#FF Funky Friday.

Good morning all you beautiful people. Little bit of a modern mash up for you, courtesy of Aim. By the way, if this regular Friday posting is your cup of tea, enjoy a stronger cup by......

Are photography degrees the joker in the pack?.

I was reading through the comments on Joni's post about photography apprenticeship v formal education (degree) and these words by Sara jumped out at me 'I want to be able to experiment with new things......

Photography education as apprenticeship.

Ok, so I'm carrying on with a series of posts that I could entitle 'the grass is greener abroad' series. I've just come back from Paris this time, from taking part in portfolio reviews......

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......

Seeing and believing (the real power of photography to change) us.

I was touched by John's post about Room 13. Kids are important aren't they? We just don't do nearly enough in this world to nurture and protect them. It's almost always the kids at the bottom......

Please keep supporting the Aftermath grant.

(a letter from Sara Terry) Dear duckrabbit readers I'll keep this brief... We are in the final phases of editing our new book, "War is Only Half the Story, Vol Four" -- featuring Danny Wilcox Frazier's incredibly......

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......

Photographing War and Photographing Africa.

With all the debate both about how war is photographed and about Africa is photographed, this African football tournament for amputees injured in war seems like an interesting story to tell......

Theorem.

Approaching infinity A Gödel number gave up, Leaving history incomplete But, at least, Consistent. ...

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......

Game, boy?.

http://vimeo.com/31934230   Read more here....

24 Hour Photo People.

AKA Flickr, Facebook, and other sharing sites. Social media has been such a buzz term in photography in recent years, and part of that buzz has been around how artists are using the internet 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......

#FF Funky Friday.

For the uninitiated. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuUWt48IeAw&feature=related...

This is pretty bloody awesome.

http://vimeo.com/31773934 kudos. From California is a place...

The Mona Lisa is a fake..

Sara's great post had me ruminating again on the most famous painting in the world. When I saw it, I peered for a good few minutes. However, as I've posted before, back in......

Social Media Tips For Photo Galleries.

There's been a great discussion on the Facebook Flak Photo Network about how Social Media has changed things for photographers, if it has done so. It draws from ...

Tom Waits is back (on form).

Lush. http://youtu.be/xHn_Kb4Dz40 And if you don't know Waits' work this is a sublime place to start: http://youtu.be/XrkThaBWa5c    ...

How Long Should You Look At A Photograph?.

I was reading this piece on the BBC, which talks about the upcoming Leonardo Da Vinci exhibition at the National Gallery. In it, the show's curator, Luke Syson, argues that each......