Jeff Bullied Fine Art Photography

London had been calling and I answered! So great to be back in this most exciting and inspiring mecca for BNW photography.

Den Haag Centraal train station looking all architectural and minimalist. Exercising these old chops after shooting wildlife in Antarctica for the past 4 months. Please be gentle as I stick my toe back in this world.

Humpbacks are a study in power, mystery and elegance.

Penguins walking up a penguin highway amongst the raw, primordial environs of Antarctica.

Stavangar, Norway - Oil and Gas Museum

Man in the machine, Biblioteca Vasconcelos, CDMX.

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Shadows & stairs, CDMX.

The strain of exertion.

"Life consists of rare, isolated moments of the greatest significance, and of innumerable many intervals, during which at best the silhouettes of those moments hover about us."

- Friedrich Nietzsche, 'Aphorisms on Love and Hate'.

Mexico City's spectacular Biblioteca Vasconcelos (Vasconcelos Library) is a, architectural statement in the downtown area's Buenavista neighborhood, Cuauhtémoc borough. It was dedicated to José Vasconcelos, the philosopher and former presidential candidate and former president of the National Library of Mexico. The library is spread across 38,000 square metres (409,000 sq ft). The abundance of light from the outside, combines with its raw architectural elements, make it a site not to be missed.

Alleyway shrine to the VirginMary.

The famous Soumaya Museum in Mexico City, an architectural masterpiece created by Fernando Romero, explores the role of art and culture in human life and includes art by such luminaries as the French sculptor Rodin.

The light reflecting off the icebergs and glaciers in Antarctica is heavenly ..... literally.

The 7 constants of Antarctica: ice, rock, sea, wind, wildlife, silence, awesomeness.

The 6 constants in Antarctica: ice, rock, wind, sea, wildlife, awesomeness.

Time passing slowly in an airport.

This Workshop is lead by award winning photographer, Jeff Bullied. Here is a little update on some of his recent recognitions:⁠
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Most recently in 2023, Jeff received 5 Nominations across four distinct Categories for the People’s Vote Awards in the reFocus 2022 Black & White Photography Contest. Earlier in 2023 Jeff also received the distinction of 9 Honorable Mentions in the prestigious Monochrome Photography Awards: International Black & White Photography Contest for his images across multiple Categories.⁠
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In 2022, Jeff’s images won the following accolades in international competitions: ⁠
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1. Gold medal, Still Life category - 2022 reFocus One Shot Awards;⁠
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2. 3rd Place Honor of Distinction, Americana category - 2022 Black & White Spider Awards;⁠
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3. Editor’s Choice (Emerging Talent) - The Independent Photographer Awards;⁠
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4. Honorable Mentions in 5 different categories (Nature, Sport, Still Life, Americana, Silhouette) - 2022 Black & White Spider Awards;⁠
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5. Nominee in 4 different categories (Architectural, Fine Art, Silhouette, Wildlife) - 2022 Black & White Spider Awards; ⁠
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6. Two Honorable Mentions - 2022 reFocus One Shot Awards;⁠
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7. Nominee in five separate categories - 2022 reFocus One Shot Awards.⁠
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His photographic images have also been selected through juried competitions to appear in several gallery shows in the USA.

“I’ve been forty years discovering that the queen of all colors is black.” – Henri Mattise⁠
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Henri Matisse was a French Fauvist painter. He said, even after 40 years of painting and discovering, black is the most powerful color.

“Black and white is abstract; color is not. Looking at a black and white photograph, you are already looking at a strange world.” – Joel Sternfeld

“Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected” – Robert Frank

Robert Frank was a Swiss-American photographer and documentary filmmaker. His most notable work, the 1958 book titled The Americans, presented his outsider’s view of American society.

“Color is everything, black and white is more.” – Dominic Rouse

Dominic Rouse is an English photographer whose work includes photojournalism, commercial, fine art and advertising photography. America’s Black and White magazine described him as the ‘master of digital manipulation’.

“Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive.” – Eliott Erwitt

Eliott Erwitt is an American photographer, best known for his street photography. He also used black and white candid shots of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings.

“One sees differently with color photography than black-and-white… in short, visualization must be modified by the specific nature of the equipment and materials being used.” – Ansel Adams

Ansel Easton Adams was an American landscape photographer. His black-and-white landscape images showcased the American West, especially National Parks. They appear in calendars, posters, books, and all over the internet.

“In black and white there are more colors than color photography, because you are not blocked by any colors so you can use your experiences, your knowledge, and your fantasy, to put colors into black and white.” – Anders Petersen

Anders Petersen (born 3 May 1944) is a Swedish photographer, who works in Stockholm. His work features intimate and personal black and white documentary-style photographs.