Brian Griffin - Work and Other Stories, MMX Gallery, London 2019
MMX Gallery, 2019
Brian Griffin
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“It was shot on a grey misty day on Dungeness Beach in Sussex. Charlie Wood lit the sky rocket and stood to attention, and I fired the flashgun that was stuffed into his trousers to give the illusion of an explosion. The cable to the flashgun was hidden under the pebbles. (...)
I did get to use the sky rocket shot many years later. Howard Jones saw it and used it for the cover of his Cross that Line album ten years later...”
Other side of the story and the picture is:
While working for British Steel, Griffin was involved with the construction of nuclear power stations. He later became a staunch believer in the campaign for nuclear disarmament and this photograph - taken on the beach adjacent to Dungeness Nuclear Power Station - conveyed his regret at the part he had once played in the nuclear game.