When Reality Isn’t Dramatic Enough: Misrepresentation in a World Press and Picture of the Year Winning Photo.

© Paolo Pellegrin "What happens when a World Press Photo and Picture of the Year International award-winning......

Instagram is more dangerous than a sniper’s rifle?.

Israeli sniper view. The ongoing media battle for the moral high ground in the Israel/Palestine conflict is something......

What it feels like to be photographed in a moment of grief..

Newtown Prayer © Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images There's a very interesting article on the......

WPP groundhog day.

Reading about the chatter around Paul Hansen's phenomenal work, and this image in particular, got me thinking about film and paper. The top pairing shows the WPP winning image at top, below that the......

Revolution redux..

You are living in the greatest information and publishing revolution ever. Maybe you don't realise it, because fish are not aware of water, but it's true. Never in the history of mankind has there been......

You hit a guy in the face, he hits you in the face. I do it for the hugs afterwards….

Uppercut from California is a place. Don't go messing with the Silicon Valley cube-dwellers, they're pretty handy with their keyboards....

The comfort of strangers.

Communication © John MacPherson The phone rang late one evening. I was a bit tired, work, personal life......

Cliché on cliché?.

I am looking forward to being surprised by imaginative photography that is original, curious, and thoughtful. I am not concerned at all about what equipment has been used, I am not sure it’s really......

Submissions open for Slideluck’s FORMAT Grand Finale.

Great to see the FORMAT photography festival programme looking so good.  The grand finale of the festival will be hosted by Slideluck at......

#FF Funky Friday.

Thank Johnny, always. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVljT3egvb4...

Rebuilding Chrissy’s Face.

From The Oregonian Chrissy's new face (prosthetic) © Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian     "An accidental......

Disaster Photography: When is Documentary Exploitation?.

A thoughtful and well-written article on ARTnews, by Richard B Woodward.   "...........The bloody mayhem of Russia’s invasion and retreat from Afghanistan, and the two U.S. invasions of Iraq, created what became known as......

This music is just rubbish…...

........that's why its wonderful. This is seriously impressive. And should make us all stop and think. Recycling. Music. Culture. Community. Entertainment. Learning. Inspiration. https://vimeo.com/52711779 Visit Landfillharmonic orchestra on Facebook and show some support....

Raised Behind Bars.

  Photographer Carolina Camps tracks down three mothers she photographed in an Argentine prison five years ago and documents their relationship with their children who were born behind the prison walls. Photography and audio by......

Early #FF…RIP Donald Byrd.

The Emperor. Indeed.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92icHL0DU28...

Duckrabbit & Pete Brook not on NRA ‘anti-gun’ enemy list..

  Bang © John MacPherson Just about everyone else is it seems. What did we do wrong? CNN tells......

Sinking, swimming and telling stories.

http://youtu.be/PCGmra0eFQk Being in Cambodia last year prompted me to re-read 'Swimming to Cambodia' by Spalding Grey. It's a great book, a monologue that takes in the some of the modern history of Cambodia......

God made a farmer.

http://youtu.be/AMpZ0TGjbWE Here's an advert that car manufacturer Chrysler chose to run for their Ram truck brand during this year's Superbowl coverage, one of the most expensive advertising slots of the year.  I think it's pretty......

Globalizing Torture.

Globalizing Torture © Open Society Foundations Globalizing Torture is the most comprehensive account yet assembled......

Nothing new under the sun?.

How about this then. Moonrise. Mark Gee did his homework and this is the result: https://vimeo.com/markg/fullmoonsilhouettes Full Moon Silhouettes is something that I’ve been wanting to capture for a over a year now. The video is......