Christopher Morris, ‘Shut up, stop thinking for yourself and kneel before the almighty war photographer’s pictures’. Rafiqui., ‘Err, maybe not tonight Chris’..

The VII photographer Christopher Morris has responded to my post 'The War Photographers biggest story: themselves', which I published a few days ago, and which seems to have hit a nerve. I'm posting......

Rycote Audio Event in Bristol.

Photographers..prick up your ears.. I know photographers are reluctant to admit this, but audio is the driver in multimedia. It is incredibly important. You can hold a viewer with good audio and average pics, but......

War Photography and someone talking sense.

My stress is nothing compared with civilians and soldiers. I remind myself of that all the time. I don't have to be there – they don't have the choice. Gary Knight ...

Lens Culture International Multimedia Exposure Awards.

$75 for a multimedia entry? Ouch. Oh yeah and if you want to enter a film that is over eight minutes you need to edit it down: If your full-length multimedia piece is longer than......

Getting caught out, print v photography.

When a much respected print journalist gets caught embellishing his work, all hell breaks loose. It wouldn't have raised much of an eyebrow in the past, but a twitter crowd ensured the......

The battle of Byker – Amber Collective/BBC Radio 4.

There's been a lot of coverage over recent months about the shock decision of the Arts Council not to continue revenue funding Newcastle's renowned Side......

For Les and Fallon (and Olga cause it’s her birthday).

How could I refuse this Friday request? Maybe not funky but certainly fitting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-BIKjypNsE Greenwich Village folk singer (and big Dylan influence) Karen Dalton performing her version of "It Hurts Me Too", originally made popular by Elmore......

#FF Funky Friday...

Keeping on the lovely war theme we have today... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOxrpMOindc...

The war photographer’s biggest story: themselves.

Is the 'best' story a war photographer can provide these days - the one that will get the most space - themselves?  Not just any photographer though. They need to be western and preferably......

New NCTJ press photography course.

Back in the day (read 10 years ago) you could pretty much guarantee that getting on this course and passing would land you a job. When I attended, I finished the course on a......

You’ve got to love a video that takes the piss out of DLSR video geeks.

I can never get my head round the people who are selling video on the DLSR through their blogs, but work with thousands of pounds of add on equipment to get their videos......

duckrabbit artist’s statement….

Either the below is what I really, really feel, or else it's a load of gonadia cooked up by the 'Instant artist statement; Arty Bollocks Generator': "My work explores the relationship between......

Disco politics.

I happened to catch this on Radio 4 this afternoon - if you are a fan of #funkyfriday and have access to the BBC iPlayer then it's not to be missed. ...

Photography with a purpose, and some.

Keep your books and apps and your white walls. They are all great, but this is where for me it's at: “We want you to see things the way the women who are pillars......

Photofilm – Space Miami.

http://vimeo.com/22954417 In 1963 Aerojet-General built a rocket manufacturing plant in the middle of the Everglades. They were hoping to build rockets for the Apollo moon mission. The rockets were built and tested in a 150......

happy birthday Panos.

Photo agency Panos is celebrating its 25th birthday, and has made this little film looking back at its history and sharing its ethos. enjoy http://vimeo.com/24834047...

Read and weep.

'According to Picscout, a leading tracking service, nine out of every 10 stock images they found online were unauthorised uses.' And when you've finished weeping, learn: Despite proof to the contrary, some full-time......

Work for no pay at The Centre for Social justice…eh?.

"The Centre for Social Justice – which “conducts social research to provide evidence and solutions that will help to overcome the causes of poverty and to promote social justice” – is openly recruiting......

Falmouth Pilots, by Falmouth students...

The University College Falmouth has some damn keen photography students. I was down there last week running a Photofilm workshop, and I set a deliberately challenging schedule. A bit like real life in fact.......