Missing © John MacPherson I've had a long (since childhood) fascination with deserts. Our local librarian in my......
"I noted here last spring that a gaggle of photographers from Magnum had descended on Rochester and dispersed around town to pursue individual projects. They were nearly departed before I knew about......
Reading between the lines © John MacPherson It's always heartening to find that an image......
This is the last post on ‘landscape’ and ‘meaning’ for a bit, too much of a good thing and all that. I wrote this last year, and this is possibly an opportune moment to post......
What I love about this blogging lark is the way that connections get made. And my recent posts on 'landscape and meaning' led photographer Henry Iddon to comment, but also provide a link......
I thought it might be worth adding a little more background to my recent post looking at Oxfam's current advertising campaign, and its use of 'epic landscapes' in a move to shift focus......
I read a post this week (3rd Jan) by Tolu Ogunlesi: 'Oxfam's Book of Lamentations' in which the author makes some observations on, and critical comments about, Oxfam's latest fundraising campaign advert which concentrates......
Twenty years ago this week the oil tanker MV Braer went aground in Shetland in a violent storm. I had been in the Shetland Isles the previous year photographing a dive business and some......
Duck posted a poignant and thought-provoking post a few days ago. It was a meditation of sorts, on aspiration and dreams. Brought into sharp focus through the lens of experience of one young......
Kate Torgovnik picks her favourite TEDxObserver speaker of 2012: Giles Duley. If you watch nothing else this year, watch this. “The people there have been forgotten, so I thought it was......
Santa plays it safe © John MacPherson Christmas is behind us, a New Year approaches.......
Wondering what to do with all those spent shotgun cartridges you've got lying around? Well here's a dandy way of recycling all that brass and plastic and brightening up the house for the......
The Atlantic explores the trauma affecting journalists and photographers, focusing on Ashley Gilbertson's fight against PTSD. "One of the truly great things about war that people don't understand is that all you have......
That Christmas guy © John MacPherson This morning there was a frantic pre-Christmas rush at the Post Office, which is situated......
....by Post-It note. Post it 1 © John MacPherson (and © unknown Post-it artist) I came across this early Saturday morning......
I love this. I've watched it literally dozens of times since it was uploaded, because my wee boy enjoys it so much (he likes planes and especially float planes). He knows the soundtrack off......
There's a very informative and insightful article by Nick Turpin on his blog about how to translate your street photography success into an income stream. Well worth a read, and of course accompanied......
.....really shallow. Kim Karda$hian visits Bahrain. Pours milkshakes. Enjoys scenery. Promotes tourism. No problems there then? RYOT NOTE: With great power, comes great responsibility. That’s what people like Kim Kardashian sometimes don’t understand. Something as......
For those of you regular Duckrabbit visitors who've been there, done that, got the t-shirt, and probably shave (legs or faces), here's a post for your children.........this is definitely SFW. I encounter and capture......
Now you know what is the best camera to use to take compelling award-winning images, you might also need to know a wee bit about another essential component of photography. Light. (All you grizzled old pros......