I know the old one wasn't very old but all these new fangled iPads and iPods meant it had to change. Now if you have one of these exciting devices you can carry me around in your pocket, Gucci handbag, manbag and Lidl carrier as the use of Adobe Flash is no longer essential (Apple and Adobe continue to fall out over the use/non-use of Flash on Apple mobile devices).
Apart from a fresh new design there is lots of new content (have a look you might be on it) and the images can be scaled and viewed in full screen even if you have a flash 30 inch display. As ever thanks and praise must be heaped upon web designer Mike English at Tealby Graphics who has burnt much midnight oil and probably Macallan whisky over this project.
I have also digitised some old press pictures from ancient prints, negatives and trannies. I think the earliest shot is from 1984 of The Smiths playing Sheffield City Hall. I was at college in Sheffield on the photojournalism course and needed to finish my "ambient light project" so saw an opportunity of working and playing at the same time - something I have been trying to perfect ever since. I knocked on the stage door and the manager let me in. I was lead past the band who were quietly sitting by a table of untouched food and vases of flowers (used by Morrissey on stage later). I sat on the PA on the stage and watched the most exciting band in the UK at that time play to a tenth capacity hall. The story was relayed to Smiths drummer Mike Joyce a few years ago on Radio 2 and he emailed me wanting to see the rest of the shoot. Just recently I found a roll of colour transparency I shot that lay forgotten for 27 years! If I ever find a way of making my old scanner work again I'll post some here and on Getty images. "There is a light than never goes out". Except on my Nikon scanner.
Please visit me at the same old address: www.michaelpowell.com
