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Alabaster dePlume at Marina Fountain, St Leonards

Alabaster dePlume at Marina Fountain, St Leonards

Such a pleasure to experience and photograph the absolute joy that is Alabaster dePlume aka Gus Fairbairn in a little pub in the town I live in. Alabaster’s music is uplifting, funny, spiritual and healing, yet not at all devoid of edge. Songs like Be Nice To people and Don’t Forget You’re Precious, are like mini manifestos. It’s kinda like the 60’s hippy scene mashed up with punk and jazz. It’s stunning. Apparently he mixes up the musicians that he plays with, which I think leads to a freshness and newness among all of the players on stage - like they’re all just experiencing Alabaster dePlume for the first time too. I liked the way he acknowledged that the crowd make the experience as much as he and the musicians do. It certainly felt like the whole room was in it together. Thanks for the after-gig portrait Gus.

Event Photography, MusicGeorgina Cook18 October 2022Marina FountainAlabaster dePlume, St Leonards, East Sussex, live music, music, event, gig, photography, jazz, saxophone, musician, portrait, pub, Marina Fountain, Hastings, punk, healing, instruments, sound, Georgina Cook

Hastings' Growing Bass Music Community

Hastings' Growing Bass Music Community

August was a particularly good time for bass and 140 music in Hastings and St Leonards.

Events, Music, DocumentaryGeorgina Cook14 September 2022The PiperWheel Up, Hastings, Bass, Music, Sound-system, culture, red, live, events, photography, event, DJ, MC, Jungle, Dubstep, 140, dance, crowd, Bunch

Printing My First Photobook

Printing My First Photobook

10 days ago, I had a mega exciting & nerve-racking 12 hour day at DG3 printers in Kent where the Drumz Of The South book was litho-printed! I learnt a lot about the process, such as the fact there are 300,000 variables for each print. Litho is an analogue process involving aluminium plates, buckets of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black ink, water, oil & even a tiny bit of alcohol. Tis the season after-all.

DocumentaryGeorgina Cook23 December 2021DG3 Printdocumentary photography, printers, print, press, litho, paper, fsc, photobook, process, drumzofthesouth, photography, workplace, Kent, work, working, people

New Series, FOR THE TIME BEING (Lockdown Diaries).

New Series, FOR THE TIME BEING (Lockdown Diaries).

FOR THE TIME BEING is a series of images taken throughout the various lockdowns we’ve had here in Hasting, some of which you might have seen on my Insta or in a previous blog post. Hopefully the series gives you a sense of the stillness and sometimes emptiness of this peculiar time, plus the new kind of intimacy with home and locale that so many of us had.

Photography, DocumentaryGeorgina Cook7 April 2021Covid, pandemic, Hastings, Sussex, East Sussex, England, documentary photography, environment, lockdown, Georgina Cook, photography, story-telling, light, home, life, daily, diaries

New Portrait Photography

New Portrait Photography

Here’s a round-up of some portraits all taken in the second half of 2020, and Jan 2021. The bulk of them were taken at two different Boiler Room events, and feature Rada, Bina, fellow photographer Lou Jasmine, Mr Eazi and Haich Ber Na. There is also one of Sagal, taken for GD4YA records. It’s been really lovely meeting new people during the pandemic, especially as it hasn’t happened that often.

Music Photography, PortraitsGeorgina Cook8 February 2021Boiler Room, GD4YA, Mr Eazi, Lou Jasmine, people, Rada, Bina, Haich Ber Na, Sagal, Musicians, singers, producers, London, Portrait, photography, digital, Sony, socially distanced

Hastings Lockdown Diary- a daily photo diary

Hastings Lockdown Diary- a daily photo diary

Lockdown 2.0 started for the South East of England (including Hastings) last week.

While I took quite a few photos from the last lockdown and even got featured on the brilliant Shutterhub, this time I’m aiming for greater discipline and consistency.

So I’ve set myself a challenge to take & post at least one photo per day from my camera (not my phone) throughout Lockdown 2.0.

Mr Eazi & Young Zilo Boiler Room event photography

Mr Eazi & Young Zilo Boiler Room event photography

A couple of weeks back I had the pleasure of capturing some event photography for Boiler Room x Ballantine’s True Music In The Round. This was the first proper socially distanced live music event that I’ve documented since the pandemic so it felt really exciting to be in among the action again.

Photographing "unruly novelist & poet" S S Haque.

Photographing "unruly novelist & poet" S S Haque.

I’ve known Shahla for over 15 years but we hadn’t stayed in touch, for one reason until another. That was until we started following each other online and she later emailed me to ask if I would do some portrait photography for her, to which I said, “of course!”

PhotographyGeorgina Cook30 October 2020southbank, london, portrait, photographer, photography, bridge, architecture, poet, writer, yellow, Sony Alpha, a7iii, portraiture, personal branding, S S HaqueComment

Ocean All Over in Bristol

Ocean All Over in Bristol

It’s great to back (safely) documenting & photographing people and projects again, following peak lock-down.
Last week I went safely to Bristol (truly one of my favourite city’s) with two of my favourite people & long time collaborators- singer-performer-writer Breezy Lee & poet-MC Sgt.Pokes, plus the multi-talented Alex Rigg of Ocean All Over.

Photography, Music, Documentary, Portraits, Music PhotographyGeorgina Cook7 September 2020Ocean All Over, Breezy Lee, Pokes, performance, studio, documentary, photography, art, music, arts, bristol, Mako, Alex Rigg, bts

Youth Club Archive Symposium

Youth Club Archive Symposium

Join me and Lisa Der Weduwe of Youth Club Archive on Insta Live next Tuesday where we’ll be discussing my music photography and what the world and it’s technologies looked like back in the early 00’s when I was documenting DnB, Dubstep and Grime.

@drumzofthesouth 6-7pm June 1st

Web Content, TalksGeorgina Cook29 May 2020Youth Club Archiveyouth club archive, symposium, photography, music, chat, insta live, history, youth culture, drumzofthesouth, cultures, rave, digitalComment

My advice about becoming a music photographer, via Redbull Music

My advice about becoming a music photographer, via Redbull Music

Thanks to Josie Roberts at Redbull Music for including me in THIS article encouraging other people to get in to Music Photography

Shutter Hub

Shutter Hub

Recently, I entered two of Shutter Hub’s online exhibitions including Working From Home and am proud to have work selected for it. As so many photographers have been stuck at home for weeks now, it’s a particularly well timed subject. The images that I contributed were shot just a few weeks ago, including this one of my poor husband, who’s legacy will forever now be partly related to him lying in bed with his laptop.

Photography, DocumentaryGeorgina Cook11 May 2020Shutterhub, exhibition, working from home, corona virus, covid-19, pandemic, emergency, documentary, photography, organisation, career, female photographerComment

Documenting Steam Down: Ready to Fly

Documenting Steam Down: Ready to Fly

Ready To Fly: Pre-show at Steam Down, Deptford, by Georgina Cook

There’s a buzz in the air, the musicians are on their way down the stairs and in the centre, a couple enjoying some pre show screen time and very aptly, the Steam Down flag, designed by Wumzum, ready to fly with the music.

Photography, Documentary, Music, Music PhotographyGeorgina Cook8 November 2019MatchstickSteam Down, Matchstick, Pie House, Deptford, live, Music, scene, music scene, setting, wide angle, 35mm, railway, arch, London, SE8, Jazz, fusion, collective, community, co-operative, photography, BTS, Emma Warren, culture

“Youth of Today” - The Teds

“Youth of Today” - The Teds

I'm sure I've mentioned it before, but I LOVE anything to do with sub cultures and youth culture and contemporary music history. Which is why when footage like this comes my way - about Teddy Boys, I get very excited.

Photos from Boiler Room Festival's Bass Day

Photos from Boiler Room Festival's Bass Day

A few photos from Boiler Room Festival's Bass Day at The Bussey Building in Peckham last Friday. I was very happy to be showing a version of my “Who Wants A Rewind?” installation as part of a great line-up of music, art and poetry. This time the images were shown on a wall of tiled TV screens.

Showing Early Dubstep Photography at Boiler Room Festival

Showing Early Dubstep Photography at Boiler Room Festival

I will be showing some music photography from my Drumz Of The South archive as part of Boiler Room Festival 2019: Day 3 - Bass THIS FRIDAY EVENING (11th October).

Events, Photography, Music, Music PhotographyGeorgina Cook8 October 2019Boiler Room, festival, photography, installation, music, history, Dubstep, FWD, London, Peckham, Burial, Loefah, Mala, Horsepower, DMZ, Deep Medi, Slimzee, Youngsta, Art, projectionm, projection, Bass, culture, scene, Georgina Cook, Photography, photographer, music photography, music photographer, hastingsComment

On the History of The Rewind!

On the History of The Rewind!

Here’s a photo that I captured of Skream pulling up a track that Loefah’s playing, taken at DMZ in May 2005.

©Georgina Cook 2005

Photography, Music, Music PhotographyGeorgina Cook14 February 2019dmz, dubstep, photography, Music Historuy, music history, music photography, loefah, skream, DJs, electronic music, youth cultureComment

Currently Feelin* (Podcast Love #1): A Small Voice

Currently Feelin* (Podcast Love #1): A Small Voice

Today I listened to the latest episode of Ben Smith’s A Small Voice Podcast which I would say is undoubtedly the best photography podcast out there. Why? Because in talking to so many different photographers, so much about the medium is revealed - why & how photographers pick up a camera in the first place & how their own experiences & perspectives are inherently tied to the images that they make, for example.

PhotographyGeorgina Cook26 October 2018podcasts, photography, photographers, Donald Weber, Photo-journalism, documentary photography, Alexandra Fazzina, Bruce Gilden, reportage, Ben Smith, A Small Voice, podcast love, currently feelinComment

Barbican dream.

Barbican dream.

I went to the Barbican Centre when I was a child, I’m sure of it, despite any evidence. I dreamt about it ever since - a dark staircase, labyrinthian balconies, golden faces, weird light.

PhotographyGeorgina Cook2 October 2018barbican, estate, london, brutalism, architecture, may, 2018, Georgina Cook, documentary, photography, psychogeography, drift, dream, places, city, urbanism, urban, concrete, layers, life, people, street photography, cityscape, nature, landscape, utopia