Category Archives: photography

Great un-taken photographs, number 73

Posted on July 9, 2008 by blogmywiki

Outside Tesco on the Strand in London this morning: hundreds of cartons of milk spilled all over the road and pavement. Title: “No use crying”. I even had my camera on me and I still didn’t take it. It was … Continue reading →

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Moving pictures

Posted on April 11, 2008 by blogmywiki

The new video feature on Flickr has – predictably – caused a small storm with thousands of users joining a group calling for video to be removed from the site; these are Flickr purists who think the site should just … Continue reading →

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eeePC – the photographer’s friend

Posted on December 4, 2007 by blogmywiki

The Asus eeePC is great for the photographer on the hoof – especially if your camera uses SD cards which you can just pop in the slot in the side. The default image viewers are okay but leave a bit … Continue reading →

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The genius of photography

Posted on October 27, 2007 by blogmywiki

Being a bit spoilt at the moment… an excellent series on photography started on BBC Four this week, and an adviser to the programme is one one of my favourite photographers, Martin Parr. There was also a nice supplement on … Continue reading →

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Photos of Conflict

Posted on September 14, 2007 by blogmywiki

Check this out: http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/essays/conflict Every one of these photos is better than the lame photo that – unaccountably – won the World Press Photo Award this year. And Robin Lustig – what can I say? He the man. (If you’re … Continue reading →

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