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Sandy Connell

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Sandy Connell
Magpie 004 • Band tuning up

Magpie 004 • Band tuning up

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

By Sandy Connell 06 May 2026
Magpie 003 • People in an exhibition

Magpie 003 • People in an exhibition

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

By Sandy Connell 29 Apr 2026
Magpie 002 • Free Association

Magpie 002 • Free Association

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

By Sandy Connell 22 Apr 2026
Magpie 001 • A bird on a branch with a camera

Magpie 001 • A bird on a branch with a camera

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

By Sandy Connell 15 Apr 2026
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MAGPIE – a photo blog of mostly analogue subjects and found objects