Inside a seventh generation family business of funeral directors who in 2019 celebrated their 100th anniversary. It was early afternoon in the summer of 2013, I was riding my bike through Islington, London, and don’t recall where I had been before, but as often I had a camera around my neck and when I spotted… Continue reading A Family Business
Author: marcusbastel
My Trip to Mars
While planning my first trip to the US in seven years and plotting a route on google maps, I discovered The Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Southern Utah. And so what was meant to be a leisurely road trip, turned quickly into a more project focused journey. MDRS is run by the Mars Society who I… Continue reading My Trip to Mars
Faces of Mustang
Faces of Mustang ‘A snapshot of a nation captured via an American classic’ These images are part of the Faces of Mustang (FoM) – ‘A snapshot of a nation captured via an American classic’ project. I’ve set up FoM pages on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to share and publicise the project. I was photographer, writer,… Continue reading Faces of Mustang
Meet the Residents
‘Meet the Residents’ aims to document the residents of an iconic east London block in their living rooms. I am collaborating on this with Dav Shiel, a musician who lives 3 floors above me. There are 119 flats sharing a same layout we are trying to get everyone involved, but with the Coronavirus on the… Continue reading Meet the Residents
Corona Mornings. Places
Hackney Marshes, London
Corona Mornings.Places – real and imagined. During the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, we were permitted out of the house to exercise. We were lucky since the Hackney Marshes are right behind our house and so there was nature to visit and explore and it made for some fine early morning walks. It was mostly the same… Continue reading Corona Mornings. Places
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Portraits
27 YEARS LATER (59 seconds)The Portrait Sessions After working for nearly three decades at Central Saint Martins School of Art in London, I left at the end of July 2025. To leave, was to leave the safety of a community that I had relied on for a long time. In other words, while I have always pursued… Continue reading Portraits
Pictures from the Commute
