Tag: Photograph
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Ed Sheeran vs Marvin Gaye & Why AI & Copyright Might Kill Art
Love this video from Adam Neely about the Ed Sheeran case vs Marvin Gaye (well actually vs SAS investment banker trying it on, Ed Townsend died years ago). I do think it’s a stretch, as a mashup artist I’ve heard so many things like that, it’s not a direct lift. You cannot own a genre!…
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New Everything Everything
Everyone’s talking about the ‘new normal’ and tbh it’s usually like the old normal but less good. But one of the few good things in lockdown is an explosion of new music being released, such as this song by Everything Everything ‘In Birdsong’. (via Guy Garvey on 6Music) Another good creative by-product of COVID-19 is…
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History of Recording
Nice short (if a little shallow) video about the history of recording ourselves. Scary that it’s heading for 88.4 Exabytes per month – something near to 1 Trillion pictures taken a year, and the fact that every two minutes, people take as many pictures as taken throughout the 19th century. And about 10% of the…
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Flagtowns
I’ve been collecting my photos for various exhibitions and competitions – the latest was this competition by Olympus, which looking at the quality and the type of photographs (in order, bad, and cheesy chocolate box) got me posting over a hundred pictures to Instagram of what I think Britain is, and what I find interesting,…
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Ghost Towns
I seem to have been looking at a lot of ghost towns in the last few days…not sure why, but like their maritime counterparts shipwrecks and aircrashes there’s something haunting about them. I’ve even done my fair share of exploring ruins, usually of the more remote and open kind in the Highlands (there are a…
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Walking The Wrong Way
A new year, a new blog it seems! I’ve always intended to do a blog about my photographic walks cum art project, and planned to end of last season. So before I start this one, here’s Walking The Wrong Way. It’s got photographs! Maps, tracks and geolocation! Gizmos! Search by location! Tweets! My silly rambling…