Funky Thursday.

I'm sorry, I couldn't wait. I needed a little something today. Over to The Sunburst Band... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC_-RP6kLWw...

Headline of the week.

'Galway pensioner died from spontaneous combustion' More here...

What does it feel like to fly over Planet Earth?.

kind of like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74mhQyuyELQ&feature=youtu.be...

Photography: overish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F_2YefbU20&feature=youtu.be Jorg says it so it must be true....

Saving a nation’s memories.

As well as being the 10th anniversary of 9/11, tomorrow also marks the six-month anniversary of the devastating Japanese earthquake and tsunami. And there, an army of volunteers have spent recent months working to......

#ff funky friday – while the cats are away…..

I'm hijacking #funkyfriday to spread a bit of funk after a somewhat depressing week in the UK. Ciara http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rRJP8rVg-4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCkT4K-hppE  ...

Male rape – Guardian photofilm.

When I watch a photofilm in which the audio features the photographer talking about their images, I often switch off......

Laygate stories – tales from South Shields.

Here's a project to watch. Photographer Peter Fryer has teamed up with David Campbell, academic and multimedia producer, to create Laygate Stories - a......

The battle of Byker – Amber Collective/BBC Radio 4.

There's been a lot of coverage over recent months about the shock decision of the Arts Council not to continue revenue funding Newcastle's renowned Side......

Disco politics.

I happened to catch this on Radio 4 this afternoon - if you are a fan of #funkyfriday and have access to the BBC iPlayer then it's not to be missed. ...

happy birthday Panos.

Photo agency Panos is celebrating its 25th birthday, and has made this little film looking back at its history and sharing its ethos. enjoy http://vimeo.com/24834047...

hoop’s eye view.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GVrO1VYAOI...

Congo through rose-tinted glass.

  "Bereft of a clear narrative, journalists and photographers often confine themselves to stories of suffering, anchored in bleak statistics: 400,000......

RIP Gill Scott-Heron.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGaRtqrlGy8&feature=related thanks for the music ...

Capa and desensitisation.

"The concentration camps were swarming with photographers and every new photo of horror served only to diminish the total effect"- Robert Capa, 1947. I just finished Capa's memoir, Slightly out of Focus, and the phrase......

If you’re based in the UK and have access to iPlayer.

...watch this documentary on Icelandic photographer Ragnar 'Rax' Axelsson on his mission to capture the vanishing lifestyles of the people of the north.    ...

Anyone going to Look2011 photo festival in Liverpool?.

If so please come and visit my (ciara's) group show, Transition, and say hello. photo © Gary Tack http://vimeo.com/23508783 more info here. Look2011 incidentally is well......

GMB Akash/TED talk.

Bangladesh's GMB Akash is a really excellent photographer and I like him all the more for hearing him talk so warmly about his subjects. Massive respect. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFeFIYdwVak&feature=player_embedded...