The shooting of the Reuters photographer – an alternative perspective.

Take time out to read this post by A J Somerset. Its important to get an alternative perspective. We want to be angry at someone, and the helicopter crew is the obvious target. But......

Foto8 Presents Carousel.

This event (Carousel) could either be utterly sublime or pretentious crap. As someone who used to run the infamous 'Live Strip Poetry' in Liverpool, I have to say though this is right up......

And the answer is?.

A couple of weeks ago I asked you to guess where this photo was taken? The answer is Iraq. The photo is......

Are you feeding the cow that is shitting in your porridge?.

The real question is : why BAPLA, Getty, DACS and RPS did not support Stop43 , and why they abandoned the high moral (rights) ground, and with it......

Hungry, in America?.

I have felt with even a greater conviction that we all need to speak of the essential needs of......

Take a Picture, Tell a story.

Robert Gumpert's work is powerful, I will be sharing it with my students. Take a deep breath, read the explanation and then click on the photo: I’ve always loved the interplay between words......

Happy Easter.

I saw this band when I was fourteen with my old mate Floyd. I remember playing Nevermind at school and everyone saying it was crap. Three months later they were on their way......

Journalism is looking for a daddy figure.

I think that the press has been all over the iPad because Apple puts on a good show, and because everyone in journalism-land is looking for a daddy figure who'll promise......

One picture, two points of view.

Take a look, what do you see? Now read these two opposing points of view: Each magnificent photo acknowledges what it took to survive. And......

The long goodbye.

Another powerful audio slideshow by the Paul Kerley of the BBC. The husband of American photographer and writer Judith Fox - Dr Ed Ackell - was told he had Alzheimer's Disease in 1998, three......

If you’re thinking about making a living.

by working for the newspapers as a freelance photojournalist then take some time to check out the rates they pay. Click on the pic to go to the NUJ website: ...

Content Fill on Photoshop CS5.

I'm a bit mystified by the discussion around the new content fill tool that will come with CS5. Here's an example of what I'm talking about on the Photoshelter website: The addition of......

duck and rabbit will be in Rome.

from 28th April till 1st of May, or thereabouts. We'll be delivering a training. Give us a shout if you want to meet. ...

How to blow your credibility in just one post.

Just read this article in the Daily Mail (are we allowed to even write those words on duckrabbit?) and now I'm fighting back the tears....

The most dangerous drug.

In its purest form, a newspaper consists of a collection of facts which, in controlled circumstances, can actively improve knowledge. Unfortunately, facts are expensive, so to save costs and drive up sales,......

Don McCullin – Haunted by war.

“What purpose did any of it actually serve?” he asked early on. “People talk about the photo of the Napalm girl and say it changed things but the Vietnam War went on......

Ciara Leeming – Street Fighter 8 – Stoke.

Street Fighters - Stoke/Glenn Fowler from ciara leeming on Vimeo.Glenn Fowler's traditional oatcake shop......

Civil Rights Battles, in black and white.

There's a wonderful gallery of images from the civil rights movement in America running on the New York Times Lens blog. Some of these images have never been seen, locked away in law archives......