A diary of thoughts, fear and flirtation
Extremely hungover, my pal Greg noticed a guy starting to abuse a group of jesus freaks that were preaching in the french quarter. Out of nowhere two hungry cops appeared and wasted no time at all in removing potential trouble. I had a little Olympus xa I had purchased from a camera show earlier in Los Angeles and shot a few frames:
Snapped a couple of summers ago while fishing in the Atlantic.
On a recent trip through California I stopped with some pals outside Big Sur to take in the magnificent landscape. I noticed this drifter sitting by the side of the road. His van had broken down 3 days earlier and he needed a ‘substantial vehicle’ to tow him up the coast. I asked if he would mind if I took his portrait with his pet wolf:
I started a project earlier this year about kids in prison…it took me a long, long time to get access for this work and sadly I have had to ignore it for quite some months because of other opportunities. Now I am finally able to get back into it and I am really enjoying the challenge. Here is one of the shots I took back in April:
The 5 minute film I was commissioned to shoot for channel 4 is finished. I will have it up on my website soon. Until then here is a screen grab:
BBC 3 doc I worked in Israel in August is now on Iplayer.
I am just back from 5 weeks in North America traveling with my good pal and colleague Greg Funnell .
The trip went a little like this: London > Winnipeg (canada) > Los Angeles > Las Vegas > Los Angeles > San Francisco > Big Sur > Los Angeles > New Orleans > Memphis > New Orleans > London
It was a hell of a trip, with enough madness to kill a dozen buffalo – but we survived and survived well. The week in Vegas was for a magazine assignment which I will post here early next year. Here are a few production shots:
The highlight of the Vegas trip was our transportation. Kindly donated by our wonderful ‘production manager’ Nadine, her classic 92 Merc was a dream for negotiating The Strip – although the beast had a sickening tendency to drift at the wrong moments. We affectionately coined it ‘The Boat’ and it lives strong in our memories:
Private view_29th september_7pm
Earlier in the summer I was commissioned by Channel 4 to produce a 5 minute short film about modern day Belfast. Tomorrow I go into the edit for this armed with stills, interviews, video and some cool music from composer liam Tate .
My story is about an asylum seeker and a refugee and their attempt to make Belfast their new home. This work will be screened at the Belfast Festival in October.
Nomi
Hassan
