Einstein Vs Occam’s razor..

Dagnammit. This post is a lie. It appears that the duck will not be able to announce next years World Press winners yesterday, due to the fact that neutrinos do not travel faster than the......

Let Chet Baker do the talking.

http://youtu.be/XWsrP4YIJZo...

Hidden stories, unknown lives..

This is a post that's all about people, but without people. Only empty spaces where they've been, and the evidence of their passing. One of the things that continually delights me in photography is the......

Anyone you know?.

  'Social-networking theory aside: Shouldn’t we be taking pictures? Isn’t photography about photographs and not about promoting the crap out of photographs?' Full post here....

Storytelling, Ravi, Ira and Philip..

We've had these words here before. They are the same now, but even prettier. Bonus.   http://vimeo.com/24715531   Thankyou Ira Glass. That surname has now made me think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV0xp-qAwfE&feature=related Always a tasty smorgasbord at the duck....

Students – keep the faith.

If you’re a student, keep the faith.   I am a student. A photography student, I spend my time reading, looking, writing and doing photography. There has been a lot of talk and debate......

Me, my dad, my son, a box, a meditation on joy and sorrow and a tune that floored me. Bargain..

Today I found in a dusty packed away box an old letter from my dad to my eldest son Samuel. Maybe......

News, truth and monsters..

I have a new favourite newspaper. It's the Herald from Zimbabwe. Every day for nearly a fortnight it made me laugh out loud. When I saw this front page yesterday however I nearly choked......

A different groove.

Hey..this would be good on an advert.. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtFPdBUl7XQ...

#FF Funky Friday.

There's only the one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC2ZY2loo74...

“Life ain’t perfect, and neither is my cabin”.

http://vimeo.com/28676720 By Lost and Found Films. If you're having a tough week at work why not take a few minutes out to see the escape fantasy made real....

me, Me, ME, ME! (the perils of publication)..

One of the delights of having your photographic work 'out there', is having it seen. Unfortunately most of the time other people see it too. I say 'unfortunately' because sometimes 'interesting' things can happen as......

Mr Happy Man loves you..

http://vimeo.com/36673515 by Matt Morris. And he's got relationship advice to offer too - just in time for Valentine's Day....

“My days are full of joy and sorrow.” – Sketches of Greenland..

  Sketches of Greenland by Jeroen Toirkens and Petra Sjouwerman.   I met Jeroen at the Zilveren Camera photojournalism awards in The Hague last month......

ANGRY poetry: The legacy of the chemist.

I posted an Angry Poem some time back. An occasional thing I do when I get........well......angry. No smiles in this post, and no profound thoughts. Just a bit of anger. I wrote this one......

#FF Funky Friday.

Deep, deep funk for your pleasure. Finery. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptsw0nZnHhQ...

Hockney in HD.

                      Just a quick plug for David Hockney's 'A Bigger Picture' Exhibition at the Royal Academy.  Fantastic stuff - particularly liked his video installation of......

Chance encounters and ‘the life of a story’.

I like to travel. I've traveled a lot alone. Alone, you meet people. And the aspect of travel that continually amazes me is how the experience of travel lingers on with you, long long......

Hipstamatic. Instagram. Kamra-e-faoree (what?).

Kamra-e-faoree. Heard of them? They are about as far as you can get from an iPhone. No shutter, no electrics. And no film either. These are simply large boxes with lenses, inside which is a......

Photographers…Nose/Grindstone.

LPV mag with some fine work and words: "The best advice I could possibly give you, and forgive me if this seems glib, is to work. Work. Work. Work. Every day. At the same......