OCTOBER: JASON WILDE’S FREE PORTRAIT STUDIO
I am very please to announce that after 51 free portrait studio events over the last 8 years the portrait count for Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio has finally reached my ‘2000 portraits made’ goal that I set myself at the beginning of the project.
The portrait count now stands at 2224
OCTOBER: JASON WILDE’S FREE PORTRAIT STUDIO
Boys and Girls of Camden and beyond.
This is an open invitation to visit the 51st and FINAL Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio being held in the world famous Hawley Arms on Sunday 15th October.
Sadly this is the last free portrait studio event and the last chance to become part of this historically important visual archive of people in and around the London Borough of Camden.
So far 1931 portraits have been made and Sundays final event should see me reach my 2000 portrait target – which was one goal I set myself at the start of the project.
The portrait studio is free and open to anyone over 5 and all participants are able to receive a free black and white portrait from their shoot.
TIME & PLACE
Once again the World famous Hawley Arms in Camden Town plays host to my mobile studio.
From 2pm till 6pm
Sunday 15th October.
The Hawley Arms (top floor private room)
2 Castlehaven Road
London NW1 8QU
The Hawley Arms is served by 4 train stations, Camden Town, Chalk Farm, Kentish Town, Kentish Town West and Camden Road.
The Hawley Arms serves good beer and great food (by all accounts their fish finger sandwich is a blinder!)
So that’s beer, music, fish finger sarnies and me, making portraits for FREE.
OCTOBER: JASON WILDE’S FREE PORTRAIT STUDIO
The World famous Hawley Arms in Camden Town once again plays host to Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio.
The 45th Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio event will take place in their top floor private room on Sunday 8th October.
The portrait studio is free and open to anyone over 5 – all participants are able to receive a free black and white portrait from their shoot.
JWFPS has been running for several years, building a body of work that brings together the diversity of British society through multiple individual portraits.
So far 1896 portraits have been made.
Time & Place
From 2pm till 6pm on Sunday 24th September.
The Hawley Arms (top floor private room)
2 Castlehaven Road
London NW1 8QU
SEPTEMBER: JASON WILDE’S FREE PORTRAIT STUDIO
The World famous Hawley Arms in Camden Town once again plays host to Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio.
The 44th Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio event will take place in their top floor private room on Sunday 24th September.
The portrait studio is free and open to anyone over 5 – all participants are able to receive a free black and white portrait from their shoot.
JWFPS has been running for several years, building a body of work that brings together the diversity of British society through multiple individual portraits.
So far 1845 portraits have been made.
Time & Place
From 2pm till 6pm on Sunday 24th September.
The Hawley Arms (top floor private room)
2 Castlehaven Road
London NW1 8QU
SEPTEMBER: JASON WILDE’S FREE PORTRAIT STUDIO
The 43rd Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio event will taking place tomorrow (Sunday 3rd September) in the world famous Hawley Arms pub in Camden Town.
The portrait studio is free and open to anyone over 5 – all participants are able to receive a free black and white portrait from their shoot.
JWFPS has been running for several years, building a body of work that brings together the diversity of British society through multiple individual portraits.
So far 1845 portraits have been made (more project info here )
Time & Place
From 2pm till 6pm on Sunday 3rd September.
The Hawley Arms (top floor private room)
2 Castlehaven Road
Camden, London NW1 8QU
JULY: VERA & JOHN
Vera & John at the Athens Photobook Festival
JULY: VERA & JOHN
Source, the Magazine for Contemporary Photography, has written and published a review of Vera & John in their new Summer 2017 issue.
JULY: VERA & JOHN
Christiane Monarchi, the creator of Photomonitor, recently asked me a few questions about the Vera & John project.
The full interview can be read on Photomonitor here
JULY: VERA & JOHN
The Vera & John book has been accepted into that National Art Library at the V&A.
JUNE: JASON WILDE’S FREE PORTRAIT STUDIO
Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio will taking place tomorrow (Saturday June 17th) in the ‘Solidarity Space’ in Kentish Town from 12 till 4pm.
JWFPS has been running for several years, building a body of work that brings together the diversity of British society through multiple individual portraits.
So far 1827 portraits have been made.
The portrait studio is free and open to anyone over 5 – all participants receive a free black and white portrait from their shoot.
Time & Place
The Solidarity Space (old Alied Carpet shop on the junction of Kentish Town road and Prince Of Wales road)
From 12 till 4pm
MAY: VERA & JOHN AND FOYLES
Another great bookshop has agreed to stock Vera & John. The Vera & John photobook can now be purchased from Foyles on the Charing Cross Road in London.
MAY: VERA & JOHN AND ATHENS
Vera & John continues to slowly make its way in the wider world. The Vera & John photobook has been selected for the 2017 Athens Photo Festival and will play a small part in their photobook exhibition.
Dates: Athens Photo Festival will be held from 12 June to 30 July at the Benaki Museum.
MAY: JASON WILDE’S FREE PORTRAIT STUDIO MAGAZINE
I am double chuffed to announce the launch of my Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio magazine. The ongoing nature of the project and the number of images already made offer up a wealth of interesting editing opportunities and JWFPS 01 is the first in a series of magazines that will explore this evolving archive of portraits.
JWFPS started life in 2009 under a railway bridge in Chalk Farm, London. Since then, 41 makeshift portrait studios have been set-up inside a variety of venues in and around the London Borough of Camden. Visitors to these venues were invited to have their portrait taken in return for a free A4 black and white portrait. So far over 1800 people have accepted that invitation. Equal parts English history, cultural anthropology and human narrative, the photographs eschew the overtly conceptual motifs of much contemporary portraiture in favour of the descriptive powers of the medium. This on-going body of work aims to reflect the complex nature of contemporary English society through multiple individual portraits.
44 pp, 170 gsm
20 colour images
220 X 280 mm
Softcover, 300 gsm
1. Edition 04/2017
JWFPS 01 was published by Butchers Hook books – an independent publishing company set up by myself to publish, promote and distribute my photography projects.
APRIL: VERA & JOHN AND ST PETERSBURG
Never expected this to happen. The Vera & John photobook has been selected for the 2017 Photobook Show in Brighton and in St Petersburg, Russia. What will the Russians make of Ma and Pa Wilde?
The dates:
Brighton – 5th May 2017
St Petersburg – 18 – 20 August 2017
APRIL: JASON WILDE’S FREE PORTRAIT STUDIO EVENT
Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio: A new free portrait studio event will take place on Sat 15 April / 12 till 5pm in the Clarence TRA Hall, Bradfield Court, Hawley Road, Camden, London, NW1 8RN.
Open to anyone from the age of 5 upwards.
Anyone that takes part os able to receive a free A4 black and white portrait.
Directions: The Red Dot marks the spot.
MARCH: VERA & JOHN AND THE PHOTOGRAPHERS GALLERY BOOKSHOP
Im well chuffed to announce that ‘Vera & John’ has made it onto the shelves of The Photographers Gallery Bookshop.
FEBRUARY: VERA & JOHN AND THE GUARDIAN
‘Vera & John’ was featured in The Guardian this weekend with a really nice article by Giuilia Rhodes. They also sent a photographer to mum and dads house to photograph the three of us – which went down very well with the folks. I think they like the attention they are receiving – especially the mum. She has been stopped and congratulated a fair few times while shopping on Camden High Street by folk that know of the project.
FEBRUARY: VERA & JOHN AND ROBERT ELMS
‘Vera & John’ was featured on BBC Radio London’s Robert Elms show this morning. They kindly invited me in to talk about the book and how it came together. Even though Robert Elms had been knocked off of his bike on the way to work and was in pain due to a couple of broken bones, he was still very professional and put me at ease with his easy going chit-chat.
FEBRUARY: VERA & JOHN AND SOME LOVELY FEEDBACK
Vera & John seems to be going down very well with those that have come into contact with the book/project………….“Probably the sweetest, funniest book published so far this year” / “A wonderful project with my 3 favourite L’s – language, love and London” / “A moving and important project” / “Truly lovely, the bits of life and love that get forgotten” / “A fab portrait of family life. Written on the back of everyday envelopes, Vera leaves notes to John. Funny, ordinary, addictive & touching!” / “I laughed out loud at the note about the barbecue bar! Brilliant idea for a book” / “Absolutely wonderful. The whole thing made me smile—a lot” / “If you haven’t got a copy of this unique, sweet and touching photographic story of Vera and John get your hands on one” / “Thank god there’s always the real world. It has become so easy to forget that” / “Lovely idea for a book. We should all do this. Before we self delete. Is there a way to save and print our texts?” / “Absolutely, Beautiful Idea. Beautiful Life” / “Anyone who can’t see the warmth and family values I feel sort of sad for. This is real family lucky for them” / “Vera & John – a reminder that life, like love, is in the little things”
FEBRUARY: VERA & JOHN COMES TO LIFE
Finally!! My first photobook! After 10 years of collecting and photographing notes, and after a month-long fundraising campaign, ‘Vera & John, has become a proper case bound photobook.
It took a fair bit of persuading to get my Mum to agree to allow me to share her personal notes with the world and even now the book has been published she is still a little embarrassed and bewildered by the whole thing. Dad just keeps chuckling.
Vera & John was published by Butchers Hook books – an independent publishing company set up by myself to publish, promote and distribute my photography projects.
I am very please to announce that after 51 free portrait studio events over the last 8 years the portrait count for Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio has finally reached my ‘2000 portraits made’ goal that I set myself at the beginning of the project.
The portrait count now stands at 2224
OCTOBER: JASON WILDE’S FREE PORTRAIT STUDIO
Boys and Girls of Camden and beyond.
This is an open invitation to visit the 51st and FINAL Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio being held in the world famous Hawley Arms on Sunday 15th October.
Sadly this is the last free portrait studio event and the last chance to become part of this historically important visual archive of people in and around the London Borough of Camden.
So far 1931 portraits have been made and Sundays final event should see me reach my 2000 portrait target – which was one goal I set myself at the start of the project.
The portrait studio is free and open to anyone over 5 and all participants are able to receive a free black and white portrait from their shoot.
TIME & PLACE
Once again the World famous Hawley Arms in Camden Town plays host to my mobile studio.
From 2pm till 6pm
Sunday 15th October.
The Hawley Arms (top floor private room)
2 Castlehaven Road
London NW1 8QU
The Hawley Arms is served by 4 train stations, Camden Town, Chalk Farm, Kentish Town, Kentish Town West and Camden Road.
The Hawley Arms serves good beer and great food (by all accounts their fish finger sandwich is a blinder!)
So that’s beer, music, fish finger sarnies and me, making portraits for FREE.
OCTOBER: JASON WILDE’S FREE PORTRAIT STUDIO
The World famous Hawley Arms in Camden Town once again plays host to Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio.
The 45th Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio event will take place in their top floor private room on Sunday 8th October.
The portrait studio is free and open to anyone over 5 – all participants are able to receive a free black and white portrait from their shoot.
JWFPS has been running for several years, building a body of work that brings together the diversity of British society through multiple individual portraits.
So far 1896 portraits have been made.
Time & Place
From 2pm till 6pm on Sunday 24th September.
The Hawley Arms (top floor private room)
2 Castlehaven Road
London NW1 8QU
SEPTEMBER: JASON WILDE’S FREE PORTRAIT STUDIO
The World famous Hawley Arms in Camden Town once again plays host to Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio.
The 44th Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio event will take place in their top floor private room on Sunday 24th September.
The portrait studio is free and open to anyone over 5 – all participants are able to receive a free black and white portrait from their shoot.
JWFPS has been running for several years, building a body of work that brings together the diversity of British society through multiple individual portraits.
So far 1845 portraits have been made.
Time & Place
From 2pm till 6pm on Sunday 24th September.
The Hawley Arms (top floor private room)
2 Castlehaven Road
London NW1 8QU
SEPTEMBER: JASON WILDE’S FREE PORTRAIT STUDIO
The 43rd Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio event will taking place tomorrow (Sunday 3rd September) in the world famous Hawley Arms pub in Camden Town.
The portrait studio is free and open to anyone over 5 – all participants are able to receive a free black and white portrait from their shoot.
JWFPS has been running for several years, building a body of work that brings together the diversity of British society through multiple individual portraits.
So far 1845 portraits have been made (more project info here )
Time & Place
From 2pm till 6pm on Sunday 3rd September.
The Hawley Arms (top floor private room)
2 Castlehaven Road
Camden, London NW1 8QU
JULY: VERA & JOHN
Vera & John at the Athens Photobook Festival
JULY: VERA & JOHN
Source, the Magazine for Contemporary Photography, has written and published a review of Vera & John in their new Summer 2017 issue.
JULY: VERA & JOHN
Christiane Monarchi, the creator of Photomonitor, recently asked me a few questions about the Vera & John project.
The full interview can be read on Photomonitor here
JULY: VERA & JOHN
The Vera & John book has been accepted into that National Art Library at the V&A.
JUNE: JASON WILDE’S FREE PORTRAIT STUDIO
Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio will taking place tomorrow (Saturday June 17th) in the ‘Solidarity Space’ in Kentish Town from 12 till 4pm.
JWFPS has been running for several years, building a body of work that brings together the diversity of British society through multiple individual portraits.
So far 1827 portraits have been made.
The portrait studio is free and open to anyone over 5 – all participants receive a free black and white portrait from their shoot.
Time & Place
The Solidarity Space (old Alied Carpet shop on the junction of Kentish Town road and Prince Of Wales road)
From 12 till 4pm
MAY: VERA & JOHN AND FOYLES
Another great bookshop has agreed to stock Vera & John. The Vera & John photobook can now be purchased from Foyles on the Charing Cross Road in London.
MAY: VERA & JOHN AND ATHENS
Vera & John continues to slowly make its way in the wider world. The Vera & John photobook has been selected for the 2017 Athens Photo Festival and will play a small part in their photobook exhibition.
Dates: Athens Photo Festival will be held from 12 June to 30 July at the Benaki Museum.
MAY: JASON WILDE’S FREE PORTRAIT STUDIO MAGAZINE
I am double chuffed to announce the launch of my Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio magazine. The ongoing nature of the project and the number of images already made offer up a wealth of interesting editing opportunities and JWFPS 01 is the first in a series of magazines that will explore this evolving archive of portraits.
JWFPS started life in 2009 under a railway bridge in Chalk Farm, London. Since then, 41 makeshift portrait studios have been set-up inside a variety of venues in and around the London Borough of Camden. Visitors to these venues were invited to have their portrait taken in return for a free A4 black and white portrait. So far over 1800 people have accepted that invitation. Equal parts English history, cultural anthropology and human narrative, the photographs eschew the overtly conceptual motifs of much contemporary portraiture in favour of the descriptive powers of the medium. This on-going body of work aims to reflect the complex nature of contemporary English society through multiple individual portraits.
44 pp, 170 gsm
20 colour images
220 X 280 mm
Softcover, 300 gsm
1. Edition 04/2017
JWFPS 01 was published by Butchers Hook books – an independent publishing company set up by myself to publish, promote and distribute my photography projects.
APRIL: VERA & JOHN AND ST PETERSBURG
Never expected this to happen. The Vera & John photobook has been selected for the 2017 Photobook Show in Brighton and in St Petersburg, Russia. What will the Russians make of Ma and Pa Wilde?
The dates:
Brighton – 5th May 2017
St Petersburg – 18 – 20 August 2017
APRIL: JASON WILDE’S FREE PORTRAIT STUDIO EVENT
Jason Wilde’s Free Portrait Studio: A new free portrait studio event will take place on Sat 15 April / 12 till 5pm in the Clarence TRA Hall, Bradfield Court, Hawley Road, Camden, London, NW1 8RN.
Open to anyone from the age of 5 upwards.
Anyone that takes part os able to receive a free A4 black and white portrait.
Directions: The Red Dot marks the spot.
MARCH: VERA & JOHN AND THE PHOTOGRAPHERS GALLERY BOOKSHOP
Im well chuffed to announce that ‘Vera & John’ has made it onto the shelves of The Photographers Gallery Bookshop.
FEBRUARY: VERA & JOHN AND THE GUARDIAN
‘Vera & John’ was featured in The Guardian this weekend with a really nice article by Giuilia Rhodes. They also sent a photographer to mum and dads house to photograph the three of us – which went down very well with the folks. I think they like the attention they are receiving – especially the mum. She has been stopped and congratulated a fair few times while shopping on Camden High Street by folk that know of the project.
FEBRUARY: VERA & JOHN AND ROBERT ELMS
‘Vera & John’ was featured on BBC Radio London’s Robert Elms show this morning. They kindly invited me in to talk about the book and how it came together. Even though Robert Elms had been knocked off of his bike on the way to work and was in pain due to a couple of broken bones, he was still very professional and put me at ease with his easy going chit-chat.
FEBRUARY: VERA & JOHN AND SOME LOVELY FEEDBACK
Vera & John seems to be going down very well with those that have come into contact with the book/project………….“Probably the sweetest, funniest book published so far this year” / “A wonderful project with my 3 favourite L’s – language, love and London” / “A moving and important project” / “Truly lovely, the bits of life and love that get forgotten” / “A fab portrait of family life. Written on the back of everyday envelopes, Vera leaves notes to John. Funny, ordinary, addictive & touching!” / “I laughed out loud at the note about the barbecue bar! Brilliant idea for a book” / “Absolutely wonderful. The whole thing made me smile—a lot” / “If you haven’t got a copy of this unique, sweet and touching photographic story of Vera and John get your hands on one” / “Thank god there’s always the real world. It has become so easy to forget that” / “Lovely idea for a book. We should all do this. Before we self delete. Is there a way to save and print our texts?” / “Absolutely, Beautiful Idea. Beautiful Life” / “Anyone who can’t see the warmth and family values I feel sort of sad for. This is real family lucky for them” / “Vera & John – a reminder that life, like love, is in the little things”
FEBRUARY: VERA & JOHN COMES TO LIFE
Finally!! My first photobook! After 10 years of collecting and photographing notes, and after a month-long fundraising campaign, ‘Vera & John, has become a proper case bound photobook.
It took a fair bit of persuading to get my Mum to agree to allow me to share her personal notes with the world and even now the book has been published she is still a little embarrassed and bewildered by the whole thing. Dad just keeps chuckling.
Vera & John was published by Butchers Hook books – an independent publishing company set up by myself to publish, promote and distribute my photography projects.