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Not just a Scientist…
I may have named my puppy after my hero but there are numerous reasons that Aldous Huxley has a special place in my heart and soul As a pioneer in the use of Mescaline and LSD he was a firm believer that both substances could be used to open realms […]
Demand and Supply – Thomas Demands latest exhibit.
There are many German stereotypes banded around today, it may have been many years since the massive negative connotations of the World Wars were founded but stigma is still rife about this industrious European country well into the 21st century. Apart from the general ideas of typical Germans being well […]
…Noir
Here’s my opening gambit…I don’t like Noir! Ok so let’s cut into this statement and get to the root of my dislike. Let me specify to begin with it’s film noir I dislike, I dislike noir photography. Film noir, as a genre, has many boxes it must tick to be […]
The Art of Jealousy
When Shakespeare wrote The Merchant of Venice in the 16th century he denoted jealousy as green-eyed. Since then the colour green has, as you could probably guess, been associated with the feelings of jealousy and envy. On the flip side, green is said to represent life. It’s abundance in nature […]
Photo Blog 39
To finish off the photo blog before the themes start- the last one not assigned to a theme for the year, I’ve picked someone who got their name and work out there into the big wide world of photography by entering and winning a competition. The Student Street Photographer award […]
Hannah Ali- Real Venice
Real Venice Against a backdrop of mass tourism the idyllic city of Venice is slowly fading away. Despite it’s influx of 60,000 visitors a day it’s resident population has halved in the last 50 years leaving many illustrious buildings vacant. On top of all this by the end of the […]
Photo Blog 37
Often the photographers we look at for the photo blog do more than excel in the field of photography, some model in their own work, some also paint or draw, some write. This week, a practitioner who produces work in the areas of installation and video as well as photography, […]
Encounters Film Festival 2011 Review!
How time flies! I am volunteering at the festival again this year and still partially working at the TV studio. Determined to catch more films outside of the viewing library this year, the South West’s biggest film festival of 2011 looks to be awesome. From tomorrow until monday, the festival […]
Photo Blog 35
I’ve found a lot of interesting practitioners when on the hunt for new photo-bloggers, and a lot of interesting things and sites. I’ve even started posting links at the end of all of my blogs of random websites and pages I’ve come across, and I strongly suggest you have a […]
Photo Blog 34
If you’ve seen the new focus team member page you will see that some of us live behind the camera. Some practitioners stay there, some of us have been know to emerge every now and then if someone else needs us to step in front of the lens and say […]
