Earlier this week I covered the Tamil protest in Parliament Square that resulted in a mass sit-down protest under Big Ben that blocked the traffic. Well believe it or not that protest is still going on days later! By my count they’ve now held their continuous protest for just over four days. Large numbers of [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘War’
April 1, 2009
The Other G20 Protest
So with 20 of the world’s leaders arriving in London today, ahead of tomorrow’s G20 summit, today became a day of protest. Of course the biggest protest, and the one that got the vast majority of press coverage was the one in the city. Not surprising really. Unfortunately as much as I wanted to [...]
November 16, 2008
More War Photography
If you enjoyed the documentary I discussed yesterday you might be interested in another I came across today. This one is called “The War in Iraq: Through a Photographers Eyes” and features the work of James Nachtwey, Christopher Morris, Gary Knight and Christopher Anderson, all of whom are founding members of the VII Photo Agency, which [...]
November 14, 2008
War Photography
I’ve been fascinated by war photography for quite a while; some of photography’s most iconic images have come from a war-zone. Unfortunately this continues to be true, as conflicts continue around the world.
Whether its the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan, or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a large part of our collective [...]
