My Anderson shelter book now available!
New Publication By Jon Legge 24 pages, published 4/2/2017 A photo book of WW2 Anderson shelters which have been repurposed as garden sheds and similar.
View ArticleChange the Picture exhibition
The Change the Picture exhibition (see previous posts) was a great success as part as the Format 2017 international photography festival in Derby, and is now touring! Some of the photos can currently...
View ArticleUntitled
Here is a photograph I shot with my old Rolleiflex whilst in Valletta this summer
View ArticleOutdoor Cinema
I shot these images last week at Derby Rugby club as part of a commission to document an outdoor screening of 'Dirty Dancing'. Women outnumbered men, somewhat!
View ArticleExplaining the relationship between shutter speed, aperture and ISO
This short video I recently completed shows an analogy I have been using for some years to explain how exposure works to beginner photography students. Please 'like' if you find it useful!
View ArticlePresenting at the 'Sense of Place' Conference
Last week I was fortunate to be invited to present at the Sense of Place interdisciplinary conference for artists, academics, regional government and policy makers at the University of Bedfordshire. My...
View ArticlePhotography workshop with Juniper Training
I had the great pleasure last week of running a photography session with young people from Juniper Training in Derby, who are having experience days with several different industries to help then...
View ArticleStudio in the kitchen
Faced with a wet and cold Saturday and an urge to do some photography, I broke out the strobist flash kit and set up a mini studio on the kitchen table for a bit of practice. If anyone is interested in...
View ArticleHorti-Culture Homeless Recipe Book Project
I have been working with Wash Arts in Nottinghamshire and Derventio Housing Trust and a group of people with recent experience of homelessness to produce a recipe book. This group has been meeting...
View Article'Scaling the Sublime' Camera Obscura workshop Nottingham University
I was recently commissioned to run a series of events and workshops at Lakeside Gallery, University of Nottingham, as part of their current'Scaling the Sublime' exhibition. I begun these with a series...
View ArticleScaling the Sublime events 2#
Over the past two months I have had the pleasure of running many workshops and events as part of my engagement commission for Lakeside Gallery. Working with the Nottingham Refugee Forum, local mental...
View ArticleNew Youtube video- Room sized camera obscura experiment
Here is a quick experiment I did to use a lens-based room sized camera obscure to project onto a translucent screen
View Article'Grub's Up' Book published
My photographic/recipie book of the daily cookery sessions held at Derventio Housing Trust in Derbyshire has arrived back from the printers. Commissioned by Wash Arts CIC as part go their...
View Article'Bike Blokes' Project
Following on from 'Grub's Up', I am again photographing the 'Growing Lives' project, run by Derventio Trust housing charity. Commissioned by Wash Arts, the project, funded by Derbyshire County Council,...
View Article'Out of the Box'
I've just begun a new project working with Derventio Housing Trust's 'Growing Lives' strand, funded by an Arts Council England grant. The project aims to engage people with recent experience of...
View ArticleHappy Christmas to all my readers!
....and a prosperous 2019(Photo by Jon Legge - Fairy light bokeh!)
View ArticleBike Club Exhibition
The exhibition of my photographs of the 'growing lives' bike club (see previous posts) is now up on the wall of the Ilkeston factory where the bike club meets. This exhibition promotes the work of the...
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