Dark Path

[See this picture at a larger size in the Empty Places section of the gallery]

Sorry I've been rubbish at posting recently - not so much due to lack of pictures, but more a general feeling of not having much to say. Maybe it's a bit of figurative - as well as literal - gloom from the shortening of the days...

Anyway, I thought it was at least worth a post to mention the release of the second volume of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's The Photobook: A History - an absolute must-have for anyone with an interest in the medium. As this volume brings us up to the present day it stops being purely a historical overview and - by necessity - gets embroiled in various current controversies and arguments where the critical dust has yet to settle. Consequently I actually found it more interesting than Vol.1, and it has some very intelligent things to say about movements like New Objectivism (or what Parr and Badger term "the Dusseldorf Tendency") and New Colour Documentary, about which I have quite mixed feelings.

Totally unrelated and off-topic: can I just put in a plug for Firefox 2.0? Thanks.

And again: a song which seems to mean something particular to me at the moment, A Strange Form of Life by Bonnie Prince Billy.

With A View

[See this picture at a larger size in the West section of the gallery]

Just a quick post with this image because: 1) It's Ellen's favourite from this series, and 2) It's part of a guest gallery that's now up at Filmwasters. Many thanks to Susan for the invitation!

More posts and new pictures soon...