The Daily Nice.

Jason Evans posts one photograph a day on his site The Daily Nice more of an ongoing art project than a blog, Jason uploads the one single image per day and that's all it lasts 24 little hours. No archive no other info just the one image. A quiet, calm place on the image saturated web. More info and other work on Jason's other site The New Scent.

Hey Hey Hey

Image copyright Jennifer Loeber

Hey Hot Shot, competition is now closed. This comp is a pretty big deal, and once again I've not entered it. It's partly down to money, the cost of entering it always puts me off and partly down to, I don't know, always waiting to make that slightly better image.

You can now see the work of all the people who did have the money and self-belief and entered this time, HERE Loads to see. Some good, some great and some well, expected work. Well worth a look though.

American Suburb X

American Suburb X is in my opinion the Daddy of photography blogs. As a photography blogger it's humbling. So much so that I am now very depressed at my inane warbling's and I'm going to bed..............

BuRN Baby BuRN.

David Alan Harvey copyright of the photographer

Magnum photographer David Alan Harvey has had a blog for a couple of years. Called "Road Trip"http://davidalanharvey.typepad.com/road_trip/ I loved reading it. It would focus on the travels of Mr Harvey and was beautifully seasoned with little words of wisdom on photography and life.

As the months went by the comments section grew into quite a community and Harvey being the generous soul that he is, would organise get together's and portfolio reviews as well as open invitations for folks passing through NY to look him up!

In the last twelve months or so, he has also started an "emerging artists" fund, part financed out of his own pocket, is there no end to this mans generosity!

Anyway things have moved on and he's still as keen as ever to encourage the next generation of photographers, and has now introduced "Burn" http://www.burnmagazine.org/ There's stacks to see here from new photographs each day, photo essays, articles the "emerging artist" fund along with words of wisdom and encouragement from this top draw photographer.

I wish him and Burn all the best, It's nice when one of the good guy's has a chance to influence things a little bit.

WWW (world wide work)

Image copyright Mikiko Hara

I am aware that this blog has been a little USA biased when highlighting the work of photographers. I personally have no leaning to the work of one country more than another. If I find someones work interesting I'll post about it regardless of the nationality of the photographer. Perhaps it's just that American artists are a little more sophisticated when it comes to promoting their work online.

So tonight trying to redress the balance I bring you two websites that promote the work of artists from other parts of the world. First up is photo.sittcomm http://www.photo.sittcomm.sk/ which showcases the work of photographers based in Central & Eastern Europe, although India is also included which I think is stretching the definition of Europe even more than The Eurovision Song Contest! http://www.eurovision.tv/

And looking at Japanese work, from outside Japan, which also seems to "hide it's light under a bushel" at least when it comes to the work of it's photographers comes japan-photo http://japan-photo.info/blog/
Two great ways to see stacks of bloody great photography.

Noise Festival 2008

The Biennial creative festival that started down-under and moved north a couple of years ago is getting ready to announce it's winners. Billed as "The Olympics of Creativity" (I'm really not sure if I like that sentiment) it is, if nothing else a decent barometer for what the youngsters are up to when it comes to the arts including photography.

There is a mass of photo's on the website, perhaps too many to be able to do any kind of fair survey and it has got a bit of a flickr feel about it. However there is some interesting stuff on there, sometimes frustrated by the fact that some of these young pretenders still have no websites which stops you seeing more of their work. I find that, hard to believe in this day and age.

Anyway go see here:http://noisefestival.com/ Richard Billingham was the judge for the photography section and I'm waiting to receive an email letting me know his top five. I'll let you know.

Insight America

Insight America http://insight.magnumphotos.com/ is an ongoing and live website brought to you by Magnum www.magnumphotos.com and edited by Fred Ritchin from www.pixelpress.org It is supplied with photo's exclusively by Magnum photographers on a daily basis and will be until the election in six days time.

Duckrabbit productions.

"Chucking Out" from the DUCKRABBIT crew.


I'm a huge fan of digital storytelling, ever since I first saw the work of Daniel Meadows http://www.photobus.co.uk/ So imagine my utter chuffedness (is that a word? I'm not always sure) when I got an email from the founder member of Duckrabbit http://www.duckrabbit.info/ Benjamin Chesterton. He together with photographers namely David White a Bristol based photographer www.nospin.co.uk make compelling narratives using digital storytelling techniques. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_storytelling

The above presentation "Chucking Out" is about that common site in most British cities on a weekend, to0 much ale and it's effects. It also features a gobby Manc, which I guess is also pretty common! There is also an interesting connected blog at http://duckrabbit.info/blog/

Along the same lines, last year I registered www.manchesterdigitales.blogspot.com and although so far it's just sat there gathering virtual dust So this seems like a good time to ask if anyone out there has any digital storytelling connected to Manchester/Salford send it in and I'll upload it and we can get the ball rolling.

OK, bloody great way to start the week!

My New Widget

Scroll down to the bottom of this page, no a bit further, further, down, bit more yeah that's it. Look to your right, no your other right can you see my new Artrabbit widget? good innit? That will let you know about some smart new UK shows. While I'm at it go here: www.artrabbit.com it's a great art listing's site.

zuperQuirk

Image copyright Michael Ronquillo

ZuperQuirk is an international collective and online experiment, their words not mine. There are however some interesting photographs on the site. Although mainly "street photography" which these days seems to be some kind of weird sport rather than any kind of art, (I have never got my head around why someone of the standing of Trent Parke would get involved with this tosh) http://www.in-public.com/ I blame the flickr AWESOME brigade but I guess that's a whole other post......................

These six photographers however seem on the whole to avoid the usual cliches. So yes although I prefer the work of some of the six lots more than other's it's well worth a look. "Ya getting me" as the youths around these parts seem to be saying. Here: http://www.zuperquirk.org/about/

Amused

Got sent a link through to this: www.webwithoutsense.com and OK it's only a bit of fluff, but some of it's funny. What got me most though, was the first comment on the first post from an SB. I won't put his name here, but I did have to laugh. The Internet is so full of sanctimonious twats like this fucker.

Michael David Murphy's "The Jena Project"

from "The Jena Project" by Michael David Murphy

In a world that is so satuated by images, photojournalism must, along with all visual mediums attempt to remain fresh. Not an easy task. Michael David Murphy's http://www.michaeldavidmurphy.com/galleries/

"The Jena Project" website is one such way to explore, using new ways issues relating to a story. As explained on the site:

"The Jena Project is a remixed, visual analysis of online speech, as seen through a year's worth of comment threads and discussions of photographs and video made by Michael David Murphy during last summer's trials, protests, and marches for the Jena Six in Jena, Louisiana". http://www.thejenaproject.com/

This makes for some uncomfortable stuff, and shows in a very raw way the problems of race relations in modern America. By using new media in this way it manages to shine fresh light on an old yet still unsolved problem.

Michael is also author of the excellent blog 2point8 www.2point8.whileseated.org

Source Photographic Review

This site's been a long time fan of Source Magazine, so it's great to see that they now have a smooth new website http://www.source.ie/ to go along with the mag. They've still kept the extensive archive but have also added plenty of new resources including the "Graduate photography online" section http://www.source.ie/graduate/2008/index.html which is a fantstic chance to see some of the best UK graduate work around..........

Vintage Scally Photo Found!

Not really, did I have you fooled? It's off one of those Internets novelty websites from Japan. You upload a photo, press the big blue button and it turns it into instant vintage photo. Entertaining for a good five minutes..................... http://labs.wanokoto.jp/olds

Idle worship.

Over on flickr there is a whole section dedicated to lover's of all things Martin Parr. That is for photographers who try to emulate his style, I kid you not! http://www.flickr.com/groups/martinparr/pool/ Somebody needs to tell The Caravan Gallery Quick! as they've been doing poor imitations for years............ http://www.thecaravangallery.co.uk/

28 Days Later

Images copyright of The Machine

No not the film, but the forum website http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/ for "urban explorers". These are daring souls who get into and explore disused and abandoned building's. Now I love this type of stuff, for all kinds of reasons, not least because it has an interesting relationship with photography. It seems almost like a "chicken or egg" situation. Do they photograph merely to record the exploration or explore in order to make photographs? Either way what they end up with are very pure documentary images which are often beautiful into the bargain. Although the pictures here are probably not best described as beautiful. Taken by someone called "The Machine" who if you ask me is either mad or has balls the size Wythenshawe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wythenshawe (for all none Mancs) Anyway City Buildings, Corporation Street (next to Urbis) www.urbis.org.uk was explored and you should take a look at whats right on your doorstep http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=26177 And by the way Urbis if your listening this shit would make a great exhibition................. Oh yes and Manchester City Council, private building or not, you should be fucking ashamed of yourselves letting a building splendid as this Victorian gem get in such a state........................................

Amber

I have been aware of Amber for a while and then forget and then find them all over again. I think top what a great idea. http://www.amber-online.com/sections/about-us/pages/introduction I love what you are doing, and one day may the North-West replicate................................

Unknown sitter.

Following on in a way from yesterday's post, I found this interesting site over at SEESAW. http://www.unknownsitter.com/ along with the work of Nicky Bird, http://www.nickybird.com/

A photo editor

This is a great blog. And since the demise of Alec Soth's blog, the one I read the most. Although I am pleased to say that the work of Colin Pantall was featured here first! www.aphotoeditor.com & www.colinpantall.com

Place space, identity.

Image copyright lock & Henner

Yesterday, found out about an interesting "work in progress" blog from lock & Henner, working on a project down in Stoke. http://www.placespaceidentity.blogspot.com/