The comfort of photos.

  Words/Photos/(c)Andrew Jackson My parents never really understood photography. They never saw it as a......

Olivia Arthur – now can we talk about Magnum Photos and child abuse?.

Warning: This post contains distressing details of images centered on child sexual abuse, as well as sexual violence against women.  Images that are potentially indecent were reported to the relevant authorities in 2020.  Images......

Gnarly dogs and new tricks. What I’ve learned teaching Ad peeps the science of storytelling..

When Jonathan Pangu first suggested he wanted to market our Story For Influence course to advertising creatives and brand execs my initial response was Jo. Are you on crack again? Two reasons 1:......

An Open Letter to Olivia Arthur. President of Magnum Photos..

Dear Olivia, I'm writing to you following the statement that you made after the Magnum Photos archive was taken offline as a result of allegations that Magnum have been selling indecent images of......

Our skin in the slave trade. Uncle Sir John Moore and I..

I have some family skin in the should we take down historical statues debate.  It's quite a story. Last year I came across a version of my family tree on my cousin's Facebook page.  If......

The Rising Tide – Cambridge University Library.

It doesn't matter how big or small a project you work on the difference between it being a pleasure or a total pain in the ass is if the people you work for are......

Get In: Cambridge.

The phone rings. It's Tamsin Starr, Cambridge University Head of News. Do we want to pitch to make some films to try and get more British Black and British Asian young people applying to the......

Filming and Forgetting in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh.  The hot south. A communal yard. All chickens and goats and someone hand pumping water.  The smell of burning and the sound of sweeping. People everywhere. It's......

Sex, Lies and Lemmings: Hossein Fatemi and the toxification of photojournalism.

The year long world tour of photojournalist Hossein Fatemi's controversial Iranian photos is coming to an end. In a year in which fake news and the abuse of power has never been in sharper focus......

I produced a BBC strand where the male presenter was paid at least 60% more than the female presenter. It’s toxic and it has to stop..

I've followed with interest Carrie Gracie's brave decision to publicly resign from her job as the BBC's China Editor in an attempt to highlight the broadcasters failure to pay men and women equally. Following the......

Work for duckrabbit. Aspiring film-maker/assistant producer wanted..

After five years we're saying goodbye and good luck to our much loved production manager Oliver Sharpe. Oli joined us fresh out of Uni where he studied photography and film as a mature student. He's......

Hey Charity. Want to get to grips with making unforgettable films? Here’s how..

Anyone who tells you it's going to be a breeze. Word of warning. They are either blissfully ignorant or pulling your leg. Filmmaking is hard. It's all too easy to set out to conquer YouTube but......

12 Day all expenses paid film scholarship trip to Kerala with top pro. What’s the catch?.

Deal of the century? Possibly. Probably. A few years back duckrabbit were invited to Australia to teach the people at travel insurance company World Nomads.  We didn't want to go. Because way too far. And insurance......

I wish you’d listened to your heart.

Noor's Nina Berman writing on NYT's Lens blog: Photojournalist Sandra Hoyn talking to Cosmopolitan about her work in Bangladesh featuring children sold and forced to have......

LensCulture and the commodification of rape.

Where to begin? Magnum Photos and LensCulture are running a photo competition. One of those where you give them lots of money and in return if you're one of  the lucky ones they give you......

Word gets around.

There's tension in the air. The Democratic Republic of Congo. April 2011. Masisi. Yasuyoshi Chiba and I are working for MSF. Films and photography. The night we arrive at the staff camp one of the surgeons......

The critic in me. An asshole. An apology..

I've just arrived at Format Photography Festival and Pete Brook (aka Prison Photography) is manhandling me. I don't mind. I've known Pete online for many years but this is the first time I've met......

AHEAD STILL LIES OUR FUTURE – Format Photography Festival.

I am driving to the Format photo festival in Derby (24 March to 11 June). It's Saturday morning. The sun is shining. Window down.  I'm listening to Tunnel Vision by Kate Tempest on repeat. She's......

We went to Norway on a shoot. Someone died. This is the story..

I don't like heights. No. You're not listening. I really don't like heights. So when Pete asks me to make a film about a wingsuit basejumper who would......