http://statementimages.co.uk Statement Images is a collective of photographers with a curiosity for the world which they wish to explore through imagery, whether still or moving. The collective started in late 2008 as members became disillusioned at the quality, style, impact and the direction photography in the mainstream press was heading. Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:11:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Please help support the haiti appeal. Photographers are auctioning off images in the following flickr group: www.flickr.com/groups/charityprintauctions/ The image to the right is my offering, which will be printed at 16.5 × 11 inches (A3ish). To place a bid on any of the images in the group do so on the images comments section. ... http://statementimages.co.uk/blog/haiti-appeal/ James Nachtwey's recent advertisement for an intern really does have something for everyone! Whether you're looking to start an internship, love a good bitch or moan about working for free or you're just interested in reading something that will occupy the best part of an hour (maybe even more at ... http://statementimages.co.uk/blog/craziness-ensues-as-james-nachtwey-places-intern-advert/ I seem to be becoming more and more disillusioned with certain photography styles. One in particular is the young hipster chic thing: please not that in this scenario boy could be girl and girl could be boy, boy and girl could also be the same person, in which case would usually ... http://statementimages.co.uk/blog/the-mysterious-naked-children-of-the-wild/ I have two 30 second videos featured in art in unusual spaces as part of the Short Shorts showreel. Thes videos are excerpts from the ballroom video and some swimming footage. The projection will (hopefully) play from dusk until dawn daily between 4th dec -27th feb. 42 New Briggate Leeds, LS1 6NU. www.artinunusualspaces.co.uk/home/ http://statementimages.co.uk/blog/videos-featured-in-art-in-unusual-spaces/ With a background is in computer programming, I have a great interest in understanding how systems work, and this is something which extends out of the computerverse and into my own photography. So when I read Alec Soth's musings on the subject, it really did strike a cord with me: "Knowing ... http://statementimages.co.uk/blog/understanding-how-systems-work/ Your not someone unless your twittering. Or at least the media would have you believe. We buy into it on some level tho. Even if we are only using it as more of a networking attempt and news distribution platform than a check up on the celebs and gossip sheet. Anyway, our ... http://statementimages.co.uk/blog/statement-images-twitter/ [slidepress gallery="Remembrance_Day"] http://statementimages.co.uk/photo_essays/remembrance-day/ The following commentary is made out of love for an industry in flux... Excluding newspapers from the equation, paid for news content happens every day, and people don't seem to mind the cost! It comes in the form of television fees such as TV Licenses, satellite and cable subscriptions etc; all of ... http://statementimages.co.uk/blog/on-the-future-of-uk-newspapers-in-the-internet-marketplace/ [caption id="attachment_729" align="alignright" width="275" caption="image copyright Chris Jordan"][/caption] I believe Chris Jordan when he says these scenes of dead Albatross chicks with their bellies full of plastic bottle tops and other such items were photographed faithfully. Nothing added either at the time or manipulated after the fact. Yet I still find it ... http://statementimages.co.uk/blog/disturbing-photos-from-chris-jordan/ I've just watched a multimedia piece by VII's Antonin Kratochvil called Roadworks. I've no idea how long its been on his site but its really blown me away. The voice over by U.S Army Staff Sgt Jack Lewis feels like something straight out of Apocalypse Now. It's a small story of ... http://statementimages.co.uk/blog/a-multimedia-slideshow-but-not-as-we-know-it/