpg
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/wip/roundshot/images/oxfstcorner1-2000.jpg
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/wip/roundshot/images/topshop1-flat
-1000.jpg
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/wip/roundshot/images/oxfordcircus2.jpg
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/misc/HMV-2000.jpg
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/misc/skyline-carpark-crop.jpg
Non-360 stuff:
http://www.johnbrownlow.com/on-sunset/
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/portfolios/inbetweenplaces/
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/portfolios/independence/
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/misc/9/
http://www.johnbrownlow.com/noblexoblige/
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/misc/gramercy/
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/misc/inbetweenplaces2/
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/wip/boringpostcards/
http://www.pinkheadedbug.com/wip/circle-of-fifths/
Cheers!
September 30th, 2004 at 11:53 pm
i'm a big fan of brownlow's street stuff. i even put that link to his tips and tricks in the wiki a while back. an inspirational dude.
another guy i stumbled upon around the same time is kevin bjorke http://www.botzilla.com/blog/
October 1st, 2004 at 1:08 am
i'll get me a cup of java and skim through the links. thanks for brining them to my attention:)
October 1st, 2004 at 3:59 am
JamesK, where do I send the Mars bar?
August 17th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Since this is the top page on google for Pink Headed Bug, it might be helpful to have this link:
The original pinkheadedbug.com is dead, apparently due to some domain name mixup, but the same pages are available at http://www.johnbrownlow.com/phb/.
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