North By East part 2

North Sea Drawings ( Ghost Walk )

In collaboration with London based poet Tamar Yoseloff. All text © Tamar Yoseloff 2017 all images and soundtrack © Bill Jackson 2017

North By East part 2

North Sea Drawings ( Ghost Walk )

In collaboration with London based poet Tamar Yoseloff. All text © Tamar Yoseloff 2017 all images and soundtrack © Bill Jackson 2017

North By East part 3

East Wind Drawings Land and Sea ( Loss )

In collaboration with London based poet Tamar Yoseloff. All text © Tamar Yoseloff 2017 all images and soundtrack © Bill Jackson 2017

North By East part 3

East Wind Drawings Land and Sea ( Loss )

In collaboration with London based poet Tamar Yoseloff. All text © Tamar Yoseloff 2017 all images and soundtrack © Bill Jackson 2017

North By East part 3

East Wind Drawings Land and Sea ( Loss )

In collaboration with London based poet Tamar Yoseloff. All text © Tamar Yoseloff 2017 all images and soundtrack © Bill Jackson 2017

Homecoming (Ghost Tree)	Homecoming (Ghost Tree)
Homecoming (Ghost Tree)	Homecoming (Ghost Tree)
Homecoming (Ghost Tree)	Homecoming (Ghost Tree)
Homecoming (Ghost Tree)

Homecoming (Ghost Tree)	Homecoming (Ghost Tree)
Homecoming (Ghost Tree)	Homecoming (Ghost Tree)
Homecoming (Ghost Tree)	Homecoming (Ghost Tree)
Homecoming (Ghost Tree)

Maverick Green Sofa Sessions 2019

After the burning of the red sofa sometime in 2019 a change was coming. While looking for the red sofa i came across a green sofa covered in hay. It was time to move on and the Green Sofa Sessions was born.

Not unlike early recordings of Country musicians playing on a porch or steps, as exemplified by the excellent series by Ken Burns "The History Country Music", Jackson invited musicians to perform live straight to camera using only one overhead microphone.

They are recorded for posterity for the Maverick Festival archive. All music © the musicians all film material © Bill Jackson Foto Films.

This is only the beginning. Below is an introduction by the Maverick Festival Director Paul Spencer and a message from The Crux to all American music fans.

Maverick Green Sofa Sessions can be seen on Vimeo

Maverick Green Sofa Sessions 2019

They are recorded for posterity for the Maverick Festival archive. All music © the musicians all film material © Bill Jackson Foto Films.

This is only the beginning. Below is an introduction by the Maverick Festival Director Paul Spencer and a message from The Crux to all American music fans.

Maverick Green Sofa Sessions can be seen on Vimeo

Maverick Green Sofa Sessions

History

In 2014 I had an idea which I put to the Founder and Director of the Maverick Festival of Americana Roots Music, Paul Spencer. Cutting a long story short i found an old red sofa in a barn and the rest is history as they say. Nearly 200 individual singer / song writers and bands have sat on the Red Sofa. Many of the photographs have been used by the musicians for publicity and some have made their way onto album covers. In 2018 I did the sessions on an iPhone when we couldn't get the red sofa out a barn full of hay bales. Examples of sessions between 2014 -2018 which shows the development of the concept.

Maverick Green Sofa Sessions 2019

They are recorded for posterity for the Maverick Festival archive. All music © the musicians all film material © Bill Jackson Foto Films.

This is only the beginning. Below is an introduction by the Maverick Festival Director Paul Spencer and a message from The Crux to all American music fans.

Maverick Green Sofa Sessions can be seen on Vimeo

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MAN OF STONES 2019

I spent a year following the concept, build and casting of Man Of Stones by Laurence Edwards which was commissioned by The Sainsbury Centre in Norwich at The University of East Anglia. The film was nominated for Best Short Documentary at the Carmarthen Bay Film Festival in 2020 and a semi finalist at the Cannes International Independent Film Festival.

"Jackson captures the energy of Edwards at work, visually he almost becomes one of the sculptures he is making. The result is a stunning piece of visual poetry that explores the creation and development of the sculpture."

Watch the trailer below