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David Peat is an award-winning documentary film-maker from Scotland. Travelling across the globe for the past 40 years, he has also been building a huge portfolio from his passion for street photography.
But the 64-year-old had never enlarged any of the pictures beyond tiny contact sheets until two years ago, when he was diagnosed with Myeloma, an incurable cancer.
Not wanting to leave thousands of uncatalogued, unseen images lying in boxes he began going through the collection. The photographs are now the subject of an exhibition at the Watermill Gallery in Aberfeldy, Perthshire.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures…
www.aberfeldywatermill.com/art…
But the 64-year-old had never enlarged any of the pictures beyond tiny contact sheets until two years ago, when he was diagnosed with Myeloma, an incurable cancer.
Not wanting to leave thousands of uncatalogued, unseen images lying in boxes he began going through the collection. The photographs are now the subject of an exhibition at the Watermill Gallery in Aberfeldy, Perthshire.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures…
www.aberfeldywatermill.com/art…
The Basic Math of Street Photography
We like to think that our photography is based on pure creativity and that the technical side is related to just mastering the camera and the basics of composition. But photography, like painting and sculpture, has a firm basis in math.
Composition is based on math (rule of thirds being an example) as is perspective but we also, mostly unknowingly, use basic math – Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division.
The following examples are drawn from my photos as I know the thought processes behind them.
Addition.
An example would be when we see a scene that is pleasing to the eye. But an element is missing to make it a stronger
Maori portraits exhibition in Berlin and Pilsen
If you're in Berlin (Germany) or Pilsen (Czech Republic) this would be worth a look!
A presentation of 48 historical Maori portraits by the late 19th-century painter Gottfried Lindauer and associated photographs is being held in Berlin, Germany. The presentation, Gottfried Lindauer: The Maori Portraits at the Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery) is from the collections of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
The Nationalgalerie (National Gallery), part of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin), is presenting the exhibition focused on Lindauer’s portraits at the
The Battle We Didn't Choose
Note - these aren't photos of me or by me but a feature of photos from:
http://mywifesfightwithbreastcancer.com/
Photos copyright Angelo Merendino
Worldwide Photographer's Rights
UPDATED!! SEE EDITION 2: http://fav.me/d5d9tt6
Worldwide Photographer's Rights 1
In conjunction with my dA friends I have compiled a booklet of advice and information on laws in relation to street photography around the world.
I first intended this to be a journal, but it kept growing and will grow further with your help :D
Download here: http://fav.me/d5bkuez
If you have relevant info on countries not listed or have noticed errors, then please leave a short and concise note to me here.
Please try to include a link to a reputable webpage for confirmation.
This may be added to this booklet in a future edition.
I have created a folde
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i just bought one of his books on streets in glasgow 1968 and its such a beautiful book and now I fouund out he has cancer just breaks my heart.