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Photography

Instant obsolesence

Lens
Slowly, Polaroid is going away, the immediacy of digital photography replacing the fast fading thrill of watching a colour photo appear after a minute of almost magical developing. Read More...
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Hosay in full swing

Lens
Hosay is approaching its climax again this year. It's Flag Night tonight. Have a look at the photoessay I did on the Panchaiti camp last year here and there's a look behind the scenes at how it got put together here.
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La Fleur Morte

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These images are excerpts from a larger work that is in progress in which I examine the way that flowers, the reproductive organs of plants, deteriorate after they are picked and discarded.
The first two images were selected for display in the Art Society's November exhibition for 2007 and you can view an interview with Magella Moreau and Dennis McComie on the Gayelle Morning Show,
Cock a Doodle Doo here and download the interview here. If you're curious about the slideshow I put together for my appearance, you can find that download here and view it here.
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Another Lightroom speedup

Loupe
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Speeding up Lightroom

Loupe
What it says... Read More...
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More thoughts about photojournalism

Lens
Ariti Jankie called asking for some comments about the AMPOTT awards, no doubt looking for some quotes to beef up the kind of story the Express is likely to produce after sweeping the still photography category.
This is what I sent her, after initially thinking that I really had nothing more to say. Of course, what I proceeded to do was prattle on about photojournalism.
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AMPOTT Judges' Notes, 2007

Lens
Comments offered on behalf of the panel of judges at AMPOTT's photo and video awards at Gaston Court, Chaguanas, on the evening of August 30, 2007. Read More...
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Gayelle TV interview

Loupe
Links and background to an interview with GayelleTV about digital photography and film can be found here. Read More...
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AMPOTT Judging

Lens
The judges at work choosing the winning images at AMPOTT's 2007 photography competition. Read More...
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The Modern Eye

Loupe
Modern styles in photography can be exciting, but sometimes, I just don't get it... Read More...
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Alex Smailes & Carnival

Lens
I wrote this as a section opener for Alex Smailes' photography book on Carnival. For various production and editorial reasons, all the section openers were scrapped and this never got published. Until now...
I've also written about Noel Norton
here... Read More...
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Five Fingers

Five fingers, bittersweet fruit of salted rhapsody Read More...
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