This is an interview with Brian about his work, influences and his photography for the 2012 Olympics.

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Last week I took my laptop in for a repair at the Genius bar, it had been having a few issues where the screen would suddenly go black even on a full battery charge. Anyway to cut a long story short they told me that the battery was probably faulty and needed replacing and as my laptop was way out of warranty it would cost around £70. I told the guy that this battery was a replacement from when it was still under warranty, so he then said we will replace it for nothing. Great. The laptop was also sufferning from a bit of damage around the keyboard facsia, he said they could repair this for nothing as it was a fault. This was on Thursday evening, the next day I got a phone call around midday to say that the laptop was now ready. What good service.

Now my second story- bored yet!!!. I recently purchased a used iphone which was suffering a bit of cosmetic damage. I have had it a few weeks now and there have been a couple of incidents of it freezing after calls. I was digging about online and I discovered much to my luck that the phone was still under warranty.  So I booked it into the genius bar in the hope of getting it sorted. I mentioned the software issues and the small crack on the back which I was interested in getting repaired. The guy just said ‘We’ll replace the phone’- how good is that, I now have a shiny phone, probably a refurb but it still looks and works better than the last one. Result

In my opinion it is worth paying extra for a product when you get that sort of aftercare.

Well done Apple

The Louvre – the world’s largest Museum

Villa La Roche – designed by Le Corbusier and built between 1923 and 1925. This architectural masterpeiece was designed for Raoul La Roche as a combined house and art gallery. It is now open to the public as part of the Fondation Le Corbusier

The business district of La Defense, Paris, France. The area was named after the statue La Defense de Paris which was erected in 1883. The modern district began in 1958 and saw rapid growth in the early 1970’s and the late ’80’s.

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When I first visited the Eiffel Tower on a photography college trip 18 years ago. I was told by one of my  tutors that the bricks at the base of each of the four supporting columns was Nori brick (the hardest brick in the world) made in Accrington, Lancashire. I think he was lying as I cannot find a reference to it anywhere. If anyone knows any different please let me know.

Anyway enough of all this, here is my photographic take on the Eiffel tower. As usual feedback is very welcome.

The image will be on sale at a limited run of 25 and is one of just 17 images picked by curators from Comme Ca Art  in Manchester and The Biscuit Factory in Newcastle, two of the leading art retailers in the north.

The Special Edition will launch at the same time as the Shot Up North (SUN) Awards themselves. It will go on display first in Manchester  on the 16 September 2010 and then in Newcastle in March 2011.

I will keep you informed as I get more info. Exciting stuff!!

Apart from the headline pieces the rest of the musum was very civilised and magnificent. I highly recommend it, this was my first time in the Louvre despite having been to Paris numerous times.

I loved the building so I thought I would share my photographic take on the architecture of the Louvre. I would love some comments.