Lost Sticky Fingers negatives found A set of negatives from the Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers album cover shoot, believed by photographer Peter Webb to have been lost 37 years ago, were recently discovered in the dark recesses of his brother-in-law's loft. Peter was amazed when he received a phone call to say a box of negatives had been found, and he rushed straight over when he realised which ones they were.
A selection of Peter's images, including a print from the rediscovered negatives of the actual image used on the Sticky Fingers album cover, are currently on show at the San Francisco Art Exchange as part of a touring exhibition entitled 'The DECCA Years, Iconic Photographs of The Rolling Stones 1962-1971'. The exhibition, which features the work of 14 photographers who individually shot the Stones during the period they were under contract with Decca Records, will visit Paris and London later in the year.
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Sir John selects images for first Lensmodern Book Lensmodern is proud to announce that it has recently published its first limited-edition book, which features 50 images selected from the Lensmodern archive by Sir John Hegarty. This is the first of what we hope will be a series of limited editions with images being selected each time by a well known individual from the creative industry. The book contains the work of 37 Lensmodern members and represents a wide variety of styles and subject matter, from Tomas Gidén's striking nudes to Martin Thompson's tranquil landscapes.
Portrait in format, the book measures 35x27cm, is printed high quality in full colour on matt art paper and comprises 108 pages plus cover. The artwork was designed by Kerry Roper of top London advertising agency Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy. We have already begun distributing the book to top creatives in agencies in London, and further copies are on their way to Europe and the USA.
If you would like to get your hands on a copy, we have a limited number available to purchase directly from Lensmodern at a cost of £15 + £4 for postage in the UK, £6 for Europe and £11 outside Europe. Contact mail@Lensmodern.com for further details or order your copy by phoning +44 (0)20 7639 0424. Click here to download a low resolution PDF of the book.
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Photos by Henk Bleeker in new Nashville book.gif) A book featuring a series of images by Lensmodern member Henk Bleeker is due to be released later this month. In 'De Bezem door Nashville' ('Clean up Nashville') more than 20 stars of Country & Western, including Johnny Cash, Linda Ronstadt, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton, talk to Dutch Music journalist Harry De Jong about their lives, their music and the 'Nashville' industry. Currently only available in Dutch, the book is illustrated with 16 pages of photographs by Henk Bleeker ranging from beautiful images of Texas to portraits of some of the stars. The book should be available from 20th January.
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Epica Award Silver for Joseph Ford images A series of press advertisements, with photography by Lensmodern member Joseph Ford, has won a Silver for TBWA Paris in the 2008 Epica Awards. The ads, which were for Pedigree Chum, were art directed by Philippe Taroux with creative director Erik Vervroegen.
The aim of the Epica awards, which are now in their 22nd year, is to encourage the highest standards of creativity in European advertising, and to help agencies, film production companies and photographers to develop their reputations across the continent. The awards are judged by the European advertising trade press - 34 magazines from 27 countries were presented on the jury this year - and the winners receive widespread media coverage throughout Europe. The the winners and finalists are published in an annual Epica Book along with a selection of the best of those short-listed. For further details visit www.epica-awards.com.
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Black & White Spider Awards This image by Lensmodern member Andreas Heumann was awarded second place and a Merit of Excellence in the 'Nude - Professional' category of this year's Black and White Spider Awards, with another of Andreas's images receiving an Honorable Mention in the same category. The Spider Awards is an organization dedicated to the advancement of black and white photography; their aim being to bring photographers from all corners of the globe together with leading industry figures to participate in a unique annual celebration of this classic art-form. The international list of judges for this year's awards, which is the fourth, included individuals such as David Clarke, Head of Tate Photography at the Tate Gallery in the UK and Rebecca Bedrossian, Managing Editor of Communication Arts in the USA. The on-line exhibition, which can be viewed at www.thespiderawards.com, features all the winning and nominated images and includes more images by Andreas, as well as work by Lensmodern members Adam Hinton, Gautam Naurang, Morgan Silk and Massimo Cristaldi.
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Lensmodern photographers shine in SUN Lensmodern members took the top two places in the 'Best Image' category at this year's SUN Awards 08, hosted at the Lowry Hotel in Manchester on 6th November. Robert Pogson's 'Alpine Choughs' was awarded first place, with Carl Pinnington's 'Llandudno Pool' taking second.
 Originally organised by the Association of Photographers but now run entirely independently by northern based photographers (including our own Doug Currie), the SUN Awards showcase and reward the best professional photography in the northern regions of the UK. Visit www.shotupnorth.co.uk for a full list of winners and to view the selected entries.
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Allan McPhail shoots global Volvo campaign Allan McPhaill recently shot five advertisements for Volvo's "Life is better lived together" global campaign. The "Road Trip" style ads called on the photographers' talent to shoot both cars and people in five locations across California. The images are now appearing as double and single page international press ads.
Allan's strength of composition and use of available light and open space to create simplistic images that emanate beauty and integrity, has attracted commissions from many international clients such as Nike, the Mauritius Tourist Board and British Airways, as well as most of the big car manufacturers, including Audi, BMW, Ford, Renault, Toyota, Peugeot, and now Volvo.
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