January 2012
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December 2011
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June 2011
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July 2010
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Shackelwell Nights: Hidden Dining in Dalston
Thanks to the power of twitter, Alex and I were fortunate enough to get some tickets to Shacklewell Nights opening night.
The night/place/event/secret-supper-club/pop-up-restaurant/hidden-dining-experience is essentially a great use of an empty space to get lots of people together and cook for them. It’s a project from Claire Roberson of Green Onions Supper Club and Jonathan Woolway of St...
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Sound map: the Caledonian Road
Oral historian and sometimes shop fronter, Alan Dein, co-created this great sound and pictures map with the Guardian, looking into the life of the Cally Road. It’s a really fascinating slice of local london, have a look/listen.
June 2010
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May 2010
3 posts
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Images from the Center of the Contiguous United...
J.Bennett Fitts took “Middle America” literally with these fascinating photos of the geographical middle of America; Lebanon, Kansaas
J. Bennett Fitts
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No to Clapton Tesco Blog
If you haven’t seen it, the campaign against the Clapton Tesco Express is running here www.noclaptontesco.org.
Please contact us through that site if you want any further information.
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Tesco Planning Letter?
Tesco (or possibly someone else) is planning to make deliveries at midnight on Lower Clapton Road.
Full details of this and an application to make deliveries on a public highway (that is likely to be at the bus stop outside) are here and here. You can object online by clicking on the “Application Documents”, if you prefer standard mail, Caroline Ozor seems to be the person to write...
April 2010
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Are Tesco moving in on Lower Clapton Road?
I recently tweeted about Tesco moving into Lower Clapton Road. It was some speculation on my part based on a letter, but there was a fair bit on interest from some locals, so I will elaborate.
I live in a block of flats owned by a housing association. As part of the estate there is a commercial unit (144-146), this unit has been empty since the block was built in 2006, the only real bid for...
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Kelley Smith
Fantastic flickr photostream
More here: www.flickr.com/photos/kelleynsmith
(via booooooom)
March 2010
5 posts
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Kohlton Ervin
Website
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Gerhard Richter - Overpainted Photographs
More at www.gerhard-richter.com/art/overpainted-photographs
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Phillip Toledano
Phillip Toledano has some interesting sets of photos, this set is of abandoned offices, which look really quite odd with no one in them.
www.mrtoledano.com
via It’s Nice That
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Flickr Group: Faces in Places
Faces in places is a group dedicated to those unexpected faces that you see in random objects, there are some great pics in here (with a fefw random ones mixed in)
Phatcontroller
Moff
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Keith Davis Young
Very cool photos
See more at his site here: www.keithdavisyoung.com
February 2010
16 posts
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Frank Gonzales
I love Frank Gonzales’ paintings, can someone please buy me one, cheers.
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Will Govus
Will Govus is one of my favourite Photographers and sickeningly talented for someone so young. His night photos are stunning, and the rest of his photos have fantastic documentary feel about them.
I have 2 of his photos at home and they are ace, if you’re not a fan of his already, then you should be.
His website is here
Flickr stream here
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Jeff Seltzer
A nice bunch of photos, with a healthy dose of empty chairs.
More a www.jeffseltzerphotography.com
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Flickr member: Wasleso
Wasleso’s photostream is full of fascinating London street photography from 50/60/70’s. These are priceless.
London 1959
London 1962
London 1975
More in Wasleso’s photostream
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Anna Wilihighfield
Really nice Paper sculptures, I wish I had the patience to and skill to do something like this
www.annawilihighfield.com
(Via booooooom)
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Great Flickr Groups: League of the Empty Chair
League of the Empty Chair flickr Group has everything a fantastic flickr group needs to make a great set of photos - cool subject, a clear set of rules and an administrator that spends time vetting it (this one to the point where they’ll have a conversation with you about whether or not it should make it)
By Michael Prince
By CuriousLight
More here: League of the Empty Chair
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Jimmy Baker
Jimmy Baker’s paintings are great, I’d like one please
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Blogs I Like: My Parents were Awesome
Blog where people submit cool old photos of their parents… awesome. It’s here http://myparentswereawesome.tumblr.com
(These aren’t my parents btw - I’ll have to see if I can find a picture of them)
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Olivia Crawford
on Flickr
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Should I buy a Leica X1?
Unless of course someone wants to buy one for me :)
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Blogs I like: Jules Vernacular
A collection of words and typography around a French city (with it’s own fair share of shop fronts :)
Check it: http://vernacular.free.fr
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Hin Chua: After the Fall
I’m a big fan of photos that focus on the man made rather than pictures of people, these photos by Hin Chua have an eeriness about them that nods to some kind of post-apocalyptic world, well one that didn’t include a big explosion. Enjoy.
More works at www.hinius.net
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Matthew Albanese: Strange Worlds
Matthew Albanese makes amazing miniature landscapes through a variety of use of materials and photographic techniques.
I love the idea that you can have worlds all in one studio and the painstaking detail that’s gone into these.
Paprika Mars. Made out of 12 pounds paprika, cinnamon, nutmeg, chili powder and charcoal
Aurora Borealis. This one was made by photographing a beam of colored...
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Blogs I like: Snapshot London
Alex Pink takes rather good photos of things in London often the neglected bits that we generally overlook, old pubs or well composed street views and there are a smattering of shop fronts, which in my view is always a good thing. This is real London.
See more at:www.snapshotlondon.co.uk
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Flickr Organizer: "Delete" illustration
Flickr has a really odd function hidden away in the organiser which harks back to 90s webdesign and clip art. When you delete a photo from a set you get a mushroom cloud. Is this something left behind from the early days of flickr or an in-joke added in recently. Does anyone know?
January 2010
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Rant: "Oh you want credit for your photos?"
I’m a bit pissed off (those that know me won’t be suprised by this), I’ve just found my photos being used again without the right permissions.
Photographers are treated terribly mostly by big corporations who have enough legal know-how to know better. Who cares that you spent time and effort building up a collection of photos, they just seem to think it’s ok to raid it.
I...
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LaterBro →
Send timed tweet and Fb status updates
(via Swiss Miss)
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Blogs I like: Business Guys on Business Trips
When I say “like” I mean “feel compelled to read whilst cringing and sadly shaking my head knowingly”
www.businessguysonbusinesstrips.com
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Blogs I like: LPCover Lover
I love a collection of stuff and this is an amazing collection of… LP Covers, it’s great.
See it here:www.lpcoverlover.com
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Mike Hollingshead
Amazing photography from Mike Hollingshead, storm chaser: www.extremeinstability.com
(via It’s Nice That)
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Apple Department Store (Staten Island)
I hope they have a Genius Bar
From Julia Manzerova flickr stream
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The White Balance Lens Cap
I’m a bit lazy when it comes to manual settings when taking photos, once upon a time I had a fully manual camera, no in-built light meter or anything; now I generally leave it to what my camera tells me. So something like the White Balance Lens Cap is perfect for getting someone like me to think a bit more about image control. It involves simply taking a photo with the lens cap to get your...
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I'm a Photographer not a Terrorist
There are a lot of stories flying around at the moment about photographers being mistreated under abuse of section 44 of the Terrorism Act, this is making a lot of people angry and if you (like myself and anyone with a mobile phone) take photos in public places this could affect you.
I’m a Photographer not a Terrorist is one of the organisations trying to put a stop to this by raising...
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You Tube Beta launch videos in HTML5 →
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Seesmic Look: Bringing Twitter to the Mainstream →
Very much for the non-geek twitter user and opening up (revenue creating) opportunities for brands to communicate to them
Also see this write up
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Empty LA : Matt Logue
Manipulated photos of LA
(via Booooooom)
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La Maîtresse de la Tour Eiffel
La Maîtresse de la Tour Eiffel
The largest mirror ball ever made
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Blogs I like: From The Upper Deck
I love this blog from Przemek Wajerowicz. He takes photos from the top deck of buses capturing obscure moments which creates fascinating narratives. It’s a real slice of London street life, if you haven’t seen it, you should. Its here:www.ftud.net
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2010 Trend: Sensors & Mobile Phones →
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Hungry House: Possibly the Nicest Customer Service...
The other day I went to the Hungry House website to find/order/pay for dinner. I spotted that one of my local restaurants menu wasn’t working, so I sent an email through their contact us form to let them know. About half an hour later I got this email back:
Hi Emily, Thanks so much for getting in touch with hungryhouse and I’m so sorry to hear that you seemed to be having problems with...
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Blogs I like: Booooooom
I have a number of blogs piled up in my Google Reader, so I thought I’d share some of my favourites, just in case you don’t know them, first up Booooooom …
This is a great inspiration blog from Canadian Jeff Hamad, showcasing art, design, film, music, photography and stuff, as well as running their own projects often in collaboration.
See it all here:www.booooooom.com
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