Peter Dench - Drinking of England

When I first came across this series of photographs I immediately thought of the work that I had done when I was  in college. Ironically this topic of photography is more universal than my professors had admitted.

Drinking is a cultural past time, and perhaps, as in Peter Dench's photographs a over arching national identity that span's all social barriers.

The English are drinking younger, longer, faster and more cheaply than ever before. In contrast to this ethos my  experience of growing up in Lancaster county PA helped fuel my curiosity about drinking.

Dench's photographs take the viewer thru every social stratum from the highest of societal charity balls to the lowest of low, drinking in the streets of London.

Drinking of England is an often laugh-out-loud stagger to the four corners of this badly behaved nation.

Cheers!

All Photographs by Peter Dench

Freelance Luncheon

For the past few years I have been invited to photograph a corporate luncheon at the Nissin Factory in Centerville PA,

Coincidently home of the Ramen Noodle.

Here are a few photographs, of many, that were either taken for myself, or were a nice accident.


Nice and random....
Christopher Moss, April 2011

BLACK & WHITE WEEKEND!

Jackson Pollock

Richard C. Miller

Watching TV Fights, Nicholson's, Sunset Boulevard, 1949

Bela Tarr's Werckmeister Harmonies- (Opening Scene)

Alex Leme- On Small Towns and Doubt

“With the gradual but steady rise of agri-business, the loss of small, family-owned and run farms, and the century-long exodus of rural populations to urban centers, farming communities have been suffering a slow and painful decline for decades."

"Loss of jobs, economically shattered families, failed businesses, de-population, and a general malaise of perceived worthlessness are common features of conversations that run through many small towns in America."

"What once was a relatively thriving center and one of the fastest growing communities in Eastern Arkansas, now we find a town littered with ghost factories, abandoned schools, and the carcasses of crumbling buildings while the handful of the remaining local stores struggle to survive."

"My central aim is to raise awareness about the situation witnessed throughout rural America and to promote a more serious discussion around the subject." — Alex Leme