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PODCAST LOVE #1

Pic by Georgina Cook. Digital Flyer © Outlook

Pic by Georgina Cook. Digital Flyer © Outlook

 
 
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BETWEEN A ROCK & A HARD PLACE

SURVIVAL SERIES

Don’t think I could be happier to be going en vacances to Burgundy for 2 weeks, where I’ll be making like this Road Dame. I’ve worked my butt off this year - with results varying from sheer & absolute joy, to physical & mental stress that has made a break so crucial. Already starting to think about goals for next year. They mostly centre around ridding myself of fear & self-sabotaging patterns that sometimes mean I’m not living my best life. Which to me is not material riches, but spending time only doing things or being involved with things that I really love. . . . . . #france #envacances #photography #blackandwhite #streettreasures #winelover #pictures #georginacookphotography #holiday #noir #road #dame #larue #surlarue #november
Also Happy Birthday to this one. One of the deepest, gentlest & quietly eccentric people I know. I love you.❤️ . . . . . #georginacookphotography #portraitphotography #love #people #lichen #men #manandnature #birthdaylove #scorpioseason
📷 Ashton in Crystal Palace Park. So much fun this boy. Now a teenager. Happy Birthday beauty. . . . . #georginacookphotography #familyphotography #southlondonforever #crystalpalacepark #kidsphotography #anarchy #portraits #familylove
📷Ash on the downs. It’s mad seeing people grow from new-born to 15 years of age! My nephew is FIFTEEN today 😱 HOW???!!! Love this kid so much! Already such a legend. ❤️ . . . . . . . #portraits #portraitofaboy #aboutaboy #nephewlove #georginacookphotography #documentaryphotography #portraitphotography #surrey #croydon #farthingdowns #fromthearchives #tbt #familyphotography
Friday vibes!! 😎 . . . . #partytime #excellent #raveitup #dancefloor #friyay #purple #crowd #innathedance #loseyourself #weekend #georginacookphotography #eventphotography #shadesintherave #musicmusicmusic #dancemusic
🔥 It’s that time of year ain’t it. When the only reason to be outside at night-time is for a fire, a firework, a shin-dig, a plate of food or a whiskey. If only we could just enjoy the beauty & profundity of Autumn without being forced to think about Christmas. 😬 ———- 📷 Pic from Smugglers Festival, Kent 2015 (?) a brilliant independent festival from @smugglersrecordshop Records. Epic fail for us in that we spent a whole 3 days there without realising there was a whole other stage in the Woods. 🙄 ————- . . . . . #georginacookphotography #festivalphotography #roundthecampfire #blazing #beautifulpeople #autumn #orangeglow #bonfire #poetry #inthewoods #ukfestivals #smugglersrecords #smugglersfestival #kent #nighttime #peopleatnight #gatheraroundthefire #faces #beards #documentaryphotography #eventphotography
Pic: Hastings bus-stop. 👻 Happy Halloween guys & ghouls. Ain’t any genre darker then dubstep. @loefah Horror Show alone is enough to make anyone 💩 their pants on the dance floor. (Please don’t though). In 2004 I asked Dubstep Forum members what their favourite #darkest of dark tunes were & posted a list on my Drumz Of The South blog. The post was actually related to the darkness of the 2004 U.S election but it definitely fits the Halloween vibes. Link in bio to that original post which includes among others tunes by @dj_distance @cyrusrtp @iambenga @skream & @plastician & @wiley__ ☝️👹 . . . . #halloween #dubstep #ghosts #streetart #busstop #stleonardsonsea #blue #cartoon #tunes #bass #classics #grime #horrorshow #halloweentunes #halloweenmusic #classicdubstep #drumzofthesouth #fromthearchives #musiclove #darktunes #graff #ghouls #haunted #spirits #strangerthings #playlists
LDN + Night-buses+ Friendship 🧡. 👀 The things I’ve seen on London’s night buses range from absolute beauty to the down-right depraved but if I could re-visit every night bus journey I’ve ever taken (particularly the East-South mission), I would. #DesireeAkhavan’s scene on the night bus in her show #TheBisexual was pretty spot on. In fact the whole show sort of made me pine for my home city. . . . #georginacookphotography #onthebus #nighttimeeconomy #drumzofthesouth #nightbus #women #hair #friendship #southlondonforever #beauty #blackgirlmagic #travelswithcamera #nikon #documentaryphotography
This is a straight up favourite from the heady Drumz Of The South days. When driving anywhere in London for a Rum n Coke & some sub bass was standard.✌️ All about that night-time economy 🌃 pic taken round the back of Plan B in Brixton (now Phonox) where Croydon would decamp for @duttycheeks’ legendary Diff’rent Strokes parties. #familyvibes . I hope with all my 🧡 that travelling to a decent venue on the regs to catch up with community & 🎶 is still a thing for lots of people in LDN. Are you listening @mayorofldn ? . . #vwpolo #rain #brixton #ldn #london #night #amberglow #southlondon #drumzofthesouth #streetlight #afterdark #planb #alley #fromthearchives #urbanphotography #citylife #nighttimeeconomy #musicvenues #culture #issavibe #georginacookphotography #cinematic #halloweenvibes #hopes
Pic: My bedroom, 2005 📷Georgina Cook. 📻 More #podcastlove - this time for @stancepodcast which was the very first podcast I listened to regularly and was responsible for bringing some of my work to Tate in January this year. 🌍 Stance’s focus on “diverse global perspectives,” leads to stories ranging from modern witch craft, drug culture, concepts of Home & exploration’s of modern Mumbai to conversations with artists & activists such as @inuaellams @katetempest & @ginamillerrr discussing their life & work. 🎧 In a recent episode, the tragedy of PTSD in London’s young people affected by violent crime was discussed. It’s a moving episode which like many of Stance’s episodes, really should be heard by policy makers, government & the mainstream media. 👂 Their ability to delve deeper into stories, statistics & movements and for introducing entirely new & unheard stories & voices is Stance’s strength & is also the focus of the events that they run or get involved in. Thanks to @chrystalgenesis & @hetafell for teaching me so much about so much. I loved the recent Stance Take on Black History Month. . . . . . . #stancepodcast #listentothis #diverseperspectives #global #culture #blackandwhitephotography #fromthearchives #art #currentaffairs #voices #podcasts #ptsd #london #world #diversity #walldisplay #pictures #openyourmind #inspiration #education
When I’m gardening I listen to podcasts. The quiet & calm of being outside doing repetitive & meditative digging, weeding or watering allows me to really hear whatever’s in my ears. Podcasts make me feel like Neo from The Matrix when he plugs himself in, wakes up with a jolt and suddenly “knows Kung-Fu.” They allow me to hear stories & learn new things, very quickly, absorbing them straight into my brain. The next few posts will be about some of the best ones I’ve listened to recently. Because sharing is caring. Today I caught up with A Small Voice Podcast by @bensmithphoto which IMO is the best photography podcast out there. Why? Because in talking to so many different photographers, so much about the medium is revealed; e.g why & how photographers pick up a camera & how their own experiences & perspectives are inherently tied to the images that they make. Ben’s interview with @bruce_gilden offers a particularly beautiful insight into those questions. The responsibility of the photographer (especially photo-journalists) to represent & acknowledge the nuances of their environment - physical, political or otherwise, is another example & is something that was talked about by @donaldweber in the most recent episode. I was taken by his reluctance to label what he photograph’s as “subjects,” because (to paraphrase), this immediately suggests an imbalance of power or condescension by the photographer. Question everything and approach photography with a more open and participatory approach he suggests. I began my career as a newspaper photographer so journalistic photography has always informed my work, even that which may be considered more as “Art” then reportage. It’s fascinating therefore, to hear ideas that will potentially change the way we photographers construct stories. It feels so necessary for us to constantly analyse the way we engage with the world. In fact, this is definitely an over-arching theme of The Small Voice Podcast as a whole, so thank you Ben. N.B Also sure to check out the episode with @alixandrafazzinanoor ❗️🤯 . #photography #podcasts #podcastlove #photographylove #listentothis #asmallvoice #phototalk #rainbow #inthegarden #humannature
Pictured: @ginnylemon69 at Salty @theprintworks. 📷 It was a huge pleasure photographing the funny, bold & unique Salty! for Home Live Art In September. I love this picture of Ginny Lemonade totally owning the room. She has amazing taste in music. 🍋🥤👑 More pics to come. It’s really great getting to know Hastings & St Leonard’s better via events, people & places that I’m photographing. The Camera really is a key. 🔑 Salty! have just announced their next date as 14th December. See u there. . . . . #salty #liveart #printworks #hastings #ginnylemonade #lgbtqiaplus #performance #eventphotography #boldandbeautiful #eventphotographer #georginacookphotography #audience #documentaryphotography #hla #eastsussex #cabaret #comedy #queen #greatpeople #whenlifegivesyoulemons

Stop-frame film from a series of photos taken in Brighton, 2006. By Georgina Cook 

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19 Loved-Up Classic Dubstep Riddims

From the drumz of the south vaults

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A Grime Photography Research List.

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THE SPIRITUAL PLAYGROUND - SECRET GARDEN PARTY 2017

THE SPIRITUAL PLAYGROUND - SECRET GARDEN PARTY 2017

BRIXTON SPLASH 2014

BRIXTON SPLASH 2014

WORK IN PROGRESS: HUMAN/NATURE

WORK IN PROGRESS: HUMAN/NATURE

SKYE, 2016

SKYE, 2016

DJEVERA, 2015

DJEVERA, 2015

DAMU, 2015

DAMU, 2015

SMUGGLERS FESTIVAL, 2014

SMUGGLERS FESTIVAL, 2014

BRIXTON SPLASH 2014

BRIXTON SPLASH 2014

"LONDON'S ICONIC MASTERING HOUSES" - FACT MAG 2014

"LONDON'S ICONIC MASTERING HOUSES" - FACT MAG 2014

IAN, 2013

IAN, 2013

FRAGMENTS: USUYAK, DATE UNKNOWN

FRAGMENTS: USUYAK, DATE UNKNOWN

“He and I went to an exhibition of Nirvana photography. I loved realising that images of music were an important form of documentary photography.”

— http://london.lecool.com/inspirations/interview-georgina-cook-dubstep-documenter/

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JAPANESE DUBSTEP DISC, 2013

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THE CAFE THING

DRUMLANRIG, 2013

DRUMLANRIG, 2013

NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL, 2012

NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL, 2012

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Something In The Water - 48 hours in Bristol, 2012

ASHTON, 2012

ASHTON, 2012

EDITORIAL: THE LONDON RIOTS, 2011

EDITORIAL: THE LONDON RIOTS, 2011

STEPH, SONAR 2011

STEPH, SONAR 2011

"Recently G’s work has veered away from documenting club culture and concentrated more on abstract images – a display of her psychogeographical love affair with South London."

http://www.uncarved.org/blog/2009/07/lost-in-the-cracks-of-croydon/

 

TRANSCENDING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SURFACE - 2007

TRANSCENDING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SURFACE - 2007

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PROMO PHOTOGRAPHY: BURIAL, UNTRUE, 2007

PROMO PHOTOGRAPHY: BURIAL, UNTRUE, 2007

DJ YOUNGSTA, LONDON 2005

DJ YOUNGSTA, LONDON 2005

MY ROOM , 2005

MY ROOM, 2005

FRAGMENTS: Times Square, NYC, 2001

FRAGMENTS: Times Square, NYC, 2001

FRAGMENTS: Streatham Common, circa 1997

FRAGMENTS: Streatham Common, circa 1997

FRAGMENTS : School, 1995

FRAGMENTS: School, 1995

FRAGMENTS : Streatham Common, circa 1989

FRAGMENTS: Streatham Common, circa 1989