Tag: martin parr
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The right in capture! Believing is seeing: What lies behind some iconic photos?
BBC News – Believing is seeing: What lies behind some iconic photos?. Please watch the above If, when, where, what… All the many things we ask about an image. Is Photographer drive for social or economic change, a moment of chance, to show an experience. I don’t disagree in the essence of the skull been moved as it was at…
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Joel Meyerovitz Talk at Darby Format 2011
I went to Format festival In Darby. This will be the last Space I will visit as it must be full steam ahead with my Exhibition. I went to Format two years ago. The Main Reason was to see a talk by Joel Meyerovitz the American street photographer I knew that this would be good to …
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How i fell for Andre Kertesz, while leaving a Paris Behind…
Striking while the irons hot is not always great in the long run. Did paris Fail or did i Fail Paris? Judge for yourself! Paris Photo 2010 at this moment in time feels like The Clash Signing to Capitol Records. Did they or did they not sell out. Am i more wiser to the whole corporate…
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Photo tweet of the day: Katrin Koenning
I think this image contrasts two genres. You have seascape and almost an element of street photography. The relaxing feel of the sea is an image we often view. Its interesting the way the horizon is totally level on the Pacific looking out over St. Kilda Beach, Melbourne, Australia. However its the to people who…
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Photography Tweet of the day: Simon Roberts
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography/7994687/A-Snap-Election.html?image=2 Simon Roberts is the for me the new Genius on the block of british Photography. He works the scale of John Davis yet his pictures have the cunning of Martin Parr. Off the back of his successful Be We English. Roberts landed the job of Documenting the British General Election. The picture here show Nigel Farage( the…
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London Gallery visit 13/9/10 (updated)
On Monday 13/9/10, I take the Welsh Dragon Express to the big smoke to see some galleries. At this moment im going to Sally Mann at the photographer’s gallery. Edward Maybridge at Tate Britain. Im also going to Tate Modern to see Exposed. I’m sure we will find some other things to visit 14/9/10 First of all i…
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Tweet of the day: Elliott Erwitt
Elliot Erwitt The thinking mans Martin Parr… The picture shows two people in a Catacomb. The the people look mid twenties and of Eastern European descent. The look totally perplexed by the setting. You can almost hear the “its over if you are going to be like that”. The corpse to the right of the mans head is in exactly the…
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Brighton Biennial 2010
16/8/2010 http://www.bpb.org.uk/ I have decided to down to Brighton to see the exhibition that is being Curated by one of heroes Martin parr. I’m planning on going down after the first week induction to Uni. Sadly i will miss the start on the 2nd Oct. I’m hoping to see the work of Steven Gill, Alec South…
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