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52 Assignments – Nature
Photography by Ross
Hoddinott and Ben Hall
Ammonite Press, £12.99, 128 pages,
hardcover, ISBN: 978-Small enough to t neatly in your
camera bag, the latest book in the 52
Assignments series is brought to you
from nature big-hitters Ross Hoddinott
and Ben Hall. It gives you a year’s worth
of weekly commissions and concepts for
composing and creating eye-catching nature
photography in all its forms. Whether its building a
blind, setting up a feeding station, shooting macro
masterpieces, creating beautiful animal silhouettes,
capturing birds in ight or focusing on natural
textures, all the assignments have been written to
inspire you to be more creative and explore the
natural world around you. If you’re keen to expand
your nature photography repertoire, or fancy the idea
of weekly challenges, this book comes highly
recommended – and at the price it’s quite a bargain.Oli Kellett – Fellow Humans
10 September to 31 October 2020. Monday
to Friday by appointment, Saturday 10am-
2pm. HackelBury Fine Art, London WThis exhibition focuses on the photographer’s
ongoing series ‘Cross Road Blues’, made up of
large-scale photographs taken at crossroads in cities
across North and South America. Kellett generally
walks the streets for days before setting up his
large-format camera and waiting to capture
moments. The way the buildings frame his images
and his focus on the light creates a cinematic quality
reminiscent of great American painters such as
Edward Hopper. Although not taken during lockdown,
the empty streets and melancholy gures feel like
they speak to the experiences we’ve all been going
through recently too. Note – in order to maintain
social distancing, it’s recommended that you book an
appointment ahead of time.Books & exhibitions
The best books and exhibitions from
the world of photography
Help the homeless
through photography
REGULAR readers will
be familiar with CaféArt, a social enterprise
initiative by and for people
who have been affected by
homelessness. As part of
its activities, Café Art
produces and sells a
calendar, cards and prints
based on images taken by
photographers affected by
homelessness. Owing to
the pandemic, this year’s
MyLondon Photo Project
contest and exhibition had
to be cancelled, but
instead it will produce a
calendar with the most
popular photos and is
lauching a crowdfunder.
In London, participantshad a week to take
images of the capital. ‘St
Paul’s Cathedral was the
location for the
distribution of 100 Fuji lm
single-use cameras,’
explained Cafe Art. ‘We
visited art groups run by
homelessness charities
and invited everyone to
come along for training
LOMOGRAPHY has announced the
LomoGra ok 4x5 Instant Back, theworld’s rst Instant Back for 4x
cameras using Fuj ilm Instax Wide lm.
The back is compatible with all Gra ok-
equipped 4x5 cameras, which is most
4x5 cameras on the market, and the
company claims it is ‘perfect for testing
a large format camera setup before
shooting on expensive 4x5 sheet lm’.
Instax Wide lm is widely available and
relatively affordable, which will add to the
unit’s appeal. ‘It’s the perfect addition to
the large format toolkit and allows for
unrestricted experimentation, testing
different shooting settings with ease and
enjoying great results within seconds,’
the company added. You can get 10% off
the LomoGra ok 4x5 Instant Back,
reducing the price to £116, but it won’t
be shipping until next April. Full details
at bit.ly/lomoinstaxback.
LomoGra ok Back for 4×5 cameras
The Instant Back will use Instax Wide filmand the camera hand-out.’
The RPS gave the training.
The crowdfunder begins
on 17 September and
runs for 30 days. ‘We are
raising money for Covid-
support services as many
participants have had to
isolate this year,’ they
added. We urge all APreaders to support this
worthy project, which was
championed by our late
news editor, Chris
Cheesman. All income
raised will be used to pay
the photographers
involved. See http://www.
cafeart.org.uk/2021-
calendar-campaign.You can buy calendars and cards online via a crowdfunder