MacDonaldStrand (UK)

Gordon MacDonald
Born 1967, East Kilbride, Scotland
Lives and works in Brighton, UK

Clare Strand
Born 1973, Sevenoaks, England
Lives and works in Brighton, UK

MacDonaldStrand are the partnership of Clare Strand and Gordon MacDonald. They are based in Brighton, UK. They make work in response to photographic history, politics and practice. Recent projects include Old English Pricks, a newsprint image and text set of books depicting current figures in British politics; Another Fucking Photobook, a letterpress book using a regular photobook sequence designed to submit to photobook competitions, and Most Popular of All Time: a survey of the most popular images of all time (according to a Google search), each transformed into dot-to-dot drawings. Clare Strand is an artist whose work is held in many public and private collections. She has shown extensively in group and solo shows for the past 25years. Gordon MacDonald is an artist and editor. He was the founding editor of Photoworks magazine, co-founder of GOST Books and is currently co-founder and editor of Hapax Magazine.