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“Fuck off, I love you.”

If you’re in London, fuck off and catch the photographic exhibition by Huse Monfaradi & Dan Wilton on swearing and friendship.

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exhibition, friendship, london, profanity

Jane Fulton Alt is a fine art photographer who was directly affected by the environmental, social and economic catastrophe of the horrible BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Her protest against the over-exploitation the our natural resources manifests itself as a tragically beautiful series of photographs titled Crude Awakening.

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concept, disaster, human, life, oil, protest

Tuesday, 29th June 2010

50 portraits for 50 years of DR Congo.

Stunning black-wand-white portrait photography by Stephen Vanfleteren for a feature on BBC to mark Democratic Republic of the Congo’s 50 years of independence.

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africa, black and white, portrait, poverty, stories

Friday, 18th June 2010

Singapore’s modern history in photographs.

I’ve always been a bit of a Singapore history buff and I just can’t seem to get enough of old photos of Singapore. The Singapore National Album of Pictures (SNAP) is a great resource and they also publish some great pictures on flickr as well. The photographs that chronicle old Singapore—things like the Donors Collection—are a treasure chest which chronicle modern Singapore’s growth and history.

I just have two major gripes with the way the photos have been put online. Firstly, someone should properly date the photographs. Some of the images are dated, but it’s not consistently done. Flickr has a ‘date taken‘ field and when tagged correctly, it’d make for a far richer experience. If they need volunteers to tag all this stuff, I’d sign up in a heartbeat!

Secondly, the size of the images displayed is just sad and this really irks me. While they contain sufficient detail, I really don’t see the point of just displaying a medium resolution image. These photographs are national treasures and the viewing public should have access to the glory of large sized images. That’s how it would have been if the photos were on display in a museum, wouldn’t it?

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history, nostalgia, photo, progress, retro, singapore, skyline

Tuesday, 20th April 2010

Sad Darth Vader.

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alone, boy, darth vader, sad

Monday, 29th March 2010

Dew on dragonflies and other insects.

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beauty, dew, insect, macro, miroslaw swietek, morning

Thursday, 18th March 2010

John Rankin Waddell.

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celebrity, ian brown, photographer, portrait, pose

Wednesday, 14th October 2009

The Impossible Project is now possible.

Early this year, two men started on a quest to save the Polaroid film after it was discontinued. Now, it seems Polaroid are going to team up with the brave folks from The Impossible Project to relaunch some of the classic instant cameras from Polaroid.