Ahmed

Ahmed was my driver in October 2009 when I spent a few days near Siwa Oasis photographing the northern limits of Egypt's Great Sand Sea. Taken at dusk with a Leica M6 and 35mm f/2.

Recent finds

I found these while going through some old folders, taken in Australia and Hong Kong respectively.

'The Moon Behind Tomato Plants'

A selection of page layouts from the dummy of 'The Moon Behind Tomato Plants' - a book I plan to release early in 2011. It features images of Ichiro Oikado, a Japanese traveling performer, whom I met in Hiroshima back in 2000. Featuring one of his London performances, this book will be hand-made and released in a very limited edition. More images from this project can be seen on my andrewyoungson.com website.

Dry cleaner's window

PLEASE DO NOT LET CHILDREN PRESS AGAINST GLASS THANK YOU

Tuition fees demonstration

Some images from the demonstrations in London yesterday.

Ghost village

Two images taken several months back during a visit to the Dorset village of Tyneham, deserted since the MOD requisitioned it during World War Two. The black and white image was shot on a Holga GFN whereas the colour was taken with Hipstamatic's Float 'film'.

Recent portrait

Dan Knowler, musician and founder of Actual Size, December 2010.

Randoms from last week

Robert Graves

Robert Graves was one of the first poets that I ever studied and I'm just about to start rereading 'Goodbye to All That' as part of the research for my current work in progress: Soldbuch.

I recently found this random little Q&A - reprinted from a May 1970 edition The Listener - and especially liked the part about "writing a poem [being] rather like finding the top of a statue buried in sand..."

Leaves