Got an email flyer from shoot factory one of location78‘s agents this morning, about a new location they are now representing in Nottinghamshire Ravenshead, well it took me back, I had shot this house for Elle Decoration a few years ago with the lovely Andrea Lynch who has been a long term friend since we worked together for Harrods years earlier. The house as you can see is a modernist classic it could be straight out of a 007 set, packed full with modernist furniture which the owner Simon deals in through his shop Atomic in Nottingham, I absolutely loved this house when I shot it we had a great day, although a very long one waiting for it to get dark to do the exterior, but Simon did provide some great grub from the local chippy to keep us going, hope you enjoy looking at the images, I’d love to get an opportunity to shoot there again…..

Graham

In memory of ………… my new personal project which I am working on has just launched on my site I will be adding to it as and when I find more subject matter, have a look hope you like it and check back to see new additions as they are added

Graham

well we have some tech problems at the moment, the result is that the images from the older posts have gone walk about in cyber space, normal service should be restored just as soon as we can wade through the error and html code to find the gremlin responsible

graham

Graffiti is writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place, or is it just inspiration I saw these recently around Mildmay in Islington on the way to and from school with the boys I really like the style and use of black really beautiful work

Today is the last day of our trip to Berlin I have been here now for 4 days shooting new unseen interiors with Victoria Metcalf from Style NV, the images will soon be ready to be seen so check back in the next few weeks and they will be here to view in the sites newest development a PDF gallery of homes which I have shot for publication. While we are awaiting that to happen I thought I would post these images from East Berlin which is fast disappearing, a huge ammount of development is happening and so much has changed since I was last here shooting for Esprit about 5 years ago. You must come before it’s all gone, check out Visit Berlin who have been really helpful while we have been here, get a guide book and get here soon………

Graham

hi all

just got back from a well deserved family holiday in france, while there i read this really interesting book turning intelligence into magic by john hegarty creative director of BBH as anyone who knows about advertising will tell you about john’s illustrious career before and during the life of BBH began. it was so interesting reading john’s perspective on the creative process which has gone into some of advertising’s most memorable campaigns, the insights are valuable for anyone in the advertising/creative industries or indeed anyone in business i will be recommending this to all my freinds

back soon

Graham

After several years of working together with us Bob Cooper our web site designer has decided to take a step back to let someone else take the reins as we move forward with the development of our newest venture, into the world of e-commerce with the development of the soon to be launched shop7&8, which will soon be live on the newest of our sites www.sevenandeight.com , don’t worry will make sure you hear about it when it’s ready. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank Bob for all the hard work on designing our much praised sites which he has designed for us, GrahamAtkinsHughes.com above & Location78.com below. As he sails off into his new career as a photo-retoucher (which he has had running along side his web work for the last few years) we wish Bob the best of luck and a huge thank you,

Graham & Jo

Anyone who lives in Hackney will tell you stories about something wonderful they have found on the street, on their way to and from home. That’s how we came across these beautiful chairs - they were in need of a lot of TLC and some new webbing! Jo found them by the roadside one day, on her way home from our boys school, we then sourced some super cheap cotton velvet in Foy & Co near Cowbridge just outside Cardiff, and then got Mike a friend of Jo’s parents to do a great job of creating the beautiful cushions for them. The shots above are from two of the interior / lifestyle shoots by Graham, in which they’ve been used. On the left for SpaceNK and on the right is an Alexander McQueen designed rug, for The Rug company for their collection magazine & blog. The shots below are from our own direct bookings site www.location78.com, more street treasure stories soon……………

Graham

29.10.10

i recently had the pleasure of meeting and spending a day with jennifer guerrini-maraldi and photographing her lovely home/art gallery in battersea south london. after a very successful career working in the fashion media, jennifer now deals in the art of indigenous artist from her home country of australia, the works which she has on display all around her home have such an amazing clamming effect, i really would love to own one but there so many to choose from it would be a long & difficult process. this new path that jen has chosen is clearly very close to her heart, her passion for the works was clear to see when she started to explain some of the meanings behind the paintings and sculptors. to see the whole picture story go to gap interiors

have a great weekend

Graham