Phil Kneen

All Traffic

May 30, 2020 by Phil Kneen Photography

Tomorrow should have been the start of the 2020 TT motorcycle races on the Isle of Man, AKA, The Road Racing Capital of The World. I went to the grandstand this morning, the start and finish line of the 37.73 miles course, an area which would normally be buzzing with pre-race (well, the first week is for practice and qualifying laps) noise and activity, even at 8am. The only activity I saw today was a couple of joggers and someone […]

Categories: photojournalism • Tags: isle of man tt, manx, photojournalism

So Far…

May 7, 2020 by Phil Kneen Photography

How do you photograph a pandemic? At the start of the lockdown, thousands of photographers around the world, including myself, thought, “Hey! I know what I’ll do, I’ll photograph people from a distance…Lockdown Portraits!”. I did a couple, but realised the idea had become commonplace within a few days, so I looked for other ideas. Suddenly, FaceTime shoots, remote portrait sessions and images of sullen couples, captured through steamed-up windows, were everywhere. I’ve never seen so many photographic genres become […]

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The Same Boat

April 28, 2020 by Phil Kneen Photography

I keep hearing people say, “We’re all in the same boat”, but we aren’t, we’re all in different boats, caught in the same hurricane. There are skippers who’ve sealed the watertight hatches and are riding it out, ships that are sinking, yachts that have sunk, and there are captains pulling drowning sailors onto their floating gin palaces and invoicing them for the rescue expenses. At the moment, I’m on a large ferry – I’m comfortable, and I’m still able to […]

Categories: photojournalism • Tags: black and white photography, culture vannin, photojournalism

The New Normal

April 25, 2020 by Phil Kneen Photography

I’m fortunate; I have a part-time job that gets me out of the house everyday, a virtual hall-pass that allows me to drive the corridors of the Isle of Man with my camera. For most other residents, it’s been a long few weeks, thus far. On Friday 27th March, the Isle of Man started an indefinite lockdown – nobody in and nobody out (unless you want to stay out). I’d already started my own personal document of the COVID19 pandemic […]

Categories: photojournalism, street photography • Tags: black and white photography, culture vannin, documentary, isle of man, reportage