by james mannion Art director, curator and founder of VAA How did you begin working in the world of art and artists? Many years ago, after I graduated, I began work as a marketing assistant. Through that job I worked with a lot of commercial creatives and artists – illustrators and designers – so always […]
by anna jane begley When I speak to Hungarian artist Dr Anikó Boda one Monday afternoon, she has just returned from Berlin for the prestigious BBA Prize, where she has been named one of the “greatest discoveries” of the past decade. “It was the 10-year anniversary [of the prize] and they joined the photography and […]
chapter one 1960s by keith waldegrave I never consciously wanted to be a photographer, it happened rather by accident. I was 17 years old and about to leave school with no clue about what I might do? A degree of skill in art and technical drawing, probably embedded in my genes, suggested maybe a career […]
by anya fielding 28 Years Later: Breathes new life into the crowded zombie genre Artful cinematography elevates classic horror tropes but is let down by clunky dialogue The original 28 Days Later was made two decades ago with $8m, a budget so small, production originally ran out of funding to film a satisfactory ending and had to […]