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Open Eye – The Missing

duckrabbit posted this on January 2nd, 2011

I am pouring myself and the photographer Dalia Khamissy a large whiskey (thanks Val for the Chrimbo Jamesons). This one we have earned.

Tonight I finished mixing a radio documentary for the BBC about the estimated 17000 people who were kidnapped during the Lebanese civil war, and never seen again. If any of you listen [...]

A Warmer Sound – Sophie Gerrard

duckrabbit posted this on December 8th, 2010

Sophie Gerrard is a top top woman, and not a bad photog too!

How do I know? She’e been politely harassing David and I for the last year and then finally came on one of our photofilm summer courses. Just wish I had more students with her energy, enthusiasm and talent.

Here’s the film she [...]

“Just me and a blank sheet of paper” – YES

duckrabbit posted this on December 6th, 2010

A little while back on old friend from the BBC got in touch to ask if I would spend some time talking with Sally Flatman, the producer of BBC Radio 4′s Christmas appeal. The appeal supports Connections (St Martin’s in the Fields) vital work with homeless people in London.

To cut a long story short [...]

duckrabbit ‘Imber, the ghost village’ photofilm on the BBC

duckrabbit posted this on November 23rd, 2010

Good to see David’s photofilm about the abandoned village of Imber finding a home on the BBC Website.

A big THANK YOU to the BBC’s Photo Editor, Phil Coomes for publishing the story.

Photofilm, ‘The Collector’ – Damian Drohan

duckrabbit posted this on November 11th, 2010

Good to see another one of duckrabbit’s students getting their work shown on the BBC.

Damian Drohan is one of the most committed photographers I’ve had the pleasure of working with. I’ve been in awe of the way he has been seeking out Irish World War Two veterans to both photograph and record their stories.

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Photofilm, ‘Anything For The Weekend, Sir?’

duckrabbit posted this on November 9th, 2010

That’s what the British barber used to say after finishing a cut. For those not in the know, it translates as

“Are you planning on getting laid this weekend and would would you like some condoms?”

Since my Mum and Dad were too poor to send me to the barber shop I never got asked [...]

The Wrath of Rodriguez

duckrabbit posted this on November 6th, 2010

I’m In Malmo, Sweden, with the photographer Joseph Rodriguez. We’re working on a radio documentary and photofilm about how a whole generation of young immigrants are being lost to a life of crime and social inequality.

Over the last four days we’ve been hanging with some of these young people. It’s been a troubling experience, [...]

Is Seeing Believing? (powerful, powerful, photofilm)

duckrabbit posted this on November 2nd, 2010

In many ways sound is the ultimate visual medium. When we listen to something, or someone, we create images in our mind.

One of the clichés of photography, particularly humanitarian photography, is that it gives people a voice. Watch the video on the front page of the VISA website to see exactly what I mean. [...]

Thank you and a Halloween treat

duckrabbit posted this on November 1st, 2010

Last month duckrabbit had over 44000 visits.

To top it off I got this email this morning from Kelvin Brown, one of the photographers who recently attended a duckrabbit photofilm workshop.

‘My photo film about Cross Bones has been published on the BBC website. Thanks a stack for your advice on how to improve. And [...]

Not everything is black and white

duckrabbit posted this on October 26th, 2010

Contrary to IAMNOTASUPERSTAR’s last post, not every NGO wants photographers to paint the world their way.

Over the last year duckrabbit has been training some of the communications teams from MSF to produce photofilms. Not because they want another tool to manipulate you into giving them cash, but because they genuinely want to give a [...]

Pete Masters, MSF’s web editor, fires a warning shot to photographers

duckrabbit posted this on October 19th, 2010

On paper Pete Masters is the web editor of MSF UK, and although he is a bit of a geek, Pete is so much more … he’s duckrabbit’s best ever student.

Now whilst MSF go into really troubled places and save lives (and a lot more), Pete isn’t all humanitarian, because secretly on the [...]

Photog Bites Off Video (and chews)

duckrabbit posted this on September 30th, 2010

Making the transition from still photography to videography is bloody hard. There are no short cuts. But rarely has someone made the transition so convincingly as Chinese based photographer Sean Gallagher. Armed with a grant from the Pulitzer Centre he’s been investigating the plight of the Chinese alligator.

Watch his short film and then read [...]

Out Of Sight (photofilm)

duckrabbit posted this on September 28th, 2010

One of the great things about teaching on the Masters in Photojournalism at the London College of Communication is that I come into contact with some very talented and switched on people. Many of my students, with a lot of sweat and more than a little luck, will go on to do great things.Hannah Lucy [...]

Imber village open this weekend

David White posted this on September 15th, 2010

The lost village of Imber is open this weekend. Get yourself down there…it has an atmosphere all it’s own..

It has been shut since January so that the soldiers can pretend they’re in Afghanistan.

Here are some details from the custodian of Imber church, Neil Skelton:

“During September Imber village will be open to the [...]

‘I thought that I was in the belly of the beast’

duckrabbit posted this on July 12th, 2010

This is a powerful photofilm by Eric Johnson. Some strong photographs and perfectly recorded audio, proving once more that a simple approach is often best.

‘The 30th Street Men´s Shelter, otherwise known as Bellevue, is New York City’s largest homeless shelter. A combination of mentally ill, parolees, substance abusers and people simply down on [...]

‘Obsession, commitment, love’

duckrabbit posted this on July 10th, 2010

‘Obsession, commitment, love‘, that’s how Anna Carter describes her relationship with Carter’s Steam Fair, the largest original touring vintage fairground anywhere in the world.

And that’s exactly what’s on show at a new duckrabbit exhibition at Reading Museum. Our photofilm ‘Fairground Attraction’, is being projected alongside fifty of Rabbit’s wonderful photos that capture the magic [...]

Alzheimer’s, in fresh light

duckrabbit posted this on July 4th, 2010

It’s one of people’s worst fears. To either lose your mind or watch the mind of someone you love slowly disappear. Phillip Toledano explored this photographically in his thought provoking website and book Days With My Father. The work is amongst the best you’ll find on the web.

Cathy Greenblat is another photographer who has [...]

Good news for audio editors with Macs…

Adam Westbrook posted this on June 26th, 2010

For some time, Apple’s computers have dominated the creative industry’s workspace; their reliability, fast processing speed and ownership of some of the industry standard software (Final Cut Pro in particular) makes them the must-have for any journalist, writer, film maker, photographer.

Oh and they also look nice.

But Macs have one big flaw which myself [...]

Kicking Off - my kind of awesome

duckrabbit posted this on June 10th, 2010

One of the great things of being an occasional teacher on LCC’s photojournalism masters is the talented students you get to meet. Much of the work is very inspiring.

This ninety second (that’s all they were allowed) photofilm or Eyecue, by Huiying Hu is one of my favorites and is perfectly timed for the world [...]

Something Beautiful (again)

duckrabbit posted this on June 6th, 2010

A couple of days ago David put up a post about ‘Something Beautiful’, a very personal photofilm by Ore Huiying. At the time I didn’t realize that Ore is one of the students I’ve been teaching at LCC (its a large group). I certainly know her now after she beat me up for not being [...]

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