Gavin Hammond Photography
Posted under: Gavin Hammond is a multi talented artist from London with an unbroken passion for analog photography. His dark and beautiful yet nostalgic work captures all the private moments and little secrets that are too often overlooked. The vast majority of the photos are shot in black and white, and play with shadow, light and minimalist shapes in an almost cinematic – or early 20th Century – kind of way.
Indeed, many of his pictures are reminiscent of the great early photographers: icons such as Erwin Blumenfeld and Edward Steichen, who turned photography (which was seen mostly as a craft at the time) into a legitimate form of art. Gavin takes us right back to a time when photography was much more soulful. Unlike most modern photographers, he refuses to retouch his work with Photoshop or crop them in any way; so all of his creations are almost exactly as he captured them with his Lomo LC-A+.
And if his work has a cinematic feel, that’s because Gavin has already written the soundtrack. In his other life, he is a well-respected music producer who writes beautiful songs from his small but airy studio filled with analogue equipment. In his spare time he also draws cartoons, shoots lofi films and writes poetry. It’s almost as if he prefers being lost in his own world to joining in with ours. So while looking at his pictures, why not put his Noir pop project Sweet Tooth on your stereo and drift away to a better place…
A very special thanks to Nini Baseema for writting this article. You can see more of Gavin’s photography at Flickr.
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