In planning Birmingham’s People I wanted to create a convincing portrait of all aspects of Birmingham’s culture and its social history. One popular image of the Midlands since the 70s has been its reputation as a centre of long haired heavy metal. As soon as I saw Martin I thought he would be perfect to […]

Afribeanne (on the right in the portrait) is a resident of Brixton and was visiting Birmingham during the Artsfest weekend. An art student, she had some great insights into the unique nature of photography and the importance of it being part of the community as you can see in the video interview below. She also […]

One of the most important  aims of Birmingham Photospace is to create a spiritual home in the city for the vast number of dedicated photoenthusiasts  who prowl its streets. One of the most enthusiastic photographers that we know has the Flickr name TheWishy and is an evangelist of the more esoteric areas of film photography. […]

One of the groups of people that have yet to be thanked by the Birmingham Photospace team are our families who have provided so much support for the cause. And so here’s my mother-in-law, the fantastic Pat Flynn MBE, formerly head of Library Services in Leicester and lifelong Brummie. As well as sitting for a […]

One of the joys of the Artsfest weekend was the sheer variety of people who were happy to be photographed, reflecting the diversity of Birmingham as a whole. As a photographer it was a brilliant experience. Noel here and his wife (soon to feature) were a great couple of sitters, both being extremely dignified models […]

Our Friday Photo is the fabulous Karen Strunks, a very talented local photographer who came down on the Sunday to lend a hand. She was a great help, both in guiding members of the public through the whole process and in assisting me behind the camera, especially late in the day when we had a […]

“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.” Oscar Wilde Liz has handled the Birmingham’s People posts up until now so I thought it was about time I wrote one. I photographed the majority of the portraits over the weekend and it was both an incredibly […]