From Lesotho to Lewis: observations on Vintage Patronising Crap.

When I was in my early teens, around 1976, I took a wander through a few countries in Southern Africa. "You should visit Lesotho" someone suggested. "Great countryside and the Basotho people are really colourful......

An eye in the north.

Scotland is going to be in the news a lot in the next few weeks. I've already posted some historic images, most taken about 35 years ago (link). So I though it......

The beauty of darkness..

I've been doing an ongoing documentary project on inshore fishermen on the lovely island of Mull off Scotland's west coast. For those who choose to do this its hard hard work, in an economically and......

“Cameras, they steal your soul, so they do.”.

I mentioned previously I might write a little on photographing people and 'inhibition' following a comment made to a recent post. This post is also, I guess, a wee bit about perception, and......

Photography and freedom of expression. It’s not just the police that restrict it..

duckrabbit would like to welcome the writer, photographer and all round top bloke Julian Lass to our team. We met at Arles and sparked.......

Is a documentary photography degree worth having?.

OK, duckrabbit sparked a bit of debate by pointing our that to take the documentary photojournalism degree at Newport is going to set you back £27000 in fees.  That's a lot of money......

Random email of the day.

We get some great random emails at duckrabbit. Mostly asking about our training.  On that note Paul Lowe at LCC has just signed us up to teach multimedia on their excellent post......

Picturing the homeless – Don McCullin.

Sadly people are not really interested in the photographs I take of a rather depressing side of our society - Don McCullin. In 1989, British photojournalist......

BBC Audio slideshow: Photography by blind people.

Just goes to show that seeing isn't always believing: How can you use a camera if you can't see? Over 30 blind and visually impaired adults from the UK, Mexico and China have been......

while we’re on the subject (of healthcare).

Watching the previous clip about America's uninsured reminded me of a piece I saw a few months back by Talking Eyes Media, the production......