Stanley Longman

Spring is back and so is your favourite Jam Session, back down South serving up that monthly dose of Deptford soul stew! Doors at 7.30pm Snaps from November’s Sessions: now that was a real belter! Although I was tip toeing, almost teetering, atop the bar bench, I still was not taller enough than the tallest Master of Novemeber’s Ceremonies, @hamtheillustrator  (image one). Our beautiful houseband: @i.am.afiya  - vocals @_mrslunaa_  - Keys @deviddellaierabass  - Bass @jess_rollason  - Drums @justamancalledham  - vocals @cleosavva  - Percussion @teel.dah  - Vocals @eug_cap  - Vocals #musicjam #jamnight #jamsession #jam #londonjam

NU JAM A’HAPPENIN’ TO NIGHT 📍 @villagestaproom , Deptford ⏰ 7:30pm - 10:45pm 🎤 Free entry, donations welcome Find some warmth, lose your ego … you know the drill! These are more photos from the Olympus Pen half frame. I like how these photos - with their imperfections, the grain straining in the dim light - create warm vignettes out of the maelstrom of the sessions. These particular vignettes also really focus the attention on what’s drawing my camera eye. @nu.sessions

Hot off the press! My first NU roll shot in my new Olympus half frame! I’m very excited by these… While the close-cropping 38mm Zuiko lens makes ensemble shots more difficult, the two scenes juxtaposed create new opportunities for telling the story of NU. The communication, the energy, the vibe and those golden hour moments towards kicking out time, to me, come across in a new light by simply splitting the usual photo in two, creating lots of mini diptychs. I’m excited to jam with this lil camera! Catch @nu.sessions next Thursday 23rd, 7:30pm-10:45pm, @villagestaproom for that monthly dose of soul medicine! @tildaallie @i.am.afiya @emilehintonkeys @cleosavva @jadontt Get in touch if I haven’t tagged you! #numeansnow #jamsession #blackandwhitefilm #londonmusic

EXHIBITION! Right now! We have framed prints 🖼️ and Zine Three 📚 of the NU Sessions photo zine on sale at the Royal George pub 🍻 @royalgeorgese8 in Deptford until 10th August. Go see our collection of photo prints that gather and celebrate the beauty and intensity of NU Sessions! While you’re there (enjoying a nice cheap drink) please sign the chalk board and check out the new photo zines :) The money we raise from selling the zines funds our use of 35mm film to shoot the jams. I shoot three to four rolls of film at every jam and each zine is £5 — equivalent to one roll of film. The big lift of installing this exhibition was completed on Thursday last week: Adam, Stan and I hung 33 framed pieces, the NU backdrop, assembled the box of zines and created THE WHACKY ROOM in two and a half days for our exhibition as part of the @deptfordx festival. It’s been a labour of love. Today I’m taking my dad there to see everything and I’m excited to be greeted again by the sight of what we’ve created together with the musicians and people of NU 🖤💜🪇🫀 #photoexhibition #thingstodoinlondon #londonmusicscene #jazzjamsession #nusessions #deptfordx #deptford #selondon #analoguecommunity #filmisnotdead

May 2023 of The Archive. My fourth NU roll has provided me with perhaps some of my best ever shots of Tilda (of which I have many many many). And I come back to them again and again. I barely understood the settings I was using but few rolls have had so many consistent gems on them! Many of these appear in the first zine and feature as prints and posters in the exhibition. So big up Tilda for being absolutely awesome and get yourself down to the Royal George this Thursday for our NU takeover. Tags: @tildaallie , @iamstephaniesantiago

Excited to share our upcoming exhibition for @deptfordx put together by @ame.dixon @sandyshootsmusicians and @stannipher at the Royal George Pub Opening night is on the 10th of July, and the show will be running throughout the rest of the month. Come down, check it out — and who knows, you might even spot yourself in the work! #exhibition #deptfordx #livemusic #analogcamera

In the run up to THE ARCHIVE (as part of Deptford X, we’re turning the Royal George into a living archive of two years of NU), I’ve set myself a lil challenge to post something from each month i’ve shot something at NU over the last two years. These are some highlights from May 2023, my first ever two rolls of film (Ilford HP5). Very memorable shooting @eug_cap in that fly jacket and playing around with low shutter speeds. Also Great doing his thing on the keys - even though he only just started to learn with Tilda. And lastly ‘Harmonica Man’ (Richard) … who just breezed in off the street on that stormy spring eve, dressed razor smart, whipped out his harmonica and blew us away. That was a real special moment. A very unique print, ‘unique’ because i made an unreproduceable and ultimately very fortunate mistake in the darkroom, of ‘Harmonica Man’ will be on the walls of the Royal George between 10th July and 10th August. Come and experience The Archive. It’s gonna be immense! 11 days to go! ✨

Come one, come y’all, the NU faithful... Tomorrow we jam, tomorrow we groove Where? @villagestaproom When? 8pm till close Bring your voice, bring your instrument, leave your ego behind. Some highlights from the February jam feat. @eug_cap @iamstephaniesantiago @hamtheillustrator @juicyflutes @angie.gov.uk

NU Sessions jam tonight! Come down to Deptford Town and jam with us all Thursday night long (till we get kicked out at half 10!) Villages Tap Room, Deptford 8-10:30pm Free entry and all expressions welcome I’m very happy to have finally got that “rockstar shot” of @deviddellaierabass ! It’s been two-ish years of trying and appreciating his playing. This photo actually got overlooked and then rediscovered in the preparation for the third NU zine (🙌🏼🙌🏼), so thanks to @sandyshootsmusicians for insisting on its inclusion (on instagram and in the zine). To the film nerds, forgove me for I haven’t edited this shot yet because the editing has been getting in the way of the sharing. So for now, unedited something is better than nothing.

Before the year is out i’d like to share a few moments of NU. I feel as if my NU-related photography has taken a great leap since even October. I’m part of a burgeoning and exciting photography collective with @sandyshootsmusicians @ame.dixon - together we’ve self published a zine, curated an exhibition celebrating the NU community, Sandy has wildly improved the light set up with his nifty gadgetry and we have more exciting plans for self-published NU-related work in the pipeline. Alongside this, I took to the Netil airwaves with @tildaallie & @valentinecomar . And in the summer i even taught myself how to print in the darkroom. All this is possible because of the creative spirit and encouragement nurtured by our NU queen, the whole community for bringing the vibe every time and as always the ever attentive eye of my cousin, Sandy. For this and to you all I am grateful beyond words… Cant wait for the new year to roll around. 🎺🎺 Check out NUGROUND weekly sessions @stonenest_ldn 10:00 - 02:00, free entry🎤🎤 Every Tuesday and Wednesday from the 9th January. Hosted by @tildaallie , @emilehintonkeys & @pharoahrussell (@theundergroundjam )🥁🎹🎤 Watch this space for Deptford dates and future photo-related news!🎷🎻🪇 Tags (of those I have) 🙏🏼🙏🏼 @carmenllena @eug_cap @_adetiba @shemfillmore @_annachai @designsbytabi @tildaallie

Tonight! NuGround’s weekly experimental groove jam with @nu.sessions & @theundergroundjam at @below.stonenest / @stonenest_ldn , 10pm-2am, free entry! Come underground and jam with us. Everyone welcome! Hosted by @tildaallie & @pharoahrussel 📆 Tuesday 17th December 📍 @below.stonenest , Soho ⏰ 10pm - 2am 🎤 Free entry Photos feat. @carmenllena 💛🎺 If i have a photo of you, holla and ill tag / send it on over 📸🎞️❣️

Double Darrens!! What a treat it was to hear the words of these two formidable @nu.sessions regulars at the last jam session! This post mixes up photos by myself and @stannipher , having a ball making art with the charisma of two talented vocalists and the momentary spotlight of our remote flash setup 💥📷 . It’s always a pleasure to see Darren (Kleeva D.Signs) and @dazzamason at the jams but this was a particularly special matchup 🎤☯️🎤 . Tomorrow night is the last Deptford session of 2024! Come down to @villagestaproom to make merry and enjoy good music, good beer and good company to chase away the darkness of winter ♥️💜🖤💛 . #analogcommunity #35mmblackandwhite #kentmere400 #jamsession #londonmusicscene #deptford #londonjazz #filmclubeurope #livemusicphotography