Stephen Johnson Photo Archive
@stephenjohnson.co.uk
I now grade stills for the likes of the BBC, the Natural History Muesum and Netfilx as well as train people in the ethical use of Lightroom and Photoshop. But before that I was a school boy who discovered photography in the 1970s....
No soil, no plants. Great effort to flatten an area for communal use in a village that is on the edge of the world. Ittoqqortoormiit in Greenland.
September 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
No soil, no plants. Great effort to flatten an area for communal use in a village that is on the edge of the world. Ittoqqortoormiit in Greenland.
May 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Night and fog and being there.
May 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Night and fog and being there.
Lees Hill Road, Sneinton, Nottingham. I went back 38 years later to find mature trees growing there.
Half closing my eyes I now see a square slab of perspex transecting the wall, post,chimney, shadow,smoke.
Mamiys 124G, shooting at night is exciting.
#monochrome #photograpy #wall #night
Half closing my eyes I now see a square slab of perspex transecting the wall, post,chimney, shadow,smoke.
Mamiys 124G, shooting at night is exciting.
#monochrome #photograpy #wall #night
March 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Lees Hill Road, Sneinton, Nottingham. I went back 38 years later to find mature trees growing there.
Half closing my eyes I now see a square slab of perspex transecting the wall, post,chimney, shadow,smoke.
Mamiys 124G, shooting at night is exciting.
#monochrome #photograpy #wall #night
Half closing my eyes I now see a square slab of perspex transecting the wall, post,chimney, shadow,smoke.
Mamiys 124G, shooting at night is exciting.
#monochrome #photograpy #wall #night
Saturday Night, The Arbouretum club Nottingham, 1982/3 part of my nightlife Project whilst at Trent Polytechnic.
HP5 film pushed beyond its limits as it captures the emotion of the moment.
#photography #fear #passion #halation #Kiev4A
HP5 film pushed beyond its limits as it captures the emotion of the moment.
#photography #fear #passion #halation #Kiev4A
March 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Saturday Night, The Arbouretum club Nottingham, 1982/3 part of my nightlife Project whilst at Trent Polytechnic.
HP5 film pushed beyond its limits as it captures the emotion of the moment.
#photography #fear #passion #halation #Kiev4A
HP5 film pushed beyond its limits as it captures the emotion of the moment.
#photography #fear #passion #halation #Kiev4A
A holiday in Prestatyn on the North Coast of Wales late 1970s.
#holiday #fun #british #photography #documentary #prestatyn
#holiday #fun #british #photography #documentary #prestatyn
February 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
A holiday in Prestatyn on the North Coast of Wales late 1970s.
#holiday #fun #british #photography #documentary #prestatyn
#holiday #fun #british #photography #documentary #prestatyn
Internationally renowned Newark Violin Making School. 1982.
I photograhed the prospectus for the college as a project and found a quiet contemplative atmosphere there.
Soft, natural light, Mamiya 124G TLR camera, 120 FP4 film.
I photograhed the prospectus for the college as a project and found a quiet contemplative atmosphere there.
Soft, natural light, Mamiya 124G TLR camera, 120 FP4 film.
February 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Internationally renowned Newark Violin Making School. 1982.
I photograhed the prospectus for the college as a project and found a quiet contemplative atmosphere there.
Soft, natural light, Mamiya 124G TLR camera, 120 FP4 film.
I photograhed the prospectus for the college as a project and found a quiet contemplative atmosphere there.
Soft, natural light, Mamiya 124G TLR camera, 120 FP4 film.
In a caravan in Wales in the late 1970s.
My mother would kill me for showing this if she were alive.
Documenting real life needs courage.
#smoking #photography #teabags #yorkshireterrier
My mother would kill me for showing this if she were alive.
Documenting real life needs courage.
#smoking #photography #teabags #yorkshireterrier
February 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
In a caravan in Wales in the late 1970s.
My mother would kill me for showing this if she were alive.
Documenting real life needs courage.
#smoking #photography #teabags #yorkshireterrier
My mother would kill me for showing this if she were alive.
Documenting real life needs courage.
#smoking #photography #teabags #yorkshireterrier
Self Portrait in a mirror 1982.
Black tape on a Kiev 4 camera.
Black tape on a Kiev 4 camera.
February 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Self Portrait in a mirror 1982.
Black tape on a Kiev 4 camera.
Black tape on a Kiev 4 camera.
Midland Institute for the Blind. Nottingham 1981.
Photography is important to me and I find it hard to think of the possibility of blindness.
Finding this empty building just filled me with sadness and I found myself taking a series of frames on my old Voigtlander Brilliant 120 camera.
January 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Midland Institute for the Blind. Nottingham 1981.
Photography is important to me and I find it hard to think of the possibility of blindness.
Finding this empty building just filled me with sadness and I found myself taking a series of frames on my old Voigtlander Brilliant 120 camera.
Ormskirk Street, St.Helens, Merseyside 1978. Building site for the Nat West Bank.
In photography its easy to glamorise, to photograph the extra ordinary. Its harder to document the ordinary.
In the gloom and the cold I found a kind of beauty.
In photography its easy to glamorise, to photograph the extra ordinary. Its harder to document the ordinary.
In the gloom and the cold I found a kind of beauty.
January 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ormskirk Street, St.Helens, Merseyside 1978. Building site for the Nat West Bank.
In photography its easy to glamorise, to photograph the extra ordinary. Its harder to document the ordinary.
In the gloom and the cold I found a kind of beauty.
In photography its easy to glamorise, to photograph the extra ordinary. Its harder to document the ordinary.
In the gloom and the cold I found a kind of beauty.
Isolation one
Yates's Wine Lodge, Nottingham approx. 1982.
Crowded on a Friday or Saturday night.
Kiev 4A camera, uprated HP5 film.
Yates's Wine Lodge, Nottingham approx. 1982.
Crowded on a Friday or Saturday night.
Kiev 4A camera, uprated HP5 film.
January 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Isolation one
Yates's Wine Lodge, Nottingham approx. 1982.
Crowded on a Friday or Saturday night.
Kiev 4A camera, uprated HP5 film.
Yates's Wine Lodge, Nottingham approx. 1982.
Crowded on a Friday or Saturday night.
Kiev 4A camera, uprated HP5 film.
Cowley school photo society visit Victoria Park, St.Helens. 1979. We negotiated missing Games period / Rugby so we do photography.
I was born 60 years after Queen Victoria died but in the North of England we lived in the echos of the Victoria Age still
Robert uses his Practika, I used a Zenith E
I was born 60 years after Queen Victoria died but in the North of England we lived in the echos of the Victoria Age still
Robert uses his Practika, I used a Zenith E
January 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Cowley school photo society visit Victoria Park, St.Helens. 1979. We negotiated missing Games period / Rugby so we do photography.
I was born 60 years after Queen Victoria died but in the North of England we lived in the echos of the Victoria Age still
Robert uses his Practika, I used a Zenith E
I was born 60 years after Queen Victoria died but in the North of England we lived in the echos of the Victoria Age still
Robert uses his Practika, I used a Zenith E
No, not a shot of a failed Mars Lander.
Abandoned carcass of a black and white valve TV set, possible early 1960s vintage.
Shot on 6×6 120 Kodak safety film. Taken on an old Rolliecord borrowed from the Gamble Institute, St.helens.
I photographed what interested me. Age? I was 15.
Abandoned carcass of a black and white valve TV set, possible early 1960s vintage.
Shot on 6×6 120 Kodak safety film. Taken on an old Rolliecord borrowed from the Gamble Institute, St.helens.
I photographed what interested me. Age? I was 15.
December 24, 2024 at 4:23 PM
No, not a shot of a failed Mars Lander.
Abandoned carcass of a black and white valve TV set, possible early 1960s vintage.
Shot on 6×6 120 Kodak safety film. Taken on an old Rolliecord borrowed from the Gamble Institute, St.helens.
I photographed what interested me. Age? I was 15.
Abandoned carcass of a black and white valve TV set, possible early 1960s vintage.
Shot on 6×6 120 Kodak safety film. Taken on an old Rolliecord borrowed from the Gamble Institute, St.helens.
I photographed what interested me. Age? I was 15.
Tuesday’s plastic corrosion awareness meeting was a big success.
Technology decays too, what is new becomes old.
As we age we become aware.
Radio from the Patrick Cook collection. Taken in his artist studio in Brockley, London, late 1980s
Shot on a Horseman LX 5×4 studio camera, 150mm Nikon lens.
Technology decays too, what is new becomes old.
As we age we become aware.
Radio from the Patrick Cook collection. Taken in his artist studio in Brockley, London, late 1980s
Shot on a Horseman LX 5×4 studio camera, 150mm Nikon lens.
December 21, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Tuesday’s plastic corrosion awareness meeting was a big success.
Technology decays too, what is new becomes old.
As we age we become aware.
Radio from the Patrick Cook collection. Taken in his artist studio in Brockley, London, late 1980s
Shot on a Horseman LX 5×4 studio camera, 150mm Nikon lens.
Technology decays too, what is new becomes old.
As we age we become aware.
Radio from the Patrick Cook collection. Taken in his artist studio in Brockley, London, late 1980s
Shot on a Horseman LX 5×4 studio camera, 150mm Nikon lens.
Three people assist each other in the search for knowledge.
Part of my Second Year Documentary project covering the courses at Newark College. 1981-2.
Ilford FP4 120 film. Yashicamat 124G.
Part of my Second Year Documentary project covering the courses at Newark College. 1981-2.
Ilford FP4 120 film. Yashicamat 124G.
December 17, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Three people assist each other in the search for knowledge.
Part of my Second Year Documentary project covering the courses at Newark College. 1981-2.
Ilford FP4 120 film. Yashicamat 124G.
Part of my Second Year Documentary project covering the courses at Newark College. 1981-2.
Ilford FP4 120 film. Yashicamat 124G.
Bikes in the garage 1978.
The oil was from dad’s Morris 1100 car.
I think he bought the car for £25, my bike had a woman’s frame but that cost £5 so I wasn’t too bothered, beggars can’t be choosers.
Russian Lubitel 2 TLR camera, ektachrome film.
The oil was from dad’s Morris 1100 car.
I think he bought the car for £25, my bike had a woman’s frame but that cost £5 so I wasn’t too bothered, beggars can’t be choosers.
Russian Lubitel 2 TLR camera, ektachrome film.
December 14, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Bikes in the garage 1978.
The oil was from dad’s Morris 1100 car.
I think he bought the car for £25, my bike had a woman’s frame but that cost £5 so I wasn’t too bothered, beggars can’t be choosers.
Russian Lubitel 2 TLR camera, ektachrome film.
The oil was from dad’s Morris 1100 car.
I think he bought the car for £25, my bike had a woman’s frame but that cost £5 so I wasn’t too bothered, beggars can’t be choosers.
Russian Lubitel 2 TLR camera, ektachrome film.
Mum preparing Sunday dinner 1970s.
Dad would be driving back from the pub after drinking with his brothers. Haydock, Merseyside.
The commonplace becomes uncommon with time.
#Sunday #film #70s #commonplace
Dad would be driving back from the pub after drinking with his brothers. Haydock, Merseyside.
The commonplace becomes uncommon with time.
#Sunday #film #70s #commonplace
December 12, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Mum preparing Sunday dinner 1970s.
Dad would be driving back from the pub after drinking with his brothers. Haydock, Merseyside.
The commonplace becomes uncommon with time.
#Sunday #film #70s #commonplace
Dad would be driving back from the pub after drinking with his brothers. Haydock, Merseyside.
The commonplace becomes uncommon with time.
#Sunday #film #70s #commonplace
1982. Primary school, Nottingham.
A design student was working on a project around the subject of schooling and I was assigned as a photographer for the project.
I was in my early 20s so my memory of sitting on the floor in front of a primary teacher was still fresh in my mind.
A design student was working on a project around the subject of schooling and I was assigned as a photographer for the project.
I was in my early 20s so my memory of sitting on the floor in front of a primary teacher was still fresh in my mind.
December 11, 2024 at 8:07 PM
1982. Primary school, Nottingham.
A design student was working on a project around the subject of schooling and I was assigned as a photographer for the project.
I was in my early 20s so my memory of sitting on the floor in front of a primary teacher was still fresh in my mind.
A design student was working on a project around the subject of schooling and I was assigned as a photographer for the project.
I was in my early 20s so my memory of sitting on the floor in front of a primary teacher was still fresh in my mind.
Had a quick chat with a friends son about photography today, he is making a start in it.
I told him to photograph to please himself and not other people.
Photography is about exploring and discovering, it is a universal medicine.
I told him to photograph to please himself and not other people.
Photography is about exploring and discovering, it is a universal medicine.
December 9, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Had a quick chat with a friends son about photography today, he is making a start in it.
I told him to photograph to please himself and not other people.
Photography is about exploring and discovering, it is a universal medicine.
I told him to photograph to please himself and not other people.
Photography is about exploring and discovering, it is a universal medicine.
Canning Circus, Nottingham 1980/1.
I was photographing locations described in books by local authors. The shot wasnt working till passers by helped bring things together. Pentax K1000, FP4, ID11 1:1
I was photographing locations described in books by local authors. The shot wasnt working till passers by helped bring things together. Pentax K1000, FP4, ID11 1:1
December 9, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Canning Circus, Nottingham 1980/1.
I was photographing locations described in books by local authors. The shot wasnt working till passers by helped bring things together. Pentax K1000, FP4, ID11 1:1
I was photographing locations described in books by local authors. The shot wasnt working till passers by helped bring things together. Pentax K1000, FP4, ID11 1:1
School of Violin Making, Newark, UK, approx 1982.
I was on a 3 year photo course at Trent Polytechnic in Nottingham and photographed the prospectus for Newark College as a project.
Entering this quiet area was unlike any other department. Creating from raw with focus and a delicate touch.
I was on a 3 year photo course at Trent Polytechnic in Nottingham and photographed the prospectus for Newark College as a project.
Entering this quiet area was unlike any other department. Creating from raw with focus and a delicate touch.
December 6, 2024 at 3:13 PM
School of Violin Making, Newark, UK, approx 1982.
I was on a 3 year photo course at Trent Polytechnic in Nottingham and photographed the prospectus for Newark College as a project.
Entering this quiet area was unlike any other department. Creating from raw with focus and a delicate touch.
I was on a 3 year photo course at Trent Polytechnic in Nottingham and photographed the prospectus for Newark College as a project.
Entering this quiet area was unlike any other department. Creating from raw with focus and a delicate touch.
Life within the sound of bells.
Mid 1980s trip Porto Portugal for some TSW stock.
Portugal is unlike anywhere I have ever been.
One night whilst walking the streets I was spotted by someone a little drunk, he stared at me intently and then exclaimed loudly “You have an English face!”
#🎞️
Mid 1980s trip Porto Portugal for some TSW stock.
Portugal is unlike anywhere I have ever been.
One night whilst walking the streets I was spotted by someone a little drunk, he stared at me intently and then exclaimed loudly “You have an English face!”
#🎞️
December 4, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Life within the sound of bells.
Mid 1980s trip Porto Portugal for some TSW stock.
Portugal is unlike anywhere I have ever been.
One night whilst walking the streets I was spotted by someone a little drunk, he stared at me intently and then exclaimed loudly “You have an English face!”
#🎞️
Mid 1980s trip Porto Portugal for some TSW stock.
Portugal is unlike anywhere I have ever been.
One night whilst walking the streets I was spotted by someone a little drunk, he stared at me intently and then exclaimed loudly “You have an English face!”
#🎞️