Tag Archives: Photography & Society

colour

Posted on October 2, 2010 by admin

© 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 →

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fear & paranoia

Posted on March 6, 2010 by admin

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)

Posted on March 6, 2010 by admin

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 →

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think different: the new american

Posted on November 5, 2008 by admin

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 →

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fast & changing world (part I)

Posted on October 25, 2008 by admin

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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Unleash your potential

Posted on October 3, 2008 by admin

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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Highlights from the Archives

Posted on October 1, 2008 by admin

“Always happy” (10.07.2007). Exploring the relationship between photography and authority. The GDR authorities insisted that their citizens should always be depicted smiling. Read more… “The right background: new freedoms” (11.09.07). The need to choose the ‘right’ visual background reveals the … Continue reading →

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You-knee-tea Day

Posted on August 25, 2008 by admin

…as some of my friends call it, or ‘Unity Day’ if you prefer its official name, is an annual event taking place in Hyde Park, Leeds. According to the organisers’ website, it is “a day of celebration for the local … Continue reading →

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The terror of mundane theatricality

Posted on August 18, 2008 by admin

The entrance hall of the Museum of the Revolution © Philippe Chancel We know all about terror in the West. It is imprinted well deep in our bones and histories. We have inflicted it to all the ‘new’ lands, to … Continue reading →

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art & culture

Posted on June 30, 2008 by admin

London streets Couple of months ago a friend asked me, what is culture? Few days later on, he offered a cold beer and asked me again. I hesitated to reply both times. I think that he was wondering about those … Continue reading →

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