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A Nice pop up show

The Selfie Stick

Suited and booted

Whitby Goth Weekend

Mar del Plata

Drive by Shooting

Paris Air Show

Liberation Day, Jersey 2013

Liberation Day, Guernsey 2012

Pop Up Magic

Too Much Photography

The Facebook Problem

Russian Christmas Parties

Norman Wisdom and Me

Photographic Clichs

Modern Fashion Warfare

El Bulli

Black Country Stories

The Whites of Kenya

My Climate Change Conversation

Cardiff Working Mens Clubs

A day at the beach is the same the world over

Flying Nowhere

July16, 2015

Nice pop up show

Its the morning after the opening of the pop up show at Nices Thtre de la Photographie et de

lImage. Over the past three to four days I have been photographing the beach, the promenaders

and anything that caught my eye along the seven km stretch of the iconic Promenade des Anglais.
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Notes from an Arms Fair

Machu Picchu

Auto Crazy

Moscow Calling

The Season in Little England

During this project, my team from London were processing files, making prints and hanging the

show, all in front of a stream of visitors who could watch the whole process. Twice a day I would

return to base, download the recently shot images and after an edit pass on the next batch of
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The show was constantly changing. New photos were added and some taken down. The final version

of the show was ready 60 minutes before the opening.

Many of the visitors to the show yesterday had come to see the photos of themselves on display and

we invited them to take away a small print of their own image. We also had the smaller prints of

wider edits on the tables so these could be viewed as well. I have never attended an opening with somany people squeezed in and with such an enthusiastic crowd.
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Nice is a very cosmopolitan city and I wanted to illustrate this heady mix in the show. The Russians

have their own section of beach. The local Nicoise folk also have their own stretch, where

particularly in the morning they congregate for an early dip before the crowds descend. The

Japanese are noticeable for their umbrellas and sunhats, and then there is an ever increasing

number of the Chinese tourists: a new and very welcome addition to the tourist population. There is

a full complement of Northern Europeans, Scandinavians, Germans and of course the English, wholove to come for the guaranteed sunshine and to escape their own unreliable summers.


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Most of all, the locals frequent the actual promenade early morning joggers, late night dog walkers,

sunbathers and swimmers off to find their respective beach section. I stopped many of the strollers

and did their portrait, and invited them to the opening.


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Life on Nices stony beach doesnt just stop when the sun goes down. In the evening, especially after

darkness falls, it seems almost busier than during the day. Many groups, predominantly young

people, gather to drink, eat, listen to music and swim in the warm sea. Come the small hours, these



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groups start to thin out, but then it is the turn of the High Club just past the magnificent Le

Negresco Hotel to be packed out.

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Every morning, by 7am, the army of beach cleaners from the City are in full swing as they pick up the

debris from the night before (mainly bottles). These workers appear in force and have to navigate

their way round the many sleeping people who have curled up in a sleeping bag or just expired with

too much drink.



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By 7am, the very early dippers are also starting to show. Groups, mainly of older people, meet

regularly: same time, same place, day in, day out.

Les Promenade des Anglais now has a UNESCO-backed preservation order, but ultimately it is the

people that make up this complex and inter connected community. My attempt to unravel this was

hugely enjoyable, and the pop up exhibition was a great way to share my findings.

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