If like me you're too poor (nowt to do with credit crunches, just general povvyness) to buy Paul Graham's "A Shimmer of Possibility" in book form, he has at last uploaded if not all, a fair sized chunk of it to his website. http://www.paulgrahamarchive.com/possibility.html You can also read a great article about it here written by Colin Pantall. http://colinpantall.blogspot.com/2008/01/paul-graham.html"Gallery is calling for submissions for its continuing artistic programme based in the visual media. Proposals will be considered without restriction. The University are looking to potentially fill a fractional 0.4 post. Submit a personal project of themed images designed as a precursor to the Final Show project. Academics who might be interested should the approval be granted. They seek a photographer. What?
Is it me or is a lot of art talk and "calls" like Stanley Unwin?
All images copyright Jean-Christian BourcartChicken head camera stabilizer http://gizmodo.com/5098255/hackmodo-use-a-chickens-head-as-a-camera-stabilizer
Thanks to Martin O'Neill for this. Check out some of the folks Martin's photographed, you may recognise some of them! http://www.zyworld.com/sugarbeach/Hot_News!.htm
Above is the iconic photograph of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, without doubt the greatest man ever to wear a top hat. This photograph was taken in 1857 by a young Robert Howlett, within a year the horrible chemicals used in the process were to kill the young Howlett stone dead.
Bristol based photographer David White has recreated the process minus the nasty chemicals and death bit. He has photographed many of Brunel's greatest engineering projects using a precise replica camera he had made and a period lens. The resulting images are beautiful, and lugging a camera that size about is stupid. Beautiful images and stupidity, nay playfulness in photography both appeal to me.
Andrew Paul Brooks latest show "Reality Hack" is now open at Urbis. http://www.urbis.org.uk/page.asp?id=3282 It explores parts of Manchester not normally seen, produced in his own unique style. Well worth a visit, on till May. Here for more images: http://www.andrewbrooksphotography.com/image.php?ID=726
Yesterday I got spotted by my first "Tramhead" I am happy to report that bewilderment rather than a smack in the mouth pursued. www.tramheads.blogspot.com
Featured the work of Juliana Beasley www.julianabeasley.com back in May, and It's just come to my attention that she is selling three images from "Last Stop: Rockaway Park", all well priced. They are editions of 15 with 2 aps. All photos are 18X18" with image size at 14.5x14.5". This money will be very helpful in supporting her latest project down in Mexico. 
Image copyright Mark Page
Have been really taken by the work of Osama Esid. www.osamaesid.com Hand coloured black & white images that just have to be seen! I would love to see them in the flesh so to speak, but his great website is a fair substitution. Make sure you have the sound on your computer switched on to get the full effect. Found over on Mrs Deane http://www.beikey.net/mrs-deane/
Image copyright Mark PageThe new home for large chunks of the BBC is now coming on in leaps and bounds! Under leaden Salford sky's. Is that a Smiths lyric? if not it should have been......
Images copyright Ward Roberts
