Parliament is currently considering a new law called the Digital Economy Bill which is supposed to help create a ‘ Digital Britain ‘. Unfortunately, the draft legislation seems instead aimed at making it difficult for photographers or other visual content creators to show their pictures online or distribute digital copies of their images. Hardly conducive...
Two things to tell. First, it’s my birthday today Second, I see my photo essay on the Lviv Ballet has appeared on The Economist’s Intelligent Life magazine’s website as a slideshow here. The series was published as a photo essay in the autumn print issue of the magazine. One of the other photographer’s featured in...
I’ve created a new resource allowing my archive to be searched online. Since most of the images are one way or another connected with Eastern Europe, I’ve called it East Europe Photos, and the URL is at www.easteuropephotos.com. There are currently around 7000 searchable images, including a number of photo stories, but also a lot...
The week I spent there with EveryChild gave me the opportunity to visit a number of families with a range of problems. I take my hat off to this lady, who was bringing up her three hyperactive sons single-handedly. They had suffered from serious health problems caused by an allergy, but were beginning to recover...
I recently visited St. Petersburg, where I was working with EveryChild charity, taking pictures of St Peterburg families who have problems. EveryChild are doing some really fantastic work there, but it’s a huge job. But what struck me most was how many social problems stem from the identity card and registration system (which used to...
