Mel Bouzad wedding photographer – record number of complaints

According to BBC’s The One Show broadcast on Thursday, Mel Bouzad’s Hampshire and Dorset Weddings Ltd. still hasn’t paid any of the nearly £14,000 awarded against it in respect of eight County Court Judgments (some in favour of dissatisfied clients). It has ceased trading, but Bouzad now operates as H&D Wedding Photography. The show says his wedding photography businesses have clocked up a record forty complaints — made against them to Trading Standards.

Alixandra Fazzina

“British photo-journalist Alixandra Fazzina has distinguished herself as one of the leading humanitarian reporters of our generation. For over a decade she has tirelessly rooted out stories and documented the plight of the uprooted through distinctive and moving photo reportages, with the sole aim of raising awareness of those forced to flee their homes because of conflict, violence and misery.” UNHCR

Siobhan Bradshaw, jazz photographer

Simon Towler interviews Jazz Cafe photographer Siobhan Bradshaw in London, England for NewPhotoDigest. She tells him about her portraits of Quentin Crisp and Ginger Baker, about transitioning from film to digital, and how she shoots the city.

Accidents will happen

How do you make a name for yourself in an over-subscribed profession like photography, where perfection is often just a minimum criterion for entry?

Well — as much as who you know, who and what you photograph — luck and accident seem to play a large part in it.

Simon Towler takes a look at the lucky strokes that have helped some photographers make their name.

Edward Weston: the photographer

A beautifully crafted 1948 documentary about “The Photographer”, featuring Edward Weston. This was to be the year Weston made his last photograph. For the remaining ten years of his life he struggled with Parkinson’s disease.

Robert Knight, rock’n roll photographer

Robert Knight was fortunate enough to build relationships with rock gods like Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and Led Zeppelin. In the interview for the new documentary about his life, Rock Prophecies, he discuss some of his moments with these larger-than-life musicians.

Man Ray

Documentary on Man Ray by Jean-Paul Fargier. This documentary includes treatment of Man Ray’s commercial and editorial portraits, and fashion photography, and the techniques he brought to these.

“Thanks to income from his fashion work, his portraits of rich Americans and his photos for advertising, Man Ray was never short of money.” –Jean-Paul Fargier

Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light documentary.

“I am so grateful that I have the capacity and the ability to make a living, support my family — which is the definition of being a man for my generation — support my studios, support my special projects, by doing advertising.” –Richard Avedon

Rankin

“Rankin Exposed” a documentary profiling British fashion, advertising and editorial photographer Rankin. YouTube video in four parts.

Mario Testino

Mario Testino Revealed: a CNN Revealed profile of London-based international fashion photographer, Mario Testino.