Signs of our Times..

I like signs. They tell us stuff. They tell us stuff about the things around us. But they also say a great deal about us humans too. My old pal, professional photographer Niall Benvie,......

Effete and be there? Thats not enough..

I was struck by a recent post by David, and his quote from Josh Metzeler about getting to the right place to take pictures:   I’d like to say one very important thing about photojournalism (that......

Thinking Pictures #1.

I thought it might be interesting to start an occasional series of images that I (we) come across which are both timely and insightful and deserve wider appreciation. This image was posted by Damon d'Amato......

Photography and the value of interaction.

I came across the work of Studs Terkel decades ago and was riveted. Terkel's gift was to be able to make other people talk about themselves,  to genuinely listen to what they said,......

“…we bring a little of the bathwater home with us…….”.

Nice quote from a Guardian article on 'amateur' street photography by John Carvill.   "The novelist Saul Bellow once described his habit of recharging his creative energies by plunging into the New York subway and......

Funk is not just for Fridays, its for life.

(Young people, the arts and immortality) The untimely death of Martyn Bennet in 2005 aged only 33 years robbed us of one of the UK's most innovative musicians. For those of you not familiar......

Disability (and no footballs to be seen).

I've had a long standing interest in the representation of disability in the media, from the bleak ads for multiple sclerosis in the 80's, using torn photos to represent shattered lives, to an altogether......

Room 13 – visual arts, creativity and stuff that matters..

I like duckrabbit. Because its all about storytelling, and art. But mainly because its about teaching those things too. Thats what's really important. Good art can affect people, but learning how to create art......

3D vision is Hobbit forming.

What 48 RED Epic cameras and a big budget (and a lot of imagination) can do for your digital storytelling! Interesting behind-the-scenes peek at some of the technical geewhizzery that Peter  Jackson is employing to......

11/11/11.

A few moments visual silence for Armistice Day. The Commando Memorial near where I was born. Spectacular hilltop location surrounded by steep......

BJP report new public photography guidelines for security guards..

The Home Office and the British Security Industry Association have published a new set of guidelines for security guards confirming that photography in public places is legal and cannot be restricted Read more here....

Patty Griffin ‘Moses’.

Damn but that Cold Specks track was stunning. Its the weekend. No politics, no clamour, no controversy. Just music, and voices that give you goose bumps, take me away Patty..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-cRNV_6U3Q...

Balloons of Bhutan.

Ahh I love serendipity!  Just a few hours ago I flagged up Jonathan Harris work and by coincidence this morning he sends me details of his new (old) work now online!   As an antidote to......

The Whale Hunt by Jonathan Harris.

I was using this with a recent photography class as an example of innovative approaches to visual storytelling. And it struck me that some of duckrabbit's visitors may not have seen it. So if......