Pictures from Sapce-HD

80 amazing HD pictures from the nasa space telescope! WOW!!!

The Third & The Seventh by Alex Roman

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

Richard Mark Dobson – The Crest Hotel

Richard Mark Dobson – The Crest Hotel

burn is an evolving journal for emerging photographers. Curated by magnum photographer
david alan harvey. You could enjoy many hours reading photo-media projects on this site and glad I found it, I found it being drawn by a really nicely written blog called Images of my Thoughts.

Crafting a good narrative is extremely hard, it is what many photojournalists struggle. I have many friends that take such wonderful photographs but can't sell the story, while other photographers have stories continuously published but their images are lacking in that special wow factor. This piece by Mark Dobson, fascinated me, not sure why exactly.

I remember visiting a photography exhibition at The Photographers Gallery many years ago, there was a piece called Outland by Roger Ballen. A mixture of documentary and art, Ballen created the images with the poor white farmers in south Africa.
I remember the abolishment of apartheid on TV, it left lasting images. I remember watching the news and the reports of the White farmers loosing their farms, looting and murder. It left me a polarised view that white people in SA are rich and black are poor. And did not really think much about South Africa once it left the news, until I viewed Outlanders.
I will never forget what I saw, I could not understand the images I was seeing, and still struggle. And I do not know why and that bothers me, South Africa is a place that holds fascination, but I really don’t want to go there, I feel uncomfortable writing that and uncomfortable admitting it. I was raised up in a working class, fairy multicultural family, I have experienced "relatively speaking" rich times and poor times. So what was the impact Outland had on me? Why was I so shocked to see poor white people in South Africa?
Maybe it was because of the media and the images I am confronted with, and I am used to seeing poor people from other countries so much more, I was shocked at my self for realising this stereotype is deep in my perceptions about the word, of course I know that poverty is not discriminatory. Much has changed since apartheid, and as the world is becoming more multicultural, I feel there is a still along way to go, because how do you change perceptions that you have no control that you have learned, if you grow up with one way of thinking, what needs to be in place for a person to challenge their perception of the world?

Not really happy about this.

I find this quite sad, digital has killed traditional photography (I can accept that and move with the times). Surly there is a better use for the cameras. Being able to have a image of yourself or loved ones is a privilege that we take for granted. Photography has, I believe been instrumental in the belief in the self. Being a photography teacher for many years working with young disadvantaged young people, the magic of the dark room can dramatically improve self-esteem, in two ways, first the act of creation. Many people have not had the opportunity, knowing you have the ability to crate a image, something external is a powerful experience. This is not so important with digital, this process becomes throwaway, as many of the peoples experience with the world.

Secondly photography is a valuable tool in allowing people to start to think conceptually about themselves and there place in the word. Thinking conceptually, is something that has to be taught, it does not always come naturally and photography can help people that may struggle academically.

Surly these can be repaired and sent to people that could use them?

Source http://www.inquisitr.com and http://photojojo.com

3D Typography

Thanks Abduzeedo.com

Ticks all the boxes, photography, typography and 3D! 

Archive Photography

NCP3744 moulages on cart part color corrected

A treasure trove of medical illustrations and photographs are now available under the creative commons license on Flickr from the National Museum of Health and Medicine
I am a massive fan of archive photography since I found the work of LARRY SULTAN & MIKE MANDEL "Evidence" I am looking forward to these images popping up all over the place.

Link to original source

Unsold Cars

I am happy today, I picked up my new car yesterday, but now I am reminded of the economic climate, can I really afford to run a car? Lovely photographs, I want to go out and take some of my own. I feel sad, that this is all rusting. This seams to be the biggest problem with industry, making more than we need to supply on demand. Link to original article

Photos: David McNew/Getty Images, ANDREW YATES/AFP/Getty Images, Christopher Furlong/Getty Images, David Goddard/Getty Images,Spencer Platt/Getty Images, Matt Cardy/Getty Images, Nigel Roddis/Reuters

Dogging and Voyeurism

I love the work of Japanese documentary photographers. I was excited to discover the work of Kohei Yoshiyuki over a year ago when the New York Times published an article about a series of photographs called "the Park" The art of surveillance has been growing in popularity.
Today found this article in Trend Hunter about Steven Meisel's  racy fashion editorial shoot for V Magazine.
There is a big difference, there is no nudity in Yoshiyuki's work.  His work taken in parks in Japan in the 70's. Kohei's work talks about the act of voyeurism and makes us self aware that we are taking part, Steven Meisel's work is voyeuristic.  

Brokers with hands on their faces

http://brokershandsontheirfacesblog.tumblr.com

Absolute classic! a friend sent this to me today. It is bloody brilliant because it is so simple. 

X - Ray Vision

I really like these images, not much info on them. found them on Fun Lobby

Dustin Humphrey

http://blog.photoshelter.com

Amazing photographs from Dustin Humphrey
on a the best photo blog I have seen in ages by Rachel Hulin.

Source the Sherman Foundation