A Day - May 15th

If you didn't hear about the project the visit http://www.aday.org/ and find out more.

Basically it was a project to encourage everyone to shoot photos of their day on May 15th and upload them to the web site. Photos from around the world would be collected and displayed on their website as used in upcoming shows etc. It was supposed to be an experiment and show diversity of life around the globe and so on and so on
Anyway I'm always game for a giggle and a bit of fun so here are my shots. Sadly I got stuck indoors for half the day so didn't get too much but every little counts and hey, I always say dont take things so seriourly. Photos can just be photos for the sake of it..............

Published in Cycling Weekly

A few weeks ago I shot the Addison Lee die-in demonstration. I got the photos published on a feb sites that I have already mentioned but now last week Cycling Weekly contacted me about using an image for their May 10th issue.
Well, I never like to talk about that sort of thing until it actually happens as it tend to jinx it for me. But seeing as it has, I can. Here it is, half page print in this weeks Cycling Weekly page 28/29

May Day march 2012

So, I think I have told you all before by my father is a member of the Big Red Band.
No?
Well Im sure I have but hey. They are a performing street band and can be seen playing at demonstrations, marches and protests all over the country. They are a band for the people and play for the peoples rights.
A voice for the people you could say.
They have been around for decades and I have played at quite a few of their gigs and so has my brother. We have both been out on the marches from an early age and it is that, that I feel that has given us our how shall we say, out spoken attitudes. I dont know if that is how we shall say it but what I mean is that me and my brother do not like to see the little person, the underdog, the everyday joe getting pushed around and ignored by the powers that be.

WE ARE THE PEOPLE AND WE WILL BE HEARD

Well, today my children got to come on their first demo with their dad and their granddad (my father incase i'm getting confusing, look I take pictures not write ;)
Having worked as a courier for so long in an industry that s**ts on the people doing the actual labour, workers rights and unity of the workers is something I feel very strongly about. So what better way to start my kids marching lives than the May Day march.


Enjoy

These are my favourite shots and ones that I edited slightly different to the press versions.
You can see the full set on my Demotix account which is here vvvvvvvvvvvv

http://www.demotix.com/news/1186825/may-day-march-london-big-red-band

That should be working if Demotix have published the story. I will check up on it to make sure.

Demotix account and a photo published

Just to let you all that I have set up a Demotix account and will be posting my news based photo projects on their. I will still be posting all my work here so don't worry. Its just that Demotix is a good was to publicise news based stories and photojournalism is one of main passions.
Head on over there now and check out my first story about the cyclist demonstration outside of the Addison Lee offices.
http://www.demotix.com/news/1172636/cycle-demonstration-addison-lee-offices-london

And if you don't know what that demonstration was all about you can read these two articles that feature my photography
http://road.cc/content/news/57094-cyclists-converge-addison-lees-offices-die-protest
and this one written by Jon Day (keep an eye out for him and hunt down his previous writing)
http://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2012/04/24/jon-day/at-the-addison-lee-die-in/

I will be posting up my personal set of shots from that day here very soon.

Shot Of The Week

Good morning my sleepy sunday people and welcome to the Shot Of The Week.

Some of you may have read the Evening Standard article last Friday (20th April) titled

"Chain gangs, spot London's cycle tribes"

If not then you can find it here
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/chain-gangs-spot-londons-cycling-tribes-7665099.html

Nothing especially new or amazing in there but they did include cycle couriers in the write up and as you all know, that has been my day job for over 10 years now. Apparently I am a superhero of olympian hights....... SWEEEEEET ;)
Anyway it mention the rivalry between cycle couriers and taxi drivers. Now I'm not going to open the can of worms that comes with that discussion. I have met vial, horrible, scum of the earth taxi drivers and I have met wonderful, kind and helpful ones.  I think the same can be said for human kind in general.
It did however mention a certain courier who is now sporting a very ummmmm how shall we put it? Direct message of his view? on the backs of his legs.

I did approach the ES about using my images in the article but as yet, no reply.
So here it is for you folks, if your easily offended then look away...........

Ok lets add a footnote.
This is not my opinion, just a photographic observation of someone else's. Hell, one of my friends and ex-colegues is now a taxi driver.
I also have no ties or biased support for the Evening Standard and have only included the link to their page as reference to the article so you could read it for your self.

Enjoy your sunday :)))))))