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  • 013: Luke Saxon

    Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk and @luke_saxon on Instagram.

    See Luke’s work on the show page.

    Mentions:

    Luke's website

    Robert Rauschenberg

    John Stezaker - British conceptual artist

    Charcoal Book Club

    Faile - Artistic collaboration between Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller.

    Stephen Gill

    David O Mara

    Dalston Anatomy by Lorenzo Vitturi

    Photobook Junkies

    Shout outs:

    Awakening by Elin Berge (Paul’s choice)

    Altered States Altered Scapes by Natalie Christensen & @jimeyrejimeyrejimeyre (Luke’s choice)

    Yves Tumor - Heaven for a Tortured Mind (Dan’s choice)

    Visit our website www.idlehandssociety.com

    1 hr 9 min
  • 012: Huw Talfryn Walters

    Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk and @huwcamera on Instagram.

    See Huw’s photographs and cinematography on the show page.

    “Treat the somebodies like nobodies; and the nobodies like somebodies.”

    Mentions:

    Huw's website (Pause this podcast and treat yourself to the Cinematography page. It’s okay, we’ll wait right here!)

    You can see the cinematography and photography we’re discussing on the show page.

    Michael Joseph

    Bob Miller

    Sean Goff

    Jürgen Teller

    Herb Ritts

    Mujahideen

    Philip Jones Griffiths

    Don McCullin

    Burton: Y Gyfrinach (Burton: Secret)

    Canon 5D ii

    Billie Eilish - Your Power

    Shout outs:

    Dan Wood (Huw’s choice)

    'Black Was The River, You See' By Dan Wood  (Paul’s choice, yeah that’s right, two shout outs in one podcast!)

    Man Alive! by King Krule (Dan’s choice)

    Visit our website www.idlehandssociety.com

    1 hr 11 min
  • 011: Peter Clarkson

    Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk and @_peterclarkson on Instagram.

    See Peter’s photographs on the show page.

    Mentions:

    Paul’s ongoing River Wandle project

    William Albert Allard

    Luke Saxon

    Underworld

    Massive Attack

    Best Coast

    Cycling chamois, yeah they’re real!

    William Eggleston

    Shout outs:

    Brunel Johnson (Peter’s choice)

    The Guide by John Myers (Paul’s choice)

    Bernadett Timko (Dan’s choice)

    Visit our website www.idlehandssociety.com

    1 hr 7 min
  • 010: Chris Lopez

    Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk and @clopezphotography on Instagram.

    See Chris’s photographs on the show page.

    Mentions:

    Mary Quant Documentary

    Hamiltons Studios

    Nikon F2a

    Mamyia C330

    Fitzgerald River National Park

    Bill Wyman

    Sony Music

    Tom Sheehan

    Mark Baker

    Gloria Estefan

    David Bowie

    Rankin

    DJ’s by Lopez

    Bodyscapes

    Nitin Sawhney – Philtre

    Damian Duncan

    National Portrait Gallery

    Dark Encounters

    Waiting For Anya

    Tony McGee

    Photobook Junkies

    A Bird Flew in

    Shout outs:

    Sasha Gusov (Chris’s choice)

    The Awakening by Elin Berge (Paul’s choice)

    All the days and nights by Doug DuBois (Dan’s choice)

    Visit our website www.idlehandssociety.com

    1 hr 19 min
  • 009: When is your work “good”?

    Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk on Instagram.

    Mentions:

    Lewis Bush Online Courses

    Understanding a Photograph by John Berger

    East London Up Close by Mimi Mollica

    Paul’s Lady in the red dress

    Streetmax21 organised but surreal candid photographs of groups of people

    Stephen Shore gets something out of ‘nothing’

    Shout outs:

    Think Like a Street Photographer by Matt Stuart (Paul’s choice)

    Holy by Donna Ferrato (Dan’s choice)

    Visit our website www.idlehandssociety.com

    1 hr 10 min
  • 008: Tanya Sarton

    Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk and @tsarton on Instagram.

    Mentions:

    Tanya Sarton on Instagram

    Nat’s painting

    Nat’s website

    Abstract - Netflix

    John Evens (designer)

    Comic Sans

    The Birdie Song

    Piano Pounding - Making Halo Infinite | Audio Field Recordings

    The Little Mermaid

    Grease Musical

    Calamity Jane

    Garry Lake - Actor

    The Lion King Musical

    Wicked Musical

    La La Land

    David Cummings

    Nico Froehlich

    The Blims (band)

    Danny Jack

    Richard Mosse

    Aerochrome Film Stock

    Shout outs:

    The Organic Painter by Carne Griffiths (Tanya’s choice)

    Ben Howard - Rookery (from the album Collections From The Whiteout) - (Paul’s choice)

    The Unseen: An Atlas of Infrared Plates by Ed Thompson (Dan’s choice - NOTE: add a comment saying you heard about The Unseen from the Idle Hands Podcast and Ed will throw in a free print with the book.)

    Visit our website www.idlehandssociety.com

    1 hr 2 min
  • 007: Nico Froehlich

    Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk and @nicofroe on Instagram.

    Mentions:

    Nico Froehlich Website

    Social Realism

    Alex Webb

    Saul Leiter 

    Alan Schaller 

    Matt Day 

    Willem Verbeck 

    Alys Tomlinson 

    Nico’s Photograph of the kid in the hoop

    Backerloo line extension

    Ravensbourne University

    Sidoli’s Ice Cream

    The war on drugs (band) 

    Josh Edgoose @spicymeatball

    Laura Pannack

    Shout outs:

    Sam Gregg (Nico’s choice)

    James - All The Colours of You (Paul’s choice)

    Art School Girlfriend - In The Middle (Dan’s choice)

    Visit our website www.idlehandssociety.com

    1 hr 8 min
  • 006: David Cummings

    Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk and @dlcummings on Instagram.

    Mentions:

    David Cummings Website

    Some examples of Davids work

    Duncan Robinson - OK Magazine

    Lego

    Canon 5D mk ii

    Holborn Studios

    Vanessa Feltz Grandsons 1st Birthday shoot

    Malcolm Menzies - Interior, commercial and hospitality photographer

    Harper Collins Publishers

    Mark Wright

    Gemma Atkinson

    Black Magic cinema 4K

    Arri Lights

    Gabriel Redd Hutchinson London based photographer

    Gail Porter

    Peanut from Nick Baines Kaiser Chiefs

    The Sun

    Cliff Parisi - Minty Peterson on Eastenders

    AOP website

    Joe Wicks

    Shout outs:

    Rowan Spray (David’s choice)

    Bunzu Soundz (Paul’s choice)

    Vanessa Panayi (Dan’s choice)

    Visit our website www.idlehandssociety.com

    1 hr 14 min
  • 005: Alfred George Bailey

    Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk and @alfredgeorgebailey on Instagram.

    Mentions:

    Alfred George Bailey

    Cooke Optics

    1917

    Bladerunner 2049

    I Still Breath

    Show Me The Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall

    Weather Report

    Alfred’s First Photo

    Nikon F1

    Citizen Kane

    Calamity Jane

    Greg Toland

    Tom Brown School Days

    Greenfield Tower Tragedy

    Jim Marshall

    Derrick Evans aka Mr Motivator

    Shout outs:

    For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness by Julian Germain (Paul’s choice)

    Betty Aldous (Alfred’s choice)

    Flowers by Zara Carpenter (Dan’s choice)

    Visit our website www.idlehandssociety.com

    1 hr 22 min
  • 004: Commissioned Vs. Personal Work

    Reach out to us. @dan_s_higginson, @paulbenceuk on Instagram.

    Mentions:

    Dan at Soda-Visual

    Dan Higginson’s wedding photography

    Romain Kedochim

    Dan Morris

    David Cummings

    Alfred George Bailey

    Shout Outs:

    The parameters of our cage (Paul’s choice)

    Chris Riddell - Five Years: Volume One (Dan’s choice)

    Visit our website www.idlehandssociety.com

    57 min

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Welcome to The Idle Hands Society, a community for creatives. Join us for regular chats with people across all disciplines, loosely focused on creativity.