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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/faroe_islands_postal_service

Some of the picture stories published under the  ‘BBC Stories’ banner are to my mind filling the gap left following the demise of print-based photojournalism such as the old Picture Post or the in-depth coverage of the Sunday colour supplements in their early days.
They are providing a much-needed outlet for good reportage photography.

Created using software called ‘Shorthand‘, which is capable of producing a linear picture story comprising images, text and video in a scrolling single screen layout, they replicate turning the pages of a print publication in this digital age.

Easy to navigate, easy to read, and capable of displaying still photographs in a documentary fashion that echoes some of the great printed photo-stories of the past. 

A Google search involving the term “Colin Osman” recently turned up a  link to a bookseller previously unknown to me – http://www.creativecamerabooks.co.uk/

Quite a fascinating selection on offer. I’m tempted by one or two, but was also interested to see the asking price for a few rarities that I happen to own already. Seems there are a few editions amongst my own collection I should take special care of!

Back on iPlayer for the next few weeks, this classic compendium from the BBC’s archives, first shown a year ago.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08jgr3w/on-camera-photographers-at-the-bbc

Just added to the site, the comprehensive article by John Stathatos about The Cambridge Darkroom, originally published in Creative Camera magazine, October 1989.

Five Years of the Cambridge Darkroom.

During my ongoing project to scan the entire collection of Creative Camera magazines I’m coming across lots of fascinating material and references.

This one is a review of Ray Moore’s Hayward Gallery exhibition by Roger Mayne, published in 1981. Continue reading “Raymond Moore at the Hayward Gallery, 1981.”

http://www.bbc.com/culture/columns/through-the-lens

Pattern, colour and symmetry in the short-listed candidates for the Chartered Institute of Building’s annual photographic prize.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-42227931