Foreground is dusty, sand, with small concave depression right in the centre at the bottom of the shot. Manuela, a dark-haired Latin looking woman is dancing with one arm benind her exactly parallel to a ladder some distance behind her. This ladder leads to what appears to be an abandoned building behind which are the remnants of what appears to be either a hige ship or a 10-12 storey narrow tower block. In the middle ground are several people ship-breaking, working in the skeleton of the ship,

The Red Dress Dance Project

Manuela Benini’s Red Dress Dance Project, part of which is currently on exhibition at Sadler’s Wells, highlights the complexities of tradition and the constant cycle of change, with particular attention to some of the biggest inequities on our planet.

EU Stars flag with tear shaped arrow pointing outwards, (c) Carole

12 Challenging Facts We Must Live With

Some general non-emotive points to consider in these turbulent times

Image showing bustling coffee shop in Vienna. Mostly wome of all ages are talking intently to each other in an opulent surrounding that is light and airy, the closest woman with her back to us has grey shoulder length hair and is reading an Austrian language paper and two women aged between 18 and 20 are talking to each other around a table facing us. Towards the far end of the room is a rack of newspapers and the general feeling of the room is that it is one of many.

Schmäh and Coffee House Culture in Salzburg

On the way to Salzburg my taxi driver Johann attempts to explain coffee house culture. In doing so he demonstrates the uniquely Austrian quality schmäh.

Protected: Students Lifestyle Photography Notes

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Against a backdrop fo vivid colours suggesting speed, depths of space and a huge arid plane is the silhouette of a single man. At his feet another person lies half curled, by the curves we can infer that person is female.

8 minutes, Alexander Whitley Dance Company

Review of Alexander Whitley Dance Company’s 8 Minutes and roundup of other reviews

Image of Mbulelo Ndabeni dancing in hoodie, his face expresses something between concern and terror. He is holding a slatted bench at an angle and appears to be peering out at the camera as if ready to hide behind it or run away at any time. Image has little or no detectable noise (speckling) despite being taken at ISO 3200.

Colours at high ISO part 2, Signal to Noise

The different types of noise (chroma and luminance), signal-to-noise ratio and their relationship with high ISO photography.

Girl with large eyes wearing a Christmas hat and white toga-style top. You can tell it is very dark because the image is extremely grainy, there is considerable colour noise and the colours are not true.

Colours at high ISO

This post talks about how camera technology perceives colour and why photographic images are so different to what human beings see.

Lady with long dark hair stares intently ahead and to the right of the image. She has a camera in her hand but it's pointing down. Behind her is a beautiful mural depicting a beautiful woman surrounded by unexplained baubles of many colours, also staring into the distance this time to the left of the image. In the further distance is another mural of a dark skinned boy with sad eyes who is wearing a hoodie.

5 things to consider when choosing a photography course

Pointers to help you choose the type of practical photography class that best suits you.

Photograph of a male and female danging tango in close embrace. They are on a large bridge or portway with building in the background, the light is golden suggesting it is night time and while the two are dancing close together (the man is dragging the woman) they somehow don't look close.

German Kral on ‘Our Last Tango’

Interview with German Kral on ‘Our Last Tango’ (Un Tango Mas)

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