Ed Swinden Photography

I love your portfolio, great stuff!! Thanks for giving me good ratings on my photo!!

please check out my response to your comment...thanks for the help and tell me what you think

Your 'states of mind' is not of this world. Amazing work.

hello, i liked your portfolio a lot. very original and inspiring stuff ! good job and keep it up ;)

I have spotted you in June and I re-discovered you today. I am very impressed. I will need some time to digest all this wealth

Thanks for commenting on my photo. Your portfolio is wonderful. Thanks for sharing it too. :)

Imprevessive collection of photographs

Great portfolio. One of the best in Photo.net.

Your photography are all fantastic! compliments! sole images, different, to the of outside the rule! You are capable of to observe and to see what that other they do not see and intense activities well with the color. excellent also the Black & white one! ...Portfolio excellent!

You have a really great portfolio! Very strong pictures.

Your talent is obvious & best stated by the image labelled "supplication". It should have been called "out of the frame"!!

As a former colleague of Ed's - scrabbling for stories as reporters on a local paper for years - it's fantastic to see that he's found his true vocation. Very impressive stuff.

Ed..... apart from a great collection of images 'stop and search' really deserves a presentation format. Please consider doing one. Awesome work!

Sally

you are one hell of a good photographer ... i spent few hours looking at your work congrats

Looking through your portfolio is a real feast for the eyes. It's a little disheartening in the sense that it makes my own efforts seem rather lacking (the bog roll concept picture seems strangely appropriate all of a sudden) but on the other hand it makes me want to press myself that little bit harder to make some really great pictures of my own. Did I mention how good your pictures are already? Thanks for making trawling through photo.net so rewarding.

I LOVE 'urban landscapes', 'ordinary lives', 'simplicity', 'in transit' and 'solitude' absolutely brilliant, all 7/7, not too keen on the computer manipulated images though( 'states of mind' and 'in the city') but that's just me so don't take it the wrong way - well done, i'll be checking back regularily!

I mark you as interesting person. So I come to vote your photo with more time... Really good a work.

Ed, I'm amazed. I have to agree with Lucy, it seems you have found your true vocation. Keep it up

Cheers

Agree whole heartedly the stop and search needs and should be in a presentation format.

Well conceived.

i've just stumbled across your portfolio and have to say what a great body of work!i will look forward to returning. cheers phil.

Wow!! This is a great and really impressive portfolio. Wonderful photos!!!! Merci pour votre commentaire sur mon portfolio. Il est encore loin de la qualite du votre.

...For your comments on my folder. It has given me the opportunity to visit yours. After seeing your wonderful work, your comments mean so much more. If I can't learn and be inspired from your folder there's not much hope for me! Thank you

Nice work, I especially like the stop and search and the urban abstracts. Very consistant.

when winter really sets in. Looking through these 400+ photos will take some time. but will surely be worth the time! Very good so far.

I like the work that beams, that cosmic trip between abstract and the urban side, the handling of the color in the takings is perfect congratulations

Thanks for the comment on my portfolio, Ed. I probably should post more storm chasing photos (most are taken in my pre-digital days, though, and scanning slides is so depressing...)

I really enjoy your City at Night series - lots of motion and great color saturation and composition! Really motivates me to want to try more urban night photography.

I have to agree with several other people - Stop and Search is a great concept. A presentation format would be great. Or maybe just larger uploads so we can see more clearly what everyone is carrying (speaking of which, I found "The Journalist" intriguing and unexpected). But what a fun and engaging idea!

Fun work!

A visual poet Ed, very nice.

Wow what a wonderful and full portfolio. Keep up the excellent work Ed!

Im very impressed!! congrats! r.

Simply superb.

Great collection of work. Very talented... Ed Swinden ;) Best Regards.

Wonderful portfolio!

Your feedback and comments fuel my determination to try to create something new and beautiful every day. I have recently re-ordered my folders, so some of the images you liked may have moved. I hope you will keep looking out for them and keep talking to me about what you like and don't. Best wishes.

It took me quite a moment to go through all your folders but I don't regret it at all! On the contrary, as I was browsing, I felt like saving this one, that one, and that one too, realysing all of a suddend how many I wanted to keep in my photo library. In every folder I found more than one very good photos. Good means well composed, well seen, creative, out of the usual. But in all of them I was able to detect a huge pleasure of seeing! And that one alone passes to the viewer! Thans a lot for sharing!

A M A Z I N G

Ed - you are truly an 'artiste' - Wow! Not only do you have wonderful compositions, as a photographer, but also your manipulations have your own style that I cannot quite define - they are 'way coooool!' I am especially taken by your Dark Hyperreality folder - it's got that feel of those Fish-era Marillion album covers from the early and mid 80's - Would love to learn your technique! All the best, Serge

i like your portfolio. if you can, pls tell me what u think about mine. thanks

Hello Ed, my family were very taken by your depressed and suicidal toys.

Sylvia Plath, hmmm, the worst part of university education.

Best wishes. Pete

Ed: An adventurous portfolio...full of humor...and shot with a compassionate/passionate eye. Wonderful work.

WoW, I really love your work! Keep it up! Regards Stefan Brauchli

Ed, As many have said this is a very impressive scope of work that you have. It will take much more time to look, and I will with delight. I really like "Solitude" and "Urban Abstracts". You are a very good and prolific photographer. Regards, Todd

outstanding work. so creative. you make the ordinary so interesting to look at.

fantastica galeria. me gusta el toque de color que convierten fotografias de lugares ordinarios en algo realmente extraordinario. Great!!

An impressive portfolio, both in quality and quantity. Very inspiring. Thank you for sharing!

Ed, your solitude folder is a delight. Not that the others are not... We see thought, meaning and a lot of hard work inside and behind each piece. I had another pleasent evening. Thanks

Your work and creativity is fantastic! I especially like your paper reversal folders. I hope you have now found a way to dry and set the colors. My best wishes, Merni

You frustrate me I want to crawl in a hole...who are you...STOP the PHOTO NET.... just let me off right here... do you Teach?? are you a really old wizard or something? you have such a devestating variety here... are you really just one person???

Thanks Scott...for the ultimate compliment! I'm afraid I am just one - perhaps slightly obsessive - photographer, with only a few weak spells... Isn't that right Ed? Yes Ed, quite right. ;-)

I don't know to much about photography but i love your style. All of your photos are unique. They have inspired and shown me a different side of photography. What type of effects or programs, camera, etc. do you use. Have any won a prize on this website? I would love to put some of those up in my home. Awesome!! -Jo Ann

Great Stuff!

-James

I keep scrolling, and they keep coming. Wonderful portfolio.

Bravo my friend bravo you must be pro ! i love it

Very nice portofolio, I really like you're abstract photos, very nice colours and allot of interesting and original ideeas, best regards ...

Ed , you are a great artist . You have to exhibit your work , when ?????

Gartner

Glad I found your portfolio.

Hello Ed, Your portfolio is entertaining and challenging. I would be a happy man if I could produce the kind of creativity and inovation your work displays.

Very best wishes for your book. If I buy a copy, can I get it signed?

P

I can't believe in my eyes. Incredible portfolio! I'll look to each of these great photos. Congrats. Best regards.

Looking through your portfolio is letting the mind wander and wonder. Very attractive. Cheers, Sam.

What a portfolio. One of the best in street photography. I like your attention to details and folder styles. Great job Ed.

WOW.. wow. daer Ed. you have such a brillant creative artistic PortofolioS! I am amazed. bravo for all :)

I will come back for more. Superb work :)

All my best, and thank you, Biliana

I left a comment on "Flats" which amidst all these wonderful photographs might simply still be my favorite! But not without mentioning some very special others: Poppies, and the magnificent PS work on Steps and Magic Road, and the Boat Awaiting Sunset within the Gran Canaria, and last but not least, a brilliant Red Cherry, and overall, your penchant for many things red! Thanks much for all the wonderful images.

I love the world you show us.. I will return to your Gallery often Thanks! Dewey

Emotional tension fantastic in nearly all shots. How do you do it? Keep going with the intuition thing.

I have great time everytime I come here

Singular portfolio lleno de creatividad y divertida fantasia. Un cordial saludo

I mean this as a compliment. You are really 'out there' in terms of your creativity!! Appealing to people who are not much into that genre is really something! That's what I think your photos do (at least to me). You make mundane things and events seem... well interesting... I was going for something better than interesting... I am not getting a word for it, so let's go with interesting until then.

really unusual and fashinating

Ed, glad to have "discovered" your porfolio. I like the photographs (will have to come back often to soak in one folder at a time), they embody the simplicity and clarity that is astonishing as well as inspiring. Thanks!

Everything in here is like exhibition material. You really have an eye for the extraordinary and original. So glad i found your portfolio. Keep up the amazing work.

fantastic portfolio Ed, I like your style. You've a great eye and some really original shots, will look forward to seeing more

First look at your portfolio, and I'm ... stunned. Incredible number of different things, so much creativity. I must come back very soon. Congrats

Ed, very inspiring, every single photograph or art image, ahoj jana

Many good photos. All differents and in its one a different story.

Congrats, Mikel.

With the exception of "Urban Form III" at 33 imagess, the largest folder by, shall we say, a health margin is "Dark Hyperreality" with 30 images, more than twice the number in "Bright Hyperreality..." Are you OK?

A truly impresive and refreshing look at phtoography. You are a master of the art.

What a wonderful and strong portfolio.Incredible and very strange.Congrat...

Great great great portfolio.. Amazing. Your good in a lot of styles. It was entertaining all the way through your many photos. Im really inspired now.

Wow. Your skills are so vast and wide. These photos showcase the variety of you skills.

Fantastic Body of work Ed, congratulations.

I feel like giving up now !

Well Done

Mark

PURE - ORIGINAL - VERY CREATIVE PF...and all street shoots are amaizing...best regards.cris

I love your photos man! Very original and excellent use of digital mediums. But also beautiful, mysterious, and human. Congratulations on great work! 7/7 for the whole thing!!

Thanks everyone, again, for your compliments. Always appreciated, especially on those days when I'm feeling everything I do is rubbish! I'll keep trying, experimenting, and hopefully occasionally having the odd flash of inspiration! Best wishes.

You are an inspiration. Keep on. There's no rubbish here.

I really enjoy your composition. It's mysterious and fun. I love the color and tone of some of your work as well. You are an inspiration.

i really appreciate ur style!

Such a diverse portfolio Ed, have really enjoyed browsing though your pictures. Will be back thats for sure.

Wow, good stuff, starting with your biography which gave me a good laugh, I hope intentionally. Actually I was diected to this site by Milo G. who thought I might find it interesting and a pick-me-up after some of my photos got absolutely creamed. Nothing like a little dose of creative imagination to send your kite sailing again. You've got a load of great stuff, too much for one sitting, so I'll mark you as one of those "interesting people" (and part-time enemy of the state) and peruse at my leisure. Regards, Jack

So many different pictures! And many of them are very original. I'm going to see them more carefully.

Fantastic portfolio...never seen anything as original and organised as this.

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Ed, again and again do I visit, and, not only do I see a great deal more, but I also read comments from others who share my delight in your work, then look at their's and oftentimes am captured by their work too! Aw, it is nice here on PN. Thanks for your contributions, Regards, Todd

no words for all photos..very interesting. Good

What an eye! What an imagination! What talent!

Talent abounds within. If I get bored I'll return to remind myself what I am trying to discover in myself..maybe some talent produced after a lot of hard work. Thanks for showing there are many paths to producing great photographs.

Ed, you continue to amaze me, thank you.....

Love your images. Makes my trigger finger itchy, have to go shoot some more.

Hello Ed, I enjoyed looking at your images on the BJP web site.

Pete

Wonderful portfolio. I pleasure to 'walk through' your world. Imaginative, creative, caring, inspiring. All the best, Mike

What a nice portfolio. I especially like your use of color and original themes. It is inspiring.

An amazing portfolio. Before clicking I was wishing you had organized it into chronological folders or something, so I had somewhere to start without having to go the whole hog. I'm so glad I did though - each folder is so uniquely interesting.

Ed, your portfolio is overflowing with innovative images, artistic execution and humour. There is far too much to cover in one visit. I shall return. Thanks.

I like the idea of "Stop and Search: Can We Be Defined By What We Carry?" very much. Great portfolio.

It's a very big pleasure go for your portfolio...so much to see. I love it !!!! ciao ciao Mg

Happy New Year! Thank you for all your support and comments on my photos in 2005. May 2006 be a very good year for you and your family, Best wishes from Dallas Texas

Your talent speaks volumes - great ideas showing here. Really liked the suicidal toys and stop and search series.

Bit presumptuous given my c**p portfolio, but: Either become better acquainted with PS or leave it alone. Same with lighting (technically) as it needs to be more developed - some shots are simply too 'flat'.

But that's just technique, anyone can learn that. You got the eye and the ideas - rare indeed. Very much looking forward to see more of your work!

You are a master !!!

You got some pretty weird stuff here.... I like it! keep it up.

Wow...just wow. Your photos are breathtaking, and inspiring.

Your photo are very equilibrate e artistic. Many compliment for your work from Italy. By Stefano

It had to be done! There were nearly a thousand photos in my portfolio and I decided I had to clear out many of them. The ones I've kept are not necessarily my favourites, but the ones that seemed most popular - so I've put them in a double album called Greatest Hits (a-d). I will be making changes to my home website shortly and hopefully you will find some more structured folders of my conceptual work there in the coming weeks. Thanks for all your comments and critiques - I have not deleted the memory of them along with the pictures! I hope some of the remaining images are strong enough to stand alone, outside the series that featured them. Best wishes, as always.

Well, ok. I'm not sure that going by popular tastes is the best route, especially as it is hard to qualify the audience. You have some pictures that rise above popular tastes and, even if "traditional" in format, represent breakthrough vision. For example, the shadow of the pigeon flying, the three boys jumping off a cliff, Serena, the woman with the red skirt facing the grey sea and several others that set you apart from a talented field. Many of the images you retained on this site show talent, versitility and personality, but "fit right in" with other photographer's work. I have the admittedly biased view that the true fine artist sets fire to the exisiting form by discovering new or more relevant values underlying it and a way of expression that breaks clean with the past. You somehow manage to pull it off as a refinement of what's gone before, not a revolution.

Hi Peter, I agree with you, and I am actually replacing some of the series in miniature on the site, for reference. But I had to make cuts, and was considering the 'core audience' of Photo.net... the public gets what the public wants, as I believe someone once said! The more 'arty' or 'slow-burning' stuff probably belongs on my home website, which I'm in the process of rebuilding. My hope is that by 'going commercial' more people will find my work, and maybe ask to see full series again... the other images still exist, they are just resting! I hope my work is artistic, but I never set out to redefine photography as a genre. I just show the world as I see - and feel - it. Sometimes the result is barely photography at all, and so maybe doesn't belong here. But it is very kind of you to say that I manage to pull it off! I really appreciate the appreciation - if you get what I mean! Thanks again, and best wishes.

Really impressive portfolio, strong, real, alive. A feast for the eyes and an invigorating source of inspiration. I feel bad not to have seen the other images you've deleted. Hoping you to post more shots! Best regards, Alex

Hola : )

You have an original eye and technique. Very nice work. I hope to see more in your People portfolio.

Your portfolio took me by surprise, your work needs to be on photo.net to prove that the difference between photoraphy and art photography is in the way one looks through their viewfinder. These photos are genius.

I guess I'll just get in line and congratulate you on some exceptional work. I just now discovered your portfolio and smiled. Very nice.

Ed, I must join others before me and express my deep admiration. Many of your photos are pure masterpieces. I appreciate especially two photos which you have given very simple titles: Street and waiting. In these two photos you manage to create a graphical art of highest level using very few elements and beautiful colours. I can assure you that I will be a regular visitor in your gallery.

Anders

Hi Ed Congrats on a truly excellent portfolio - very inspirational! Really enjoyed your presentation at Red Eye 2 weeks ago so wanted to check out the rest of your work! Having spent the day wandering around manchester yesterday appreciate how difficult it is to get quality images. Only just subscribed to photo.net today so may pluck up courage to submit some of my efforts in near future. Look forward to seeing more of your work. Regards. Richard

Hello Ed, it's a shame your suicidal toys didn't get into the greatest hits, but you have revitalised your portfolio quite a bit with the recent cull.

I'm looking forward to more new material.

P

Ed, excellent photos.

Cheers.

Ed. Add me to the long list of admirers. Of all the portfolios I have viewed up to this point in life, yours will forever stand out in memory. The few minutes I have spent perusing your images have been without question some of the most inspiring... It is without needing to say that I love what you do and wish you all the best.

I like your abstract and street works. All your photos are HQ and most of them are graphical. Thanks for sharing. I'll visit your images, one by one. Regards.

Wonderful portfolio! Very inspiring. Thanks, Mo

Wonderful, creative portfolio! What an eye! And best of all, you're prolific! Love your 2006 work.....I'll visit your site regularly now.

Like the others said: wonderful, creative portfolio!

All the nice things people have said above and more!! I really hope that someone with so much talent and skill is living the dream. Ed, I've checked out your website and it appears that you are perhaps living the dream! Truly an inspiration for all of us just putting our toes into the water! May you continue to create and acheive all things beautiful, as a true artist should.

Great street photos! Some are really breathtaking! Best wishes, Lars

One of my favorite porfolios!. Great work, congratulations!

this is a great portfolio, rich of very fine images, you are an artist, you choose carefully the best details, good composition, sharpness and colour, Thanks for sharing, ciao Giangiorgio

Just plain and simple: this is amazing stuff. Hugo

Inspired!!!! Love your work, how very interesting and unique!

Ed I commented on your work back in February and since that time I have seen you continue to push the creative boundaries like few others on PN. Your skills and passion embody the essence of what photography inspiration is all about. There appears to be no limit to your range and your seemingly effortless ability to embrace and perfect so many different styles.

You are an invaluable catalyst for creativity. Thanks for the show and the ongoing lessons.

Oh my! what a gallery...I think you've got yourself another fan! --->me :) What an eye for graphics...and your street photography is marvellous ,too... respect!

Marija

r u for real 'ED'!!! your work is just mind blowing..., Amazing...!!!

Thanks again to all of you for your kind words of support and encouragement. I hope that I'll justify your belief in my abilities before long! Best wishes.

This is one of the most interesting and original portfolios I have seen on photo.net. I love your use of shape and color. I could spend all day looking at your photos. They are fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

Great portfolio, very creative thanks for inspiring us

Yes, there were too many photos in the portfolio again, so I've emptied it out. Once again I've got rid of most of my favourites, which seemed to go over many people's heads ;-) I've left the popular 'commercial' ones.

this is a pity because it seems that I've rated none of your "popular" ones - I've lost ALL my favourite pics of yours. So I hope, that I can see soon new 'favourites'. Warm regards, Monika

Thanks Monika. Don't worry, I'll be reinstating quite a few of the other pictures again soon...in a more organised way. And I certainly won't stop taking - and posting - the kind of more subtle pix that I hope you and others enjoy! Best wishes.

Great! I like the way you look at the world

Overwhelming portfolio, high techniques associated with n eclectic mind. I should take my time to observe and to admire this job. Excellent.

Ed, I have the impression that there are still a number of at least my favorites which have not come back.

Anyhow what you show, shows to all that you are in the master class. Not only are your photos in technical terms very near perfection but you have an eye and a mastery of composition that go far beyond the many ordinary professional. You have something to say and succeed in saying it by photography. I can only hope that your example (no over saturation, no unnessary animation, right distance to the object, your use of sharpening/blur, humour...) can be an inspiration for everyone that visit your portfolio.

complimenti, un portfolio originale e veramente bello

You have images I only dream of doing. Welcome to my favourite list

Kind regards

Rob

you already have a lot of fans I see.. well i'm just another one to the list :)

These are the kind of images I often wish I could see more of. Please keep them coming, they are absolutely stunning.

David

Happy new year, Ed. I am very much looking forward to see more of your work! Greetings from Berlin, Monika

Your portfolio is fantastic !

It's like I arrived first day in the Yukon and stumbled on the 'mother lode' lying on the ground.

Sadly I can't stake a claim !

I'm amazed...so many great photos...very creative and inspirational. Keep on posting!

What a wonderful, intense, dramatic, diverse portfoilio.

Some real original images - you must be proud.

Regards

Claire

Bravo, maestro!

Oh my gosh... so glad I stumbled into your work. Very inspiring, to say the least.

You have some exquisite images, with really fascinating studies of architecture and subjects in space.

I'll look in more!

many thanks for the views!

Shaun

I find your work very inspiring; through it I'm learning of new enticing ways of looking at buildings and the people who interact with them. It?s an absolute pleasure to view your collection, specially your "Street B" folder. Thank you!

Glad I found your work, very original.

Your gallery is excellent, very interesting and stunning photos! Best regards, Nadia

You have a various portfolio full of very well composed photo, really impressive. Congratulations.

Wow,-What a nice portfolio you have! :-) BRAVO!

Great body of work! I look forward to coming back!

Paul

Hello Friend!

Well here it is another year is passing away and we are coming into the holidays. I think time starts to go faster as we get older, it was just yesterday I wished my friends Happy Holidays and here it is again the end of a year. The holiday lights are starting to be put on some of the trees here in Dallas, we were out last night and some were lighting the trees. I wish for you all a holiday season with family and friends, after all is said and done all we have is each other.

I want all of you to know just what your comments and ratings on my work means to me, your words are my motivation, my drive to discover, to learn this art that we all love, thank you for taking time and thank you for caring about my works. At the same time thank you for letting us see your world, our lives are so much the same, we all care about our families and friends and we all share the same things, maybe someday our photos will help make for a lasting world peace. May you and your family be blessed this season.

Happy Holidays and Happy Shooting

Ken

Click!

I wish You a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2008. This is my first year here at PN and it has been a most inspiring time while viewing your portfolio and learning to know your view of the world around us.

You're one of the best I've seen on here lately. I like how you see. You obviously walk around with your "eyes" wide open.

Absolutely fantastic body of work! I am in love with your people section! GREAT!

Visually fantastic, particularly Street B, a photographic Edward Hopper,

I love your use of black in your images. I must say you seem to have no problem with backgrounds in your portrait images. You inspire Hope! We have a Hope here East of Vancouver BC Canada, so I presume yours is in Derbyshire. Really enjoyed your portfolio. Cheers from Armstrong BC Canada.

Ed, I have only just come to your portfolio after seeing the photograph I commented on in the critique forum today. And I'm glad I did. Your take on street photography is so refreshing and inspirational, as is the rest of your work. I can see so much that is giving me ideas! Many thanks for sharing with us.

Pete

love your style. very interesting

best regards

B.

Interesting portfolio with great shoots, congratulations !

I really enjoy your portfolio. I was pulled in by the 'Street B' series. It has an impressive sense of isolation and loneliness; I'm not sure if this was the intent, but it's definitely something I got from it. Also, it has a fantastic use of shadows and the integration with the architecture is really well done. Keep it up!

Very original, colorful and wonderful portfolio. Thanks for sharing. David

All pictures in this collection in my view are excellent. It would be hard to edit them down to a smaller group. This graphic (but not editorial) approach is probably worth exploring with galleries. Not a good time economically, but they are (fashions apart) timeless.

Good work, well done Ed

Sue

... unusual, original, sophisticate & fine Art portfolio... Hi

Glad to see a creative, varied portfolio with at least one image IDed back to a Canon 10D. I'm still enjoying my 6-year-old 10D and in no hurry to grab the latest updated, up-priced replacement.

Wow! A portfolio with all winners no duds,amazing. I will be back....

Different, a thought-provoking. Good stuff! Regards, Einat

Fantastic portfolio thanks for sharing!

back here again to tell you your folio is fucking good

best regards

balthazar m.

This is wonderful work, absolutely wonderful.

--Lannie

Met your work because of your POW, Like many of them.Good luck with your book.

I love the composition of your pictures and the editing/grouping of the images in the portfolio.

Thanks to all of you who have posted such positive comments above - I really appreciate your input and kind words. Many of the images that you have critiqued in the past are now collected in a selection of self-published Blurb books, and I'd be delighted if you'd have a look at these. I'm particularly proud of one called Inside the Hive which you can preview by following the link.

Best wishes.