Newfoundland photographer, journalist and media producer Greg Locke in St Johns, Newfoundland. Canada.
Greg Locke, Newfoundland photographer, journalist, media producer Welcome to the weblog at GREGLOCKE.COM. Greg Locke is a professional photographer, journalist, media producer and IT junkie based in St. John's, Newfoundland. Here you will find his latest work and news from the photo, journalism and tech world. Visit his main site for a portfolio of his photography work. All Rights reserved. © 2009 GREG LOCKE.
View Article  Lisa Moore on the road.

Lisa and Eva Moore photographed for the Globe and Mail by Greg Locke. © 2010

Newfoundland author and Man-Booker Prize nominee, Lisa Moore, wrote in a recent article in the Globe and Mail that her favourite reading spot is in her car and being read to by her daughter, Eva, while on long highway trips in Newfoundland. We shot this photo to accompany Ms. Moore's story.

Check out the Globe's ongoing series with famous authors and their favourite places to read around the world.
View Article  Greg Hawco takes EXIT ZERO.

Greg Hawco is a musician and composer from Newfoundland who now lives in Toronto like so many other Newfoundlanders. When we think of Newfoundlanders migrating for work we usually just think of trades people headed to Alberta but at this years Sound Symposium it didn't take much research to see how many great musicians and artists Newfoundland has given Canada and the world.

Sound Symposium is where we cornered Hawco and told him about our documentary film, Exit Zero, currently in production. He was premiering a piece at Petro Canada Hall and graciously agreed to compose the score for our film.You can find his work on Republic of Doyle which is currently shooting its second season on the streets of St. John's.


View Article  ...looking for Exit Zero.


"What are you doing now that Sound Symposium is over?," people ask. Maybe thinking its kick back and relax vacation time. HARDLY! We are in the final shooting and editing of our, what seemed to be, never ending documentary film, EXIT ZERO, about the history of Newfoundland's migrant workers. This has been in the works since 2006 in one form or another but the film part will soon be finished and expected to air on CBC TV in late August. Look for more on EXIT ZERO in the fall.


View Article  Sound Symposium wraps up for another two years

Bassoonist Alexandra Eastley of the Umbrella Ensemble at Sound Symposium in St. John's, Newfoundland.
Photo by Greg Locke © 2010.


Sound Symposium, the international festival of new music and sound art that happens in St. John's Newfoundland once every two years has wrapped up after 10 days of amazing performances of contemporary classical, jazz, improv, folk, world and experimental new music. There were concerts, theatre, workshops and sound sculptures exploring and celebrating sound in all its forms.

We are still editing the thousands of photos and hours of video we shot over the last 10 days but there is a photo gallery at the Sound Symposium site we maintained on a daily basis. Do check it out!

View Article  Doin' the Sound Symposium endurance test
For the next 10 days we are at Sound Symposium, a unique and world renown international new music and sound arts festival here in St. John's. Check for our daily photo updates over on their website ...better still, come out and enjoy some amazing international musicians, dancers, performance and sound artists. It only happens once every two years and I promise you will see and experience stuff you never have before.

Left; Roule Said performing with the Maryem Tollar Ensemble at the LSPU Hall on the opening day of Sound Symposium.
View Article  The Southcott Awards

Well, it's been a crazy few weeks. We have done everything from an archival photo restoration project to visiting the bowels of a offshore oil rig. Now we're headed across the island  working on the never ending Exit Zero documentary film project. So, before we take off I'll leave you with this shot of the Stella Burry Community Services building at Rawlings Cross in St. John's which we shot for a multimedia presentation at the Newfoundland Historic Trust Southcott Awards which are being held Tuesday night at The Newman Wine Vaults in St. John's.
View Article  The art of oil
 

Last week OIL, a photographic exhibition by Edward Burtynsky opened at The Rooms. In my opinion, this is the best photography exhibit ever put on display at The Rooms and I encourage you to go see it. His work spans more than 10 years and looks at a broad scope of the oil industry and its attendant industrialization.  My favourite is his photographs of the ship breaker in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Mr. Burtynsky's large prints are a pleasure to view after becoming accustomed to the small mediums of print and now online.

CBC Online producer Kathryn King has put together a feature at CBC-NL about the exhibit with some of Mr. Burtynsky's photos, an interview by Weekend AM's Angela Antle and she was kind enough to recognize my work in the Newfoundland offshore oil industry by including a gallery of my photos with my perspective of Newfoundland's fledgling oil industry.

I'm not sure what Mr. Burntynsky would think of having his work along side mine but I was honoured to be asked to contribute to the online feature. I'm told Mr. Burtynsky tried to get offshore ...but no luck.


Newfoundland ...journey into a lost nation by Greg Locke and Michael Crummey
 

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