Twenty years after the genocide, the NYT has some compelling portraits of Rwandan Tutsi survivors and the Hutu individuals who perpetrated 'the unthinkable' on them and their families. The images by Pieter......
It is a sad day for journalism with the loss of a very fine photojournalist. You'll hear a lot about what others felt about Anja Niedringhaus in the coming days, and what precisely......
I've seen two dramatic video pieces this week, in which the central character is a photojournalist, and the subject is conflict. Each piece was about what individuals are compelled by conscience to do, to......
Roger May I've just read a beautifully insightful interview with Roger May on APAD (A Photo A Day). 5 Questions for......
If you've read any of my recent posts you'll know that there has been a constant throughout - that of 'family'. We're all the......
Been a while since I last posted anything 'substantial'. I guess the time needed to be right. Text written whilst I waited......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VELThhan1Mo An excellent idea from a group of Irish schoolchildren! Have a look at their FundIt page for more info. Their promo video is light on production values and high on smiles - just......
Ah UNICEF, hitting the mark and then some. Dig deep, feel good, save lives. (PS the translation of the ad at the end tells you how you can donate to UNICEF) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WPO_WzyRwAA...
The author in his home during the early......
Zun Lee's project 'Father Figure' is one I've mentioned before. No apologies for flagging it up again. It's a beautiful example of making work about what you know, about what's close to......
I love cinema. I love the way it takes me to places I didn't expect to go, to feel things about the familiar in ways I did not imagine were possible. I'm fascinated by the......
Its 6am and a storm is rampaging around the hillside as I type this. It's the first of the severe winter gales, lightning is rollocking across the Firth and a children's very large trampoline......
Seconds. It takes seconds to save a life. Precious ticking passing seconds. When I was taken by the Police to hospital, they gently handed me over to hospital staff. Then I was taken into a small......
William on the Intensive Care Unit door security screen © John MacPherson I knelt on the hill, both arms wrapped around William (aged 5).......
My phone rang yesterday morning. It was the hospital. "Dont worry! It's all fine" the concerned nurse quickly reassured me, because up until now every call has been fraught. "Melanie is conscious and we've used......
What can these two dimensional objects do for us? What is it they possess that is so powerful? I woke early (again) this morning, thinking......
.....to all of you who have tweeted, emailed and contacted me in various ways with your messages of support after reading yesterdays post. Please know they are very gratefully received. I'm not going......
I was looking out the window of the hospital Intensive Care Unit the day before yesterday. From a comfortable waiting room. I was on the second floor and looking at a flat roof covered......
William flies his small plane around the Commando Memorial, Spean Bridge © John......
'Kongouro from New Holland' by George Stubb The paintings - Kongouro from New Holland and Portrait......