Seamus Murphy
Seamus Murphy began photographing Afghanistan in 1994, and his new book A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan, is a classic on the rise of the Taliban and...
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on 01 December 2011Over the next twelve days we will be featuring a new music video
featuring PJ Harvey by Seamus Murphy daily. The accompanying text
by Seamus will give an insight into his thoughts about making the
videos. ENJOY!
It opens with Franz in the Berlin house where I was staying when
editing the films with Sebastian Gollek.
Franz is Sebastian's stepfather. I liked having a German reciting
the opening lines to a song written from, and about, the other side
of the trenches. The bingo ladies were shot on Canvey Island, near
Southend in Essex. I liked connecting them with the
rockabilly/skiffle sound at the beginning of the track. Maybe as
young women they jived to that sound? The bingo hall might have
been a dance hall in their day. Canvey Island was certainly home to
Dr. Feelgood and the amazing Wilko (Johnson).
PJ Harvey Web Site
England Photo Essay by Seamus Murphy