Not the usual Highland welcome: “I’m going to smash your camera”.

During last Summer I found myself working up in Edinburgh training some journalists from The  Times (of London). On the trip I met up with the Scottish photographer Alicia Bruce. She's been covering Donald Trump's......

War Photographers, ‘dudes … just looking for violence’ ….

  'When I had kids, I fought the idea that I have to give this up. Am I being an irresponsible parent to go back and do this? And I think what was really hard,......

Going, Going, Gone – last chance to train with duckrabbit in 2012.

It's been quite a year. By the end of it we'll have run workshops and made films in London, Birmingham, Devon, Holland, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Canada, Zambia, Scotland and Derby. I'll have met, worked......

California Really Is A Place.

Rarely does it get better than this. I just wished they'd pushed a little bit deeper. Hats off. a classic. Superman from California is a place.......

What Is Conceptual Photography?.

These three films released by Source Photographic Review explore that very question. To be honest I'm not sure the answer (or any number of answers) really matters. I think its much more interesting......

@PhilCoomes on @JAMortram.

'The pictures are undeniably powerful and it is wonderful to see straight photographs that look like real pictures and are of the real world. Yet their power lies in the stories and in Jim's......

Nice shot, but photojournalism?.

'I say photojournalism has been tied up and paired to almost any genre and activities just to sell something. I wouldn't be surprised if they give me photojournalism to go with my......

Selling Photojournalismn Or Snake Oil?.

“Photojournalism is arguably the last bastion of truth in a muddled world where fact and fiction often blur.” Aiden Sullivan Vice President at Getty Images (apparantly with a straight face) 'My interest is, of course,......

“What you have can come and go, your integrity comes to stay”.

Margaret Cheatham Williams is a wondeful photographer and an amazing photofilm producer. I'm a bit sad that she's abandoned stills for her latest film, but she has nothing to apologise for. Her......

Terrific Training Opportunity For North African/Middle East Photographers With @WorldPressPhoto.

This is a great oppotunity. Do apply if you are working as a photographer in the region. Reporting Change Investigating and documenting transition in the Middle East and North Africa. The......

A message from Bombay Flying Club.

Watch (wow). Read Poul Madsen's fascinating background notes republished from the Bombay Website (double wow). Give something back. Be inspired. Totally Bombay. Serving The Whole Person......

Look and learn – this is a magic use of photography.

DJ Shadow - listen (feat. Terry Reid) from Franck Trebillac on Vimeo....

A Real Picture of War.

Full story here. ...

The Young Ones – Taylor Wessing Shortlist.

Here's something. The average age of the photographers shortlisted for the T W Portrait Prize is 29. Not a single photographer is over 35. It's hard to judge the pics from the website,......

Bet you I couldn’t do that.

Inspiring. Via @digitalmaverick ...

What makes @jamesestrin tick (NYT’s Lens Blog Editor).

"I want to feel something. You know, make me laugh, make me cry, make me think about something in a different way, and I don’t care if it’s a perfect photo because......

A dose of Malawi.

(C) Benjamin Chesterton For the last week I've been working in Malawi on a campaign for the charity Oxfam. These are......