Archive for April 2009
Emma Critchley
I’m a fan of Emma Critchley’s work, and a lovely person who I met last year. There is a link on the blogroll to her site, but I’ve come across this video interview where she briefly discusses her new work, as she has been shortlisted for this year’s BJP Project Award.
Original source: PJlinks.
Image of the Week 19th April
The rest of my youth culture project can be found here: www.swanseacastlesquare.wordpress.com
How deep does the hole need to be dug?
Again the police in the UK are doing stupid things with the aim of ‘preventing terrorism.’ I’ve included this choice quote, from the Guardian article:
“I will be raising it with the commissioner. I have already written to him about the police taking away cameras and stopping people taking photographs and made the point that if it was not for people taking photos, we would not know about the death of Ian Tomlinson or the woman who was hit by a police officer.”
I wouldn’t put this forward as a good argument from trying to dissuade police officers either. I’m sure the police don’t want these incidents being recorded either. What needs to happen is the removal of that particular law, otherwise officers are going to keep abusing it.
Please note, that under UK law, a police officer will need a court order that would legally enable them to delete a person’s images from their camera, it is classed as assault otherwise. In any case if it is seen as incriminating evidence in the first place, then it shouldn’t be deleted should it?
Been a while
It has been a while since my last post, but I have been busy, and here are some updates to show I’m still around.
I regularly visit a photography forum called ‘Lightstalkers,’ it is a website for photographers by photographers and there are sometimes some interesting discussions. I’ve highlighted a few:
- Recommended Boots, which do you wear?
- Leica M8- field test. – On a personal note, I would love a full frame digital rangefinder, not necessarily from Leica though, just something smaller than the gear I use at the moment.
- Least expensive photo website?
Here is also a link to a Danish photography competition where the photographer was disqualified for manipulating his entry. Could be the start of an interesting debate about digital manipulation and what a raw file is supposed to represent. To me it looks like all he did was over saturate the colours, and try to get everything exposed properly, to me normal techniques from the darkroom.
