During five years of living in China, I came to love travelling across the country on high speed trains. Sleeper car journeys weren't to my taste but a seated journey of a few hours was delightful, not least because I could leaf through the free magazines provided for
Anyone familiar with my pictures of Deptford's monthly jam, NU Sessions, will be looking at this blog and thinking, 'Yes, yes, yes, Sandy. But when are you going to give the people what they really want: the music shots?' They're coming – new and old
In late 2023 my dad took me and my cousin Stan to two London exhibitions of Japanese master photographers: Daido Moryama and Hiroshi Sugimoto. The Moryama exhibition at The Photographers Gallery was chaotic, overwhelming, overstimulating. It had the unanticipated effect of dredging up many grinding and painful feelings from deep
It's Easter Sunday. I am ruminating on myths of death and resurrection while I pull together some rhyming visual couplets. – SC, 5th April 2026 More of Sandy's things: Current project: TELEFOTON Online portfolio: sandyconnell.photography An object of mine: Original copy of ID photo for my
Where does one begin with a photo blog of mostly analogue subjects and found objects? As I have been trying to plant my feet firmly and wade in the mangrove swamp of my photo archive, I've had the chance to revisit (or re-acknowledge) some of the habits that