The Bartender Never Gets Killed

Going to see Adrian Tyler this week.

I’ve never met him in person, but we’ve communicated for years by email and on various lists. Like me, he’s a Brit expat married to a Spanish woman. Unlike me, he chose Madrid rather than Barcelona, so he’s stuck with a naff football team, but the night life is waaaaaaaay better! he’s also very kindly offered to put my wife and I up when we visit Madrid later this week - reminder to self, get his address!

I like Madrid, it has a really great museum, La Reina Sofia, home of La Guernica (maybe good ‘ol GW should be taken to see that one…), which is close to Atocha Station which is a fantastic building

In between the two is a great bar which servers ‘the best calamar sandwiches in the world’ (or so the sign outside says). I had a great afternoon with Chris Jordan there, sangria, art, food, good company… certainly a high point from my Photoespaña experience.

I’m really looking forward to seeing Adrian’s new work .

It is a huge step forward from previous work Imo in that he is exploring new territory. In the past he’s been adopting a Becher-like approach , whereas now he is trying to merge his urban landscape work within the wider context of human involvement. It is an interesting strategic problem reconciling the two almost distinct groups of photographs in this set - my instinct is to present this as dips, but then, it would!

I’ll report back after seeing the work and talking to Adrian.