Quick bump on this one... may not be for everyone, but for those interested...
Not the South American photography this time, but a South African selection - aim to catch this at the weekend having missed the Leeds one...
Not at Outlaws this time, but at http://www.forgeandco.co.uk/ - in that there Big Smoke (London)
Over view over here http://www.dazeddigital.com/photogra...hanged-forever
Video here
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Grant Fleming (Photographer and quite a bit more) Thursday, 6th February 2014 (Outlaws Yacht Club, Leeds)
Again nothing to do with me but well worth highlighting for the conversation, photography (on display on the night) and creative adventures... not sure what they are putting in the water in Leeds, but it’s producing some top events… Chinwag: more rabbit than Morrison’s in the best sense possible ;-)
In Conversation with: Grant Fleming (Photographer and quite a bit more)
When: Thursday, 6th February 2014
Where: Outlaws Yacht Club, 38 New York St, Leeds
How much: Free I believe
The big-up: Chinwag is an evening of easy going chat about life, creativity and whatever else comes up with creative thinkers and doers. I'm delighted to be welcoming iconic photographer Grant Fleming as part of his exhibtion '¡Hasta La Victoria! A photographic journey - the struggle for Central America 1988'
You could no more describe Grant Fleming simply as “a photographer” any more than you could usefully describe any of the 120 countries he’s worked in simply as “a place.” It's this simple; If someone told you his story, you'd think they'd made it up and that they had an imagination in ADHD overdrive.
Indeed, the outline of his forthcoming autobiography 'Who Let Him In?!' is just the start.....
"I'm the son of a Canning Town docker and a shop-girl from Poplar and was schooled in Stratford in the shadows of where the Olympic stadium now stands.
I'll be honest - not much was expected of me.
But here's what I did anyway...
Helped create Screamadelica
Set up and ran the dance label at Creation - Signed the Sound of Shoom
Lived in Cuba, Colombia, Argentina, Brasil, Mexico, Hollywood
Partied with Timothy Leary
Helped to convince Afghanistanis to turn opium fields into pomegranate crops
Was Primal Scream's official photographer for 20 years
Exhibited alongside Bowie, Iggy Pop, Townshend, McCartney for War Child
As a musician supported The Jam, The Clash, Dexys when they went to no 1
Owned and ran a dance music record company
Owned and ran a band t-shirts/merchandising company
Led the original Skinheads as a mascot on bank holiday at the coast, aged 10
Stabbed in the Bernebau Madrid, chivved in the Paxton Road end Spurs
Been a post boy, office junior, a cleaner, a tyre-stacker, a driver, worked the markets (street not stock) a knocker, worked on building sites, in the docks and filed papers in a Vat office, a thief, a scammer, a musician, a photographer, a film-maker
Volunteered and worked for Medicins Sans Frontieres in Haiti, Colombia, Somalia
Been to and had adventures in over 120 countries
Been down the Nile and the Amazon, up the Himalayas and Andes
'Took care' of the Jason Donovan overdose incident in the Viper rooms in LA at Kate Moss's 21st
Took him to hospital, I felt responsible - I'd got him the drugs.
Johnny Depp quote to me after, "You got balls man.."
Helped put on the original acid house do's in the East End of London
Keith Mooned a hotel in the Soviet Union and escaped the KGB
Bunked school to see Ziggy Stardust
Kidnapped in Panama City and northern Somalia
Arrested too many times to remember, 13 convictions, county jail
Jailed in Salt Lake City
Fought in the struggle to bring down Apartheid
Met Nelson Mandela in South Africa and personally thanked by him for helping to bring down apartheid
Dodged bullets and bombs on the East Rand, El Salvador, Bogota, Rio, Palestine, Afghanistan, Johannesburg
Photographed Reagan, Bush, Ortega, Noriega, Mandela, Tutu, Kinnock, Scargill, Blair, Han Sen, Castro, Arafat, Karzai, Ahmadinejad, the Queen
Photographed Beckham, Weller, Oasis, Strummer, Jones, My Bloody Valentine, Lemmy, Redknapp, Maradona, Sir Geoff Hurst, Ronaldo, Romario, Gascoigne, Primal Scream, Chemical Bros, Manic Street Preachers, Death In Vegas, Annie Nightingale, Goldie, Rampling, Oakenfold, Weatherall, Farley, Sasha, Cox, Fatboy, Tong, Kate Moss, Roots Manuva, Usain Bolt, Winstone, The Stone Roses
Been Stills photographer on 2 movies in London and New York
Photographed Boca Juniors-River Plate, Celtic-Rangers, Allianza Lima-Universitario, West Ham-Millwall, Lazio-Roma
Flown a Mig jet over Moscow
Dived with sharks - not in a cage.
Seen 4 solar eclipses
Banned for life from the Venetian hotel, Las Vegas - for nicking a gondola.
Pulled in for murder
Fought the good fight against Thatcher and her establishment cronies on the miners strike, at wapping, for cnd and the nurses
Named and co-founded the Inter City Firm
Ace Face who led the Mod Revival in the late 70's
Part of the first wave of thieves who hit europe for branded sports gear like Fila and Sergio Tacchini, thus contributing to the birth of the casual
Spanish interpreter for a major hash running operation/ drug cartel through Morocco and Spain
Directed a program for Channel 4
Written a book
Hooligan, raconteur, nuisance, pest, jibber, loyal companion, heart of gold/steel, nerves of steel, never-say-die, point man, wing man,
Made video promos for Primal Scream, Roots Manuva, on dance music all over Latin America
Directed, shot and edited a full-length feature documentary film on DJ Paul Oakenfold
Played bass with goth legends Lords of the New Church and mod kings The Chords
Toured the land and recorded with the Cockney Rejects
Owned and ran a London evening newspaper pitch outside a station aged 12
Played football at Wembley
Worked in the docks
Cavorted and caroused with lords and ladies, dignitaries and dancers, presidents, royalty, supermodels and superstars. Hookers, junkies, criminals and sewer rats, no aint no mountain high enough, aint no gutter low enough.
Organised the legendary 'Great Ormond Street' party at Jam Studios London for a children's charity.
Disappeared into the jungle on patrol with the FARC in Colombia
Smuggled myself into Afghanistan via the khyber pass disguised as a local
Saw The Faces aged 12, and my first run in with the police
Sat on Bowie's knee aged 13
Followed religiously The Jam, The Clash, Sham 69
Tour managed Sham 69, Angelic Upstarts, superstar DJ Paul Oakenfold, Roots Manuva
Played around in the fetish scene
Never let it be said that my mother bred a coward. And also didn't he look great in heels! (Joke amongst friends)
Been a drugger and hard drinker for 30 years without even acknowledging it and all the capers that entails
Partied on every continent, danced in every major carnival of the world
DJed around the world
Ex-dealer and fervent advocate of Ecstasy
Followed West Ham United and England home and away from the 60's to the current day
Ran with the National Front and then fought fascism
Covered voodoo, world cups, riots, conflict, carnivals
A rock n roll wedding whilst on tour in New Orleans, married to a Finnish model & movie star
Produced a stage set and show for Roots Manuva
VJ producer for the House of Love
Promoted and produced Screamadelica Live 20 years in Mexico City
A witness on/to history - end of apartheid, hong kong handover, Arafat funeral, elections in Cambodia, Russia, Mexico, Egypt, Afghanistan
Star of stage and screen - Arena "Tell us the Truth", "The Knockers", "Whatever happened to the Knockers", " Ibiza 90" "2 x 4", "Payback Season" and talking head on countless documentaries about music and football culture
Spoke at Edinburgh TV conference, on bill with Janet Street-Porter and John McVicar
Written for magazines
Was photographer-at-large for Loaded during its heyday
Written 2 feature screenplays;
'London House' and 'The Knockers' ."
Hosted by therapist Chris Madden, Chinwag invites you to lean in and listen to a conversation about life, creativity and anything else that comes up. Unlike a Q&A, this is an opportunity to get to know someone a bit better, hear a few of their tales, find out what makes them tick, share some insights and ask a few questions too.
Held at the intimate Outlaws Yacht Club in Leeds, Chinwag is a unique chance to explore the lives and minds of our inspiring guests.
Chinwag in 2013 included sell out nights with Andrew Weatherall, legendary film-maker/DJ/cultural icon Don Letts, Creation Records head-honcho Alan McGee, celebrated artists Pete Fowler and Ian Tilton, best-selling author Bill Brewster, Eclectic dancefloor legen Justin Robertson, multi-million unit shifting rock band Spacehog, music genre-creating DJ Ease (Nightmares on Wax), acclaimed music writer/DJ Kris Needs.
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