I was asked to do a day shift for the Press Association last Friday. Not something I usually do, but that’s more ‘cos I don’t get asked than cos I don’t want to..I love chasing the news. Anyway. I was asked to go to Wootton Bassett, which is a small town/village near RAF Lyneham. The body [...]
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According to the BJP ‘French magazine Paris Match was the victim of a hoax when it was revealed that this year’s winners of its Photojournalism Award had faked their images. Every year, Paris Match, which remains one of the last weekly magazine to give predominant space to photography, organises its ‘Grand Prix Paris Match du Photoreportage.’ This [...] This headline says it all. Apparently Bruce played an absolute blinder of a gig, but this is what the Times of London decides to lead with: Why? That’s part of news culture I’m afraid. Negativity sells. Or does it? This is a particularly poor attempt to create controversy out of nothing. Quite frankly it sucks. Share [...] Ok…I thought this was a joke, but, oh no…there is an odd multimedia piece (ie video) on the Grauniad front page.. SHORTS ARE IMPORTANT…NEVER FORGET. Share [...] The Travel Photographer (always a great source of inspiration) has introduced me to the Blind Boys. This is how they introduce themselves Idea Charles Harbutt said, “A writer can write in a void (many do). Beethoven was deaf. Sculptors can sculpt and painters paint miles and years from the sources of their vision. But camera lenses require both light [...] This will give you a good laugh Live Radio .. you can’t beat it. Thanks Martin Share [...] Share [...] Just been checking out PRISON PHOTOGRAPHY where Pete Brook should get an award for his comparison between American and British criminals. Having worked in a prison all I can say is ‘NO COMMENT’. In America there are gangsta’s, crack heads and wild kids. In Britain there thugs, scallies and pill-poppers – these are broad categories and don’t [...] The person who wrote this must have been fearing for their working life in case they left something out, but from the readers point of view its frankly ridiculous. Mind you I wouldn’t want to play ‘my Mums bigger than your Mum’ with one of this ladies kids. Share [...] ‘Minister quits over Brown ’smears’ Man said ‘wombat rape’ led to accent change Share [...] that shows a young Iranian woman dying from what we now know is a gunshot wound. I haven’t watched the film, nor do I intend do. I know that its just going to upset me and make me feel helpless. More helpless. Over on BURN someone has commented about the situation in Iran ‘TWITTER 5 PHOTOJOURNALISM 0′. As if it [...] That’s where we’re heading for next months duckrabbit multimedia training.
Share [...] duckrabbit encourages debate on all social issues and believes that photography has a massive role on the web in bringing new light to issues that affect us all. One of those issues is prejudice, which comes from cultural poverty, financial poverty and a lack of understanding of one another. Unfortunately, as this article on the BBC shows, [...] |
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