London Jewells 1978

30 years ago, prompted by my interest in peoples attitude to photography
I posted an image of myself to all those with my surname in the London phone directory, sharing the same surname merely as an introduction, and asked for one in return

I then printed a poster of the response, and posted it back to them, which in turn prompted photos from those
that hadn't previously replied. Next I posted an image of myself to a similar amount of Jewells
found in USA phone directories in order to make a comparison.

In 2009 I used my surname to make a study of current and past portraiture on the internet.
The film contains some 2,800 files titled and presented in alphabetical order and edited to imitate the aspect of multitasking on a computer screen

Click on stills below to watch extracts from 'Jewell' A Film by Dick Jewell April-August 2009 (125mins)