Jess Dowson

m.arch | photographer | lecturer

End of Year Show

June 11, 2018

For the past couple of weeks we’ve been prepping for the end-of-year show. It has been rather fraught at times, but we’re there. Just some tidying up to do on Monday, and then we’ll be set for the private view on Friday @ 16:00.

One year left. Oh, and a thesis to do over the summer. I really need to figure out what I want to write about…

A mix of photography done around Hackney Downs Park whilst waiting to get my hair done earlier in the month.

#landscapephotography #londonphotography #urbanphotography #bnw #bnwphotography #fujifilm #fujifilmxseries #fujifilmxt5 #fujifilmphotography

Some select shots from the engagement part organised by Flo for @matt_ralph97 & @_bianca.stephanie earlier in the month. A lovely night was had by all.

#eventphotography #engagementparty #londonphotography #fujifilm #fujifilmxseries #fujifilmxt5

Long exposure experiments from earlier in the month. Some fun ghostly shapes along the coast from the local boat club, in addition to the promenade.

#longexposure #bnwphotography #bnw #fujifilm #fujifilmxseries #xt5 #hastings #stleonards #promenade

Bruges [3/3]

I decided to have a walk around after dinner on a couple of the nights I was there, and was rewarded with some beautifully haunting medieval scenes. However, two of my favourite moments were finding a spotlight and having some fun with

Bruges [2/3]

The old historic (UNESCO) centre was undeniably picturesque, and despite being quite busy, so long as you were content with exploring and wandering, you could easily find moments of peace.

I think it is also worth pointing out (even i

Bruges [1/3]

Whilst the weather was mainly dull, I had some fun at various points looking at the details of things, or using a gate keyhole as an impromptu pinhole viewer. There was also a type of green metal chair that was ubiquitous... evidently t

A selection of trials and experiments, especially in high contrast photos, taken along the South Bank in London at the end of September.

#bnwphotography #architecturephotography #streetphotography #londonphotography #southbank #southbankcentre #nati

A selection of photos taken during the tour of the Cockpit Deptford, organised by the @londonsociety1912 and shepherded by Oliver Cooke of @cookefawcett and Jonathan Burton @cockpitstudios.

As you can probably tell, I rather enjoy the dramatic high

Switched from bnw to colour processing for most of these shots, as I preferred the vivid "classic negative" fujifilm filter for these in the end. However, I felt the acros+ filter works better for the crowd shot as the clothes were just too

Open House Round #1:

Last weekend I endeavoured to make the most of the Open House programme run by @opencity_uk, signing up to a tour of Bradbury Works by @ynstudioarchitects. It was lovely seeing it completed in the flesh after first being introdu

Going through a "don't quite know what I'm doing phase". I'm putting these down to scratching a path/grid itch related to architectural design. I think I want to start overlaying similar photos and these to see what happens, although I'm eq

Some more photographs in a slightly imposing/menacing style of the skyscrapers around the City of London.

The first of the set I particularly like.

There may well be a lull in posts again whilst I decide on where to focus my photographic subsequen

This final shot from my few days in Prague was taken in a courtyard off of, somewhere. All I can say is that I enjoy the detail and framing. Nothing particularly special about the courtyard, or the structure, I just enjoy the detail and framing.

#ar

The so called 'New Stage of the National Theatre' offers some impressive translucent cladding, and I decided to take some skyward detail shots for reference. I especially enjoy the diagonal ripple/wave pattern on the corner. These were also taken wit

I'll admit, I probably did not take the most pleasant route to the Žižkov Television Tower that I could have possibly done. However, I did stumble upon a decent coffee shop along the way that did a great ham & cheese sandwich (it was much needed

This photo of a curved glass rooflight was taken looking straight up within one of the older (art-deco?) arcades dotted around Prague. Why? I find it kinda mesmerising.

#rooflight #architecturephotography #architecturalphotography #bnwphotography #f

This particular building was designed by @zahahadidarchitects working with @jakub_cigler_architekti and I thoroughly enjoyed playing with various approaches to contrast in digitally developing the first two images. The lighting on those couple of day

I took the opportunity to visit Prague at the beginning of June, and despite the temperature being rather toastie (around 29C for the entire week), I am glad that I did as Prague is a truly beautiful city.

As is normal for a city break, I ended up d

Third of a set of studies of the City of London a.k.a Square Mile, taken between late April + mid May 2024. [3/3]

Continuing from the earlier mention of shifting perspective and ground planes; I feel that this first photo of the side of The Leadenha