Now if I was going to be in London tonight … tempted.

Picturing the Penitentiary: A Panel Discussion When: 13.Apr.11 19.00 Where: HOST Gallery - London Robert Gumpert Ed Clark Erwin James To coincide with Robert Gumpert’s first UK exhibition of his extraordinary photographic......

The genius of Steidl?.

Steidl was born to print, 60 years ago in the small German city of Göttingen, where his father worked nights cleaning the press at the local newspaper. The son skipped college......

“As cool as carrots”.

This is a lovely photofilm about being thrown into single Motherhood, produced by Rebecca Harley. I produced little bear as part of a series of short photofilms I am working on. My friend had......

What is telling the story?.

What do you think about the following photo? It's OK, right? You can place any number of stories on it......

Don’t forget the story..it’s not about the spiders…..

"I wrote in my previous post about how photography can be said to explain everything and yet reveal nothing. And now I find myself realising that I may have taken some photographs that illustrate......

#FF Funky Friday.

Put this in your pipe and smoke it. I have no idea what he is singing about... http://youtu.be/Chtr72kVLsg...

Tiana Markova-Gold: Fondation des Jeunes Haitiennes Optimistes.

Firstly, thanks to all at Duckrabbit for allowing me some space here on the blog... Last year Lucy Helton, Tiana Markova-Gold, and myself (Tom White) set up Sombra Projects......

Are you Up To Speed?.

"The new course in Photojournalism at Up To Speed in Bournemouth was approved by the NCTJ board this month. Up To Speed’s photography tutor is Neil Turner, who combines a thriving freelance portfolio......

Should The Photographers’ Gallery And Public Urinal be renamed?.

Maybe, according to Sean O'Hagan writing in the Guardian. The dominance of the narrow thread of conceptualism in the Deutsche Börse reflects a certain moneyed and self-regarding strain in global photography curating. But does......

Camera bag essentials..

Here's a snippet of what's in Justin Mott's bag....I have to say I am a bit disappointed that he does not knit his own Doctor Who scarves, after all, it's so easy...   ...

Condition One – a new way of experiencing war?.

According to Time, the very talented photographer and filmaker Danfung Dennis is creating a new APP that will shake the viewer from their apathy to war, combining, “the power of the still......

Good news for photojournalists...

Phew. That makes a change. You will be pleased to know that Kanye West is to be launching a new range of scarves. What a relief. They may resemble those from Doctor Who, but I have......

Who do you think you are…David f@£$%^g Bailey?.

The truly unique David Bailey being interviewed over on the Torygraph. There's some good lines in there..   "The problem with photography is, people don’t know the difference. They group glorified press photographers and fashion......

What you see is what YOU see.

If you see what I mean. Sinister or silly? Now scroll down:       More from......

Bowels International needs a new editor..

I was just browsing the new journalism jobs over on the Press Gazette site, when I spotted that Bowels International magazine needs a new editor. I'm pretty sure that's right, but it......

Only you...

...will ever know if you listened to this delicious and perplexing journey into self over on the Guardian. Click here (but don't make a sound).  ...

The worst wedding photographer in the world?.

Maybe so, after the rumoured recent death of Derek Pye... From the magic and tragic awkwardfamilyphotos.com comes a new section...an awkward wedding pic contest. You have to go and have a look, it's......

Sod interns, I need a slave..

I have been rummaging about in the loft for the couple of slaves I keep up there. Luckily they were still there, not looking too happy but willing to work nonetheless. I've been spoilt recently and......

8 Rules of Audio.

'Nothing says "amateur" like bad audio. It doesn't matter how powerful an interview is if your viewers can't understand it, and all it takes is a little wind in the mic or......