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colour
© Anne Turyn, 12-17-1960, from ‘Flashbulb Memories’ (1986) “Colour expands a photograph’s palette and adds a new level of descriptive information and transparency to the image. It is more transparent because one is stopped less by the surface – colour … Continue reading
monochrome
My secret black economy is collapsing since your white words have not arrived yet. (I left the road behind and walked by the stream). A Freudian self-centred view, a stage in the process of development for Melanie Klein. Untitled © … Continue reading
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fear & paranoia
waiting in the rain_by christos stavrou_498px.jpg Soon after I took this photo above, standing by the entrance of Leeds University, and as I was waiting for a sudden wave of rain to pass – among shiny bikes and a man … Continue reading
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Rolling (the gaze)
kevin_connoly_rolling.jpg The Rolling Exhibition began as a simple photograph taken while Kevin Connolly was skating down a backstreet in Vienna some time ago. Kevin kept travelling balancing his torso on a skateboard, and now, after rolling through the streets of … Continue reading
Sensibility
cartier_bresson_bonnard_488px2© Henri Cartier-Bresson (Pierre Bonnard, assis ‘Deville’ 1944) Bonnard used to say “what are you after?.. why this instant?.. why press the shutter just then?” I just answered “why did you just put this stub of yellow?” He laughed. We … Continue reading
pinhole is cool
pinhole_camera_corbis486 For all those enjoying the pleasures of a pinhole camera, or even better, for those who always wanted a reason to try, click here for a Corbis link to five cool and funky designs of a pinhole camera. Download and … Continue reading
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think different: the new american
The night when Barack Hussein Obama was elected as the new U.S. president, adding new meanings to the American identity, I prefer to look at some photographs from the past. And then accompany them with few comments of scepticism. friedlander_paul_tate_486Lee Friedlander … Continue reading
fast & changing world (part I)
Keith Loutit employed and combined ’tilt-shifting’ and time-lapse photography in order to create the video below. The method of tilting the lens of the camera helped him to control the orientation of the plane of focus, and select an area of focus … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary photography, film, photo-techniques, Photography, Photography & Society, Sociology
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Unleash your potential
There is a time when not knowing what day it is feels very wrong, particularly when you end up buying the stale bread from the shelf. But most other times, it seems just fine. christos_stavrou_0838x1_488px© Christos Stavrou (untitled, 2008) There … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary photography, Leeds, my pictures, Photography, Photography & Society, poetry
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