© Lexiphanicus © Derek King © James Galpin Today we feature some spectacular images from Bonfire night. Continue reading

© Vicky Lamburn Today we feature some autumnal moistness courtesy of Vicky Lamburn. Continue reading

The Spirit of the Downs is an exhibition by Sussex photographer Oliver Perrott. The exhibition, which was showing at the Court Gardens Vineyard, Ditchling until October 16th, will be relocating to Highdown Vineyard, Ferring, West Sussex, from October 29th - with a Private View between 6:30 and 8:30pm on the 28th. The 'Spirit of the Downs' is inspired by the South Downs way and the environment within the South Downs National Park. The images are captured on traditional film and explore the natural landscape and how it has been moulded and influenced by man's activities. I visted the exhibition on... Continue reading

The photo below shows my Canon 5D's mirror. Of course, it is most usefully to be found within the camera. However, this morning when out on a little expedition, the usual shutter noise was followed by an ugly death rattle. To my relief, when opened up, the mirror was just... Continue reading

© Ian Grant We've been rather slack with featured photos in the last couple of months. We'll attempt to keep it regular from now on. Ian's Flickr stream. Continue reading

A quick plug for a photography competition in aid of a local Sussex-based charity - National Talking Newspapers & Magazines. The competition's theme is 'Weird & Wonderful'. Successful entries will be included in the charity's 2012 fundraising calendar. The final date for entries is 22nd June 2011. It's a great opportunity to help a worthwhile cause. Competition Details. Continue reading

Nova Photography (our day job) is staging their first Summer Exhibition of Photography by its Photo Club in The Pub students. Sue Turner presented her series 'Ways In'. © Nova Photography The exhibition showcases the work of three Photo Club in the Pub students, Pippa Nevard, Sue Turner and Peter Turner. The exhibition also includes photographs from a number of other students that have participated in the innovative Photo Club in Pub course, a six month group photography course for beginners and intermediate level photographers. The course encourages students to look at the world in a different, more creative way,... Continue reading

Opening tomorrow as part of the De La Warr Pavilion's 'A Nod to Cage' season, Lucy Phillips is showing work from her ongoing project 'What Cannot be Seen'. Lucy says: "what cannot be seen is an attempt to create a visual and textual archive of the unseen by returning to the fundamentals of photographic image making. Inspired by my own experiments with pinhole photography and French artist Sophie Calle’s use of the camera as a covert device, I constructed 20 pinhole cameras from matchboxes and invited people to take part in a postal photography project via a Facebook status update.... Continue reading

Apologies for the brief hiatus! Normal service should resume shortly... Continue reading

This month the Sussex Photography Project is featured in Sussex Society Magazine. Four fine photographers who have had photos displayed on the website were featured: Chester Tugwell - www.chestertugwellphotography.co.uk Jack Taylor Rhys Davies - www.rhysdaviesphotography.com Vivienne Blakey - www.vivienneblakey.co.uk A big thank you to all the above for allowing their photos to be used. The magazine is freely available from a large number of outlets around the county. More information on the Sussex Society Magazine website. Continue reading

The East Sussex Open exhibition previews tomorrow at the Towner in Eastbourne. The exhibition brings you the best of East Sussex’s artists and makers, chosen via an open selection process. The exhibition includes work from a range of disciplines (including photography) and features work from, amongst others, St Leonards-based Lucy Phillips who we've featured previously on SPP and who exhibited at our My Sussex Exhibition. The exhibition continues from 2 April - 2 May, and includes curator and selection panellist Sanna Moore's free talk and walk through the exhibition, with exhibiting artist Colin Booth, on Tuesday 19 April at 12.30pm.... Continue reading

Colin Merrin © Simon Courcha Whilst wandering round Lewes spreading the word about the forthcoming Photo Club in the Pub Course, Andy and I popped in to Lansdown Studios & Gallery on Lansdown Road and met artist and proprietor Colin Merrin. Now I should point out that although this is a photography site, we will occassionally feature other items of interest - particularly relating to the arts in Sussex - within our 'Around Sussex' category. Colin's landscape painting is textural and elemental - and is similar in some respects to Andy's Sussex landscape photography. In addition to showing Colin's work... Continue reading

© David Jacobs Probably our final winter scene - until the next one... David Jacobs' Flickr stream. Continue reading

© David Eastley Our featured shot today shows some teenagers doing what teenagers do from the Newhaven breakwater. David Eastley Photography. Continue reading

I hope you'll forgive the little plug, but Nova Photography (our day job) is launching two new Sussex Photography courses - one in Eridge at the Nevill Crest and Gun, and the other in Lewes at the Pelham Arms. The Photo Club in the Pub (Level 1) courses are six month courses designed to make you look at the world differently, in a more creative way. It’s for beginners to intermediate level photographers – ideally you need to have some knowledge of how your camera works. Photo Club is a 6 month long course. Particpants meet once a month at... Continue reading

Just a quick plug for my new venture - Nova Photography. Andy Newson and I have been working on Nova Gallery for 18 months now and have shot a number of wedding together. We have now decided to team up full time offering a range of photographic services including photography... Continue reading

© River Monkey We start the week with a photo from the Shoreham Cement works - a bit of a landmark for both urban explorers and photographers. River Monkey's Flickr stream. Continue reading

© Simon Courcha Today's featured shot shows Buxted Park on a frosty morning. Simon Courcha Continue reading

Currently at Gallery North in Hailsham is 'High & Over' an exhibition of traditional and digital photography by local professional photographers Vivienne Blakey, Liz Scott, Roger Scott, James Stephen Davis and David Mills. Exhibiting Photographer Vivienne Blakey and Gallery Director Jenny West The exhibition explores the local landscape of the South Downs, the Cuckmere Valley and the Sussex coastline. Sussex photographer Vivienne Blakey shows a collection images depicting the landscape around her home on the South Downs. Often working at dawn, she repeatedly visits the same location: "One morning the land might be painted in a silver misty light and... Continue reading

© James Galpin This shot, taken in Rye, is from regular contributor James Galpin. It is available as a print in James' 52 week fundraising effort for the Demelza Hospice. For more info on the initiative take a look at the photo's Flickr listing. Continue reading

© Benjamin Haywood We're a little behind with our featured shots, so despite some early signs of spring, this portrait from Ben Haywood has a distinctly snowy context. Ben's Flickr stream. Continue reading

© Vicky Lamburn This was taken looking west towards Sullington Hill. Vicky's Flickr stream. Continue reading

© Tim Haughton Today's featured shot is a beautifully toned winter scene. Tim Haughton's Flickr stream. Continue reading

© simmob44 Our first featured photo this week is this distinctly arboreal composition from the West of the county near Chichester. simmob44's Flickr stream Continue reading

Today I discovered Spitalfields Life - an interesting blog in its own right, but particularly interesting to me because of my connection with the area. While browsing, I discovered a piece on Fred the chestnut seller and immediately recognised him from a photo I took nearly five years ago: He... Continue reading