May 2010
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On A Hot Day In Cyprus
My father on a hot day in Cyprus
Decides to enter an air-conditioned shop
He wants peach iced tea, in an icy can
So I get one too, though with less joy
And then outside, tall and strong, head flicked back
He drains it cold, in one draught in that signature way, large
Adam’s apple causing each gulp
To take in air so that the
Whole is a series of rhythmic swallows
Drenched in sheer bliss
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Close Encounters
From the gangs of New York to the civil rights clashes in the Southern states, the photographer Bruce Davidson found dignity in the most desperate situations.
Images © Bruce Davidson
East 100th Street 1966-1968: ‘I felt the need to explore the space of our inner cities and document both the problems and the potential there.’ (Bruce Davidson)
Magnum photographer Bruce Davidson...
Classes offered: Kingsgate Workshops Trust
Julian Lass is a documentary photographer and has been commissioned by clients such as the Times Magazine, the Telegraph Magazine, Central St Martin’s and Profile Books. He also contributes regularly to national photography magazines such as Photography Monthly and The British Journal of Photography.
Julian will be running a 2 hour weekly course which will include an introduction to manual...
“Go forth on your path, as it exists only through your walking.”
– Saint Augustine (354-430)
I’m getting the urge to ‘go see’ rather than listen to what they say (especially Radio 4 :) I’m thinking Kazakhstan, somewhere totally alien to me so that I come back to the UK as if it’s foreign soil.
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Facebook goes rogue with your personal information...
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Mario Benedetti - no te salves
The late Uruguayan writer/poet Mario Benedetti is one of the most important 20th-century writers in the Spanish-speaking world. Thanks to Zaida for introducing me. The accepted translation of “no te salves” is “don’t save yourself”, which sounds as strange in Spanish as it does in English. I think he’s fast becoming one of my favourite socialist/ realist thinkers at the moment, along with Roberto...
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Watch
Richard Orange and Julian Lass present
The India-Bangladesh Border Fence 2010
All images © Julian Lass 2010
Article © Richard Orange and Julian Lass 2010
When completed, the India-Bangladesh border fence will be the longest in the world
Project Date: January 2010
Locations: Kolkata, Jayantipur, Murshidabad, Lalgola, Ghojadanga, Panitar, Das Pada.
Writers: Richard Orange and Julian...
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