Writing Here:

duckrabbit
David White
Ciara Leeming
John Macpherson
Peter
Sara Trula
Carl Pendle
Joni Karanka
Mike Lusmore
Madeleine Corcoran

Haiku for you.

Don’t say I never give you anything:

the morning paper harbinger of good and ill – – I step over it

 

Dave McCroskey

Art? A ponzi scheme? Perhaps.

“I believe we need more Art, not less. More people out there making cool shit, pushing their brains sideways, and hopefully eliciting interesting questions from the people who look at it. More public support for the Arts will lead to more monkeys typing away, which of course will lead to a more intelligent society. [...]

The forgotten sausage.

I was touched by the many responses to my post ‘The last month turned’. Thank you everyone who tweeted and commented, and a particular thank you to those of you who also took the time to send me personal messages and observations. The web may be a somewhat anonymous and distant meeting place, but the [...]

One for the Duck.

Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn that is, bassist with Booker T and the MG’s, who has died in Tokyo aged 70.

Thanks.

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Be afraid, be very afraid…

I am saying no more. Apart from -shudder-.

Here’s some respite. Phew.

 

Look at my face

Can you see a face? © John MacPherson

 

What is this? I ask people.

Some say, “it’s a piece of exotic stone, polished. Probably from Burma.”

Others, “it’s a red cabbage, sliced, sharply, by a good knife.”

A few reliably inform me “it’s petrified wood, from Arizona.”

One asked “is it a strange [...]

BRISTOL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY

As it says:

90 Exhibitions

50 Venues

16 Events

4 Workshops

1 City (The best in the country btw)

What are you waiting for? A lift?

 

www.bfop.org.

Don’t forget the joker.

 

Bullitt and Motorhead. You arguing?

 

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Twice as much Third Floor

I’ve not had a chance to write in Duckrabbit for ages. Mainly, my new job is very demanding, and on the other hand, Third Floor Gallery has been growing. Now, in addittion to the Third Floor Gallery space, we also have the Second Floor Extension, located just below. The first show there was Vincent Delbrouck’s [...]

Visual myths and bad edits

“As you can imagined I am in a state of shock. I feel ashamed and humiliated for trusting CNN. I am stunned that they would take my work out of context. I spent a long time looking at their website before agreeing to show my work and in no way did I see any indication [...]

#FF Funky Friday

It’s only right.

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Do you know these trees?

My wife has asked that I put out a question to you all.

Here it is:

DO YOU KNOW THESE TREES? :

They are about half way down the A30 towards Cornwall, [...]

Do you know who I am?

Given all the recent sage advice for students I thought you might appreciate this:

A friend was invigilator at a large exam in a college. Supervising hundreds of students sitting scribbling. Time passed. Then ended. “That’s it” he called “Time’s up, pens down”.

The pens descended.

“Bring your papers to the front, pile them on [...]

Living with PTSD

James Allen is on a mission. To tell you something.

Listen:

Open publication – Free publishing – More allen

Cartier Bresson meets Derek Pye, talks about Monster Munch.

A classic encounter within photography:

“A while ago Henri Cartier-Bresson had the great pleasure of meeting one of his heroes. Me. In this never before seen interview I spoke to Henri about his life and work and my influence on him. “

Perhaps a good wedding present?

Harry Hardie asks on Tweeterrr (must be said with a Brizzle accent) whether the book ‘ONO’ from Natasha Caruana would make a good wedding present.

No.

It makes a damn good book though. So good I just bought one.

Here is a good Wedding Present:

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Advice for the future.

STUDENTS: READ THIS TOMORROW.

¡Viva la Revolución!

Now what could cause a scene like this?:

Press and Ed first years – aka Pig House Pictures – from University College Falmouth celebrating their first collaborative exhibition, outside the Poly, Falmouth, 8.5.12. Image © David White 2012.

Ok, so there was/is a sweet exhibition at the ends of the [...]

Photojournalism not photography

“I won’t ever know if there is a link between my child’s developmental problems and the flame retardants or the baby bottles, but these stories make me want to throttle someone. I can’t throttle a corporation, even though it’s supposedly a person, but I want to anyway. People who know me know that I’m a [...]

“Continents of mutual disdain”

“Many commercial photographers, for instance, think documentary photographers are hopelessly old-fashioned, while the latter view the former as corporate whores in thrall to the filthy lucre of advertising. Both watch the continent of Amateuria, “a continent so vast it has never been properly mapped, never mind [...]