‘Most of the patients we see do the thing that everyone does around the world: make themselves look nice for the Dr. And it’s only when a child comes in who has had diarrhea for one month, and they’ve arrived the previous night and they’ve had nothing to eat or drink in the last two [...]
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Recently I spoke at a conference about the American conflict in Vietnam. This was the first time I had presented a paper at a conference and it was interesting to receive responses after the talk. Some people were really excited by what I had said, some people wanted to argue with me, some people wanted [...] Part of the absurd fallout from last week’s ridiculous moment when VII’s Anastasia Taylor Lind jumped to her feet and repeatedly punched duckrabbit in the face at the LCC Masters end of year show after-party, have been the attempts behind the scenes to influence what we do or don’t say about it on our blog. [...] Length of this post: long. Words: a lot. Pictures: more than a few. Apologies for that: none. Some years ago I undertook a photography project with two men with ‘learning disabilities’. Tommy, a man with Down Syndrome, was moving into community living after more than 20 years in an institution. The other man, Malcolm, had [...] What do you get if you give several aspiring young photographers some support, guidance and an opportunity to undertake real assignment work? You get commitment, insight and great results. I’m really pleased that a major photography project 2020VISION which I’m heavily involved in, is supporting a Young Champions scheme which is giving several young photographers [...] The International Portfolio Review for Russian Photographers sounded damn interesting. Lens Culture have a write up about some of the photographers they met and the work they were impressed by…and fine work it is too… I also know Harry from Here was there, and you can see further work on his site. From the Lens [...] 
duckrabbit would like to welcome the writer, photographer and all round top bloke Julian Lass to our team. We met at Arles and sparked. Following on from the irate gallery attendant who stopped me taking a photo in what I felt was a public space (see here), I would say that [...] The VII photographer Christopher Morris has responded to my post ‘The War Photographers biggest story: themselves‘, which I published a few days ago, and which seems to have hit a nerve. I’m posting his comment in full below as well as a response from Asim Rafiqui, who recieved The Aftermath grant in 2009. Its worth [...] No, really. You are missing out on one of the most beautiful, creative and inspiring workshops I’ve ever known. OK, I have a vested interest, but I don’t do bullshit. The Hinterlands Workshop is exceeding our wildest expectations. We are blessed to be able to spend time teaching and learning from some fascinating students, [...] close today. Last year they awarded the major grant to Stefano De Luigi for a project title T.I.A, ‘This Is Africa’. If you get to the end of this (extended) post you’ll be able to read what a group of Kenyan photographers think of the judges choice but for those who don’t stay the distance [...] I got an email this morning from Gerd Ludwig asking me to promote his kickstarter project around the legacy of Chernobyl. And I will, because Gerd has listened to his critics, which included me: (link). I mainly wanted to know more details about the project, a better breakdown of costs, a few other things. Gerd [...] Really lovely and inspiring video about Alex Soth. So interesting to compare this with the video of Plankton I put up earlier in the week. There is some powerful work amongst the winners of the Foreign Correspondent Club of Thailand’s photo contest. Very powerful. See what I mean? Paula Bronstein’s work is exceptional. My hat is off. Image above © Paula Bronstein Great piece by Pete Jenkins on your rights in relation to street photography in the UK. “Let me quote from the Metropolitan Police guidelines to its officers: “Freedom to photograph/film: Members of the public and the media do not need a permit to film or photograph in public places and police have no power to [...] David Hoffman knows his onions. Fascinating piece on the Police and how they operate with working photographers:
Like photography? Got some cash? Want to do some good? There’s a good chance you’ve ticked two of the above. If you’ve hit all three, then you can play “Commit to action“, an auction of prints from those at VII agency. Half of the money goes to those starving and in need, the other [...] Changing faces are a charity working with and supporting those with facial disfigurement. They do great work and have a website that is impressive….take a look. Part of their site invites you to ‘lend your face’….upload a snap of your boat race, which they then use to build other faces from.. Changing faces Part [...] If people have concrete ideas as to how to make anything at Visa or around Visa better, more engaging, more relevant, or more interesting, they should get in touch with us. Think the work we show is bad ? Send us your own, better work. Think Visa is irrelevant ? Come and make it relevant. [...] I don’t know about you but I think Martin Parr always comes across really, really well. This interview with Simon Bainbridge is well worth reading. There is less socially engaged photography in the UK now: first, because of the difficulty in actually doing it; secondly because people don’t seem to want to engage. They like [...] |
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