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Day 8 – The Miniclick Photobook Advent Calendar, 2014

December 8, 2014 by Jim Stephenson

Way back in March 2014, Jon Tonks came over from out West to give a talk for us in Brighton about Empire – a huge, ranging project that took book form in an imprint from Dewi Lewis. Jim Stephenson picked it out as one of his favourites… From 2007 onwards Jon Tonks travelled over 60,00 miles around the Atlantic Ocean to visit some of the most remote remaining outposts of the British Empire, spending at least a month on Ascension Island, […]

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Jon Tonks – Empire

March 30, 2014 by Jim Stephenson

Following on from Jon Tonk’s Miniclick talk in March, we’ve been taking a deeper look into his work over on our Tumblr, including some ‘further reading’ projects by other photographers that touch on similar themes, and this quick review of his book… Tonks’ Empire project is fully realised in a sold out book that was released last year. Published by Dewi Lewis and with a foreword from Christopher Lord the book feels every bit as considered, classic and British as the […]

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20th March ’14 – Jon Tonks

February 27, 2014 by Jim Stephenson

Globetrotting status does not always lend itself so well to be able to book in talks, but we’re exceptionally pleased that after chatting for a while over email, we’ve been able to get Jon Tonks booked in for a free talk down in Brighton on March 20th! Jon will be talking about his beautiful and fascinating project, ‘Empire‘… Thursday March 20th. Doors at 6pm, talk starts at 7pm. Free Entry at The Old Market, Brighton. Free Entry ‘Empire’ is a fascinating journey […]

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Day 8 – The Miniclick Photobook Advent Calendar, 2014

Jon Tonks – Empire

20th March ’14 – Jon Tonks