Tim Hetherington talks about his winning World Press folio….look for the pic of the old Afghan guy holding the baby. Heart wrenchingly sad. Tweet

Mt Fuji, seen from the shinkansen bullet train, on the way down to an assignment at 08.15am…. Mt. Fuji,seen from the shinkansen bullet train, on the way home from an assignment at 14.03pm…. I did have plans to write something … Continue reading →

There’s a great pic of Vladimir Nabokov on the front page of The Times today…and when I went looking to find out who it is by, surprise surprise, it’s a Magnum shot, by Philippe Halsman.Here’s the article it relates to. … Continue reading →

©Karino Kumiko Over the past few years I’ve seen two exhibitions of photos by Karino Kumiko, both of which I’ve enjoyed a lot. She puts a lot of time and effort into the shows, nicely printed and presented, good music … Continue reading →

Eddie Adams/ AP. I’m only six days late, but here is an interesting article (and Comments) about the (in)famous photo of General Nguyan Ngoc Loan executing a Vietcong prisoner, taken by photographer Eddie Adams, on 1 February 1968.YOu can listen … Continue reading →