52 weeks of the streets.

Make yourself a cuppa and settle in for a treat. There are some real gems in this slideshow. More info on Phil Coomes terrific Lensfinder blog http://www.flickr.com/photos/philljenkins/5425383350/ ...

#FF Funky Friday.

You know...I have to. It makes me feel old, but I have to. I still remember listening to this on a metal cassette in my walkman whilst hooning about on my BMX, circa 1436.......

Do you understand this?.

I was trying to help my 9 year old son with his maths homework last night. Simple, right? His sums were all division, and not hard, eg 36 divided by 4. He was still struggling......

“As We Are So Wonderfully Done with Each Other”.

As we are so wonderfully done with each other    As we are so wonderfully done with each other We can walk into our separate sleep On floors of music......

For my wife (and you too).

Many of you must have seen this, seeing as it's had over 63 million hits on Youtube. If you haven't seen it though, it should cheer you up, which is why I'm posting it for......

War Correspondence.

                            I like this a lot.  A representation of war that is restrained, thoughtful and moving.  Images and words by war artist......

There’s an awful lot of outrage about this statement on Nikon’s Facebook page.

Very silly own goal, but I'm just wondering how many people complaining have bought kit they never really use because they thought it......

One of the great cliches of war photographers.

is the notion that until you've been there yourself, until you've dodged bullets, then you've no right to reject the increasingly redundant form of journalism (or propaganda) that is war photography (in the classical......

Gilden sings Dylan, in Portugese. Tidy..

Seeing as Bob Dylan's been ripping off Bruce Gilden et al..very badly...here's one for Bob. I tried very hard to find a video of Bruce singing 'Hurricane', but I failed. Sorry. Instead, here's......

Just saw this ad on the NYT.

Must be the crappest advert for photo software I've seen in a long time. The woman looks so much better before the digital makeover, don't you think? ...

Nikon D4 to use Neutrino chip..

Yep, you read it right. The new D4 will have a chip which uses neutrinos to form an image. And seeing as neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light, that means the camera......

Requiem For The Press.

Sara T'Rula on the Police seizing media material from the recent UK riots: "I am not a journalist; I’m a documentary photographer and I don’t work for newspapers. But still, the journalistic ethic applies......

Seeing is believing…right?.

Not here, and not anywhere really. I was recently sent a book to review, "Believing Is Seeing (observations on the mysteries of photography)" by Errol Morris. Now, I'm no book reviewer, and I'm also......

#FF Funky Friday.

To y'all...Express Yourself. That means you. But please do try to keep yourself out of correctional facilities (Unless you're Pete Brook). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u31FO_4d9TY Gotta be just about the finest opening line ever....

Headline of the week.

'Galway pensioner died from spontaneous combustion' More here...

Thumb wars.

In this war, the first casualty is your thumbs:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQlkYY88wLM&feature=player_embedded#!   More....

Billy Austin ?.

I was going to put up 'Georgia on my mind' whilst I sat here with Georgia on my mind. Steve Earle resonates more:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xad0Qyu__cE&ob=av2n   But there's twenty seven men here, Mostly black, brown......

Nintendo, Parr, 3D, er, blimey..

...is it an advert? Sure smells like one to me...   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tUsRhksJok   I wouldn't really care, apart from the fact that Martin Parr is straight as a die...odd, yes, but true. He is someone who, as far......