The Foreign Correspondents' Club is now hosting a photo exhibition by a man with many talents.
In addition to being a full-time graphic designer, Graham Newman is a keen amateur photographer. Last April he moonlighted as soundman when documentarian Duncan Jepson went to Nepal to shoot a film on its street children just as the nation cautiously switched from monarchy to democracy.
A visual diary of that three-week journey is now on display in the main room at the FCC.
'As the sound guy, there were a lot of opportunities to shoot stills for the film,' Newman said at Monday's opening. 'I'm as passionate about photography as designing, so this was a chance to document, not so much behind the scenes of the shoot, but this journey of the Nepali people.'
In addition to portraits of street children at play, there are also peasants at a quarry, soldiers on election day, Maoists celebrating their win and even former US president Jimmy Carter observing the election in Kathmandu.
All of it also serves as a teaser for Jepson's film, Hope Without Future? now in post-production. Not bad considering Newman has no experience in film, although he has some related skill in recording. 'I worked in the music industry before, so I cut my teeth at Factory Records in Manchester with New Order and the Happy Mondays. But as a professional designer for 18 years, I know my limitations. I enjoy the visual medium and I like being part of a team, but I don't necessarily wish to go into directing films.'