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David White, photographer posted this on March 11th, 2010
Ooooh…how exciting. Hold on to your pants.
I just remembered something I’d forgotten, and thought it would be useful to a fair few of you…
I was just trying to put back on an old rear lens cap on one of my nikkors. The poor little cap is knackered, and won’t stay on.
Then I remembered…..I went and [...]
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David White, photographer posted this on March 10th, 2010
In four days time it will be the anniversary of old Albert’s birth. This fact reminded me of a pic I shot a little while ago…a stonemason here in Bristol – Mike Blow- phoned me up and told me that he’d made an exact replica of Einstein’s brain out of marble. And not just any [...]
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David White, photographer posted this on March 4th, 2010
This little story bought back a memory for me. Years ago, whilst a young, junior snapper on the Leicester Mercury – my first job – I was captioning my prints outside the darkroom when the editor marched up, howling, as he was want to do. Alex his name was, and everyone was terrified of him, [...]
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David White, photographer posted this on March 3rd, 2010
Duckrabbit can be the first to tell you that the terms and conditions to the ‘Science: so what‘ photo comp have been radically altered to the benefit of all participants. It’s great to know that we can affect these things. I would like to thank the elusive ‘Frank’ for all his efforts. Here is the [...]
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David White, photographer posted this on March 3rd, 2010
I’ve been trying to talk to ‘Frank’ for a while now. The government urge us to do so, but I’ve found him deaf as a post, and rather naive. All I want him to do is address the concerns many have over the ridiculous and greedy ‘Science so what’ photo comp…you know, the one where [...]
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David White, photographer posted this on March 1st, 2010
In case you missed the post about the recent “Science, so what competition” it’s down the page a bit here.
“Frank”, whoever he may be, finished off his message (under comments on the above link) to us with the line:
“If you have any more concerns then please add them here or drop me a line via [...]
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David White, photographer posted this on February 25th, 2010
Here’s a nice competition, woo, you get to win a camera. I could do with one of those.
It’s got a catchy title: Science: So what? So everything.
Could be good. It’s backed by the government, that staunch defender of our rights (Eh?Ed) It’s getting interesting.
They’ve got a pretty website. They even have a sweet write up:
“Can [...]
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David White, photographer posted this on February 17th, 2010
Would you pay $30 – a month – for an app to let you read a newspaper? Thought not. But according to this, that is being seriously considered. Here is old school vs new in one neat package. In the same building in fact, maybe even the same office. Very interesting.
This internet malarkey might have [...]
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David White, photographer posted this on February 16th, 2010
My MP, Kerry McCarthy, has not yet bothered to respond to the information I sent her regarding the Digital Economy Bill.
So far, not so good. I am not impressed…she’s had a good while now to respond.
If you have not written to your MP about this yet, you must, please. And use this template…best if you [...]
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David White, photographer posted this on February 11th, 2010
Uzbekistan have done themselves no favours on this one…they found photographer and documentary maker Umida Akhmedova guilty. Luckily for her, the judge decided that as it was the, er, 18th anniversary of Uzbeck independence, he would waive the potential three year prison sentence. Phew, what a lucky coincidence. I doubt her ‘let off’ had anything [...]
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David White, photographer posted this on February 10th, 2010
Photography is f$cked.
From Tony Sleep. Originally on the EPUK list.
“The quaint notion that the author has prime and inalienable rights over
his/her own work, must be able to restrict usage, negotiate a fee, prevent
usage they consider immoral or distasteful, or assert their moral right to
attribution, is about to pass into history.”
The end game is now in [...]
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David White, photographer posted this on February 9th, 2010
Sent to the duck by Ian Forsyth, this multimedia piece looks at the repatriation of soldiers killed on operations whilst in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the thoughts of the residents of Wootton Bassett..a town through which many bodies of these men pass. His piece is an MOD produced handout, maybe the first of its kind [...]
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David White, photographer posted this on February 9th, 2010
Gil Scott-Heron and Robert Frank…Well, who’d have thought it. Check it out then listen to Gil’s new album below.
( I think Bob’s on Bass )
” I may be crazy, but I’m the closest thing I have to a voice of reason”
What a line.
Play it…..’tis as good as you dared hope it might be.
Funky widgit [...]
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David White, photographer posted this on February 8th, 2010
The set of pictures below are by Rajib Islam, one of the duck’s greatest friends, an amazingly talented man, a true gent and one of the kindest people I’ve ever met. If you ever need a good man in Bangladesh, or anywhere, he is it.
How’s that for an intro Rajib?
Hopefully he will be putting [...]
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David White, photographer posted this on February 6th, 2010
Andrew Bigosinski, Director of the Cine Institute film school, Jacmel, has recently posted a comment clarifying their position regarding certain “Photo Aid” projects in Haiti:
“The Cine Institute of Jacmel has not agreed to partner in any “Photo Aid” projects. This is a misrepresentation of an agreement we had prior to this great crisis and no [...]
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