Hugh Walker Photography

Blurb publications

October 2nd, 2011

Grandfather Henry, 1826 – 1905,  was a banker but with a keen interest in the visual arts. In the 1860/70s he submitted sketches to Punch and other journals which were redrawn and published as cartoons. He left two volumes of these original pen and pencil drawings which I have put together in two volumes – [...]

Work in progress

October 2nd, 2011

I was making so little progress with bodyparts – just one visit to the Print Studio – that I decided to remove much of this work from the site. Things seemed to have stalled, but the intent is to find a way forward. Sketches for bodyparts  at http://www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/2163098 – is the first attempt to put [...]

Cambodia trial verdict

July 27th, 2010

16000 deaths,19 years in jail – fury greets sentence for Pol Pot’s executioner This was the headline in today’s Independent – 27 July. The court ruled that the former maths teacher who had overseen the Tuol Sleng interrrogation centre  should be sentenced to 35 years in jail, reduced to 18 years 10 months after consideration [...]

Sets

July 23rd, 2010

I’ve decided to keep work in progress to myself.I’ll remove it bit by bit.The blog hasn’t generated any dialogue with one notable exception, and the work itself has far to go.

Galleries

July 16th, 2010

Putting a gallery together has its own logic. It’s what I call  Blakemore sequencing.( I hope John won’t mind this cryptic  reference to his very formative portfolio workshop in Glasgow.) The 3×3 or 3×4 + format often requires the reworking of an image, or reloading of the whole set to get the right balance.