“Your Camera is Not a Toy”.

Image © Gabriele Galimberti A thought-provoking critique on Africa is a Country by Orlando Reade, of......

#FF Funky Friday.

Supposedly written in twenty minutes, and the opener to one of the most delicious Blue Note albums you can find..and that's saying something. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf1Eo-6sDIE...

Trunky Friday.

Had a stressful week? Need something to soothe your fevered brow before you depart work for the weekend? Well if Funky Friday is your preference, hang on I'm sure one will be along shortly. In......

Just because the picture has been photoshopped doesn’t mean what you are looking at isn’t real.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/70731382@N04/6841055468/in/set-72157629596982963 'This image shows a snap shot in time of the vortex structures that are generated around a truck. My research uses computational methods to investigate the aerodynamic properties and stability of road vehicles. As......

The ‘Stolen’ Scream.

Madeleine's controversial post has attracted considerable attention, and fostered a lot of discussion. I think that's a good thing. I'm not jumping into the fray, but I wanted to highlight something really......

The blindness of photojournalism made crystal clear.

EDITORS UPDATE: Please read Aranda's response at the bottom of the post and my thoughts on it. It's important to note that Aranda claims the family were happy with the use of the image,......

#FF Funky Friday.

I don't think you can argue with this...the truly extraordinary Gordon Parks with the funkmeister Isaac Hayes discussing the theme music to the film Shaft, which Gordon Directed. Here you see the gestation of......

To the north.

In case you thought my post on women photographers on Wednesday for International Women's Day was the lot, sorry, there's a few more to finish. I didn't want to put it all......

The Most Important Thing: Syrian Refugees.

A very interesting, and arresting, series of portraits on the UNHCR's Flickr phostream. "What would you bring with you if you had to flee your home and escape to another country? More than 750,000......

Progressive documentary photography workshop?.

Progressive eh? Well...as previously mentioned on the duck, back in 2011, Mimi Mollica and Photowrap are working on another series of online photography workshops:   "Using the power of new online tools I......

International Women’s Day this week…...

Friday 8th March is International Women's Day, and fully aware of the very high risk of being labelled a patronizing male git, I thought I'd give a big shout to a few of the......

In memoriam: A Love Letter from Emilie Blachère to Rémi Ochlik.

Rémi Ochlik et Emilie Blachère "Ochlik, I’ve never found it so difficult to write. My......

Woman, object, corpse.

In light of duck's post on violence (against women) 'At what point do you put down the camera and call the police' and the moral dilemmas such situations raise, and the various......

#FF Funky Friday.

Burnett Bynum and the Soul Invaders. Yes Sir. I put this on last night, and it stayed on, so 'ere 'tis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiwS2MfQ0KE...

Wonderful new album from Youth Lagoon.

Youth Lagoon's second album, Wondrous Bughouse, is one of the most arresting headphone records you'll hear this year. Trevor Powers, the band's sole member, layers strange but alluring synth textures under quirky......

At what point do you put down the camera and call the police?.

There's a disturbing set of pictures currently showing on TIME, taken by Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, that in part document a woman being assaulted by her boyfriend:   ...

Cat/porn?.

I'm testing traffic. It's either this or porn. It's all mememe with the cat, as we know. ...

Fly me to the Moon.

Astronomical prices © John MacPherson Cristina de Middel being interviewed on Lay Flat by Pat Padua......

“I am intelligent. I know that.”.

A carefully considered piece of journalism from OregonLive that is both moving and inspiring, and tells a gentle story with considerable dignity. This is the type of 'celebration of the ordinary' that is so......

#FF Funky Friday.

    Yes. Perfect.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2q8Fpf3eLQ...