The iRony-phone & the new media world.

Two articles caught my eye this last few days................... Many times people neglect their DSLR because it is too bulky to carry for longer period of time, or because they are afraid to......

Return of the Sun.

The north of Scotland is surprisingly 'far up'. Where I live is about 57.5 degrees north - that puts us on the same latitude as Gothenburg in Sweden, and going left, through both Hudson......

The power of the spoken word…..

...and the power of nature. How far do you need to travel to hear indigenous people talk passionately about their endangered landscape? About what we had. And about what we're allowing ourselves to lose...... Wales. If this......

Are you just the photographer?.

"Besides disastrous missteps and slow reactions to a changing media landscape, one of the big problems of the owners and top editors of the failing newspapers is they don’t have a clue......

Rest and be thankful.

Thank you Ryann Ford. For reminding me of places I'd forgotten about. But which have figured prominently in my life. ...

Beyond the Killing Fields.

Peter posted a fascinating article last year about Nic Dunlop's book 'The Lost Executioner' and the photographs taken of those incarcerated by the Khmer Rouge prior to execution. ...

Thinking knotty thoughts.

Celtic knot. © John MacPherson I wrote a piece last year called The Knots that Bind Us, exploring......

Breath taking image manipulation.

Lots of 'controversy' recently over the 'manipulation' of images and whether they bear any resemblance to reality. One commentator noting that if you want to manipulate your images "beyond what was in front of......

“An invisible line held by the hand of a ghost”.

There were several mentions of dementia in the news yesterday, eerily coincidental, as I was in the middle of writing something about the disease. First was a theatre production 'Inside Out of Mind',......

Witness.

I've posted a few pieces on duckrabbit about Alzheimer's that have proved popular with readers. It was suggested by several commentators that I submit a recent one to the Guardian for publication.  I went......

Note to self: keep your eye on the clock sucker..

I enjoy a good read. I particularly enjoy a good read about photography, whether non-fiction or fiction, but particularly work that is written by writers who 'know' photography, whose intimacy with the 'thoughts of......

Noor – The Hidden Light of Afghanistan.

I had seen some of the work of Monika Bulaj before, but had not seen her TED talk, which I was kindly directed to this evening by @edbrydon via @magdarakita  (thanks both of you). Well......

North Korea.

Time carries a portfolio of images of North Korea by David Guttenfelder, AP's Chief Asia Photographer (more of his work here). These are some of the most impressive images I've seen in a......

Rethinking Butts.

Something for Earth Day. This is very clever. It's not too long. It's beautifully executed. The voiceover is perfect. Very good indeed. https://vimeo.com/63347105...

“Only shoot the crazy ones. Wave at the others.”.

Time is funny stuff. A moment in the present can find an echo in a moment from the past. A little slice of memory filed away and waiting to be pulled from the mindshelf,......

“We know when Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sleeps.”.

One of the more intriguing (and precautionary) articles about Boston, courtesy of Quartz: 'We know when Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sleeps.' It is a strange reality of our times that we have no idea what......

The Camera & the fear of failure.

Take a novice filmmaker, wanting to make his first film, add a Canon T2i, a 30 day free trial of FCPX, and a budget of $50. Add dedication, determination, application and imagination. This is......

Vogue runs another Blackface Editorial.

Mehhh Get the full story straight from...er...the horse's mouth...on Jezebel. And find out the latest news in the......

A moment in time.

Boston is shocking. I looked at the images this morning in disbelief. This image captures a pivotal moment. © John Tlumacki......