Sam Bush by Jim McGuire (1981)

Jim McGuire was photographer, country music fan and former protégé of Irving Penn. This is one from a great collection of photos of Nashville musicians.

Mars Exploration Rover Spirit

Someday in the distant future a human being will bore another with pictures of his recent holiday at the Gusev crater on Mars.   Until then we’ll have to rely on Spirit to show us what a Martian sunset looks like.

More information at the NASA site.

by Melissa Farlow

Donning grotesque masks and wearing suits made from lichen gathered in the woods and sewn onto clothing by women, a father and son become “Wild Ones” during a Pagan end-of-winter celebration known as Schleicherlaufen, held in the Tyrol of Austria since 1571.

Photograph by Melissa Farlow from The Alps.

Martian Terrain - NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Martian Terrain - NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Martian Terrain - NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

More here: http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/katalogos.php

1444 East Chestnut

That big gnarled Japanese Coral tree.  Landscape architects and gardeners would offer to buy it regularly but we never considered selling it. During the summer while in full bloom and covered in masses of vibrant red flowers the tree used to audibly hum with bees. Coming back from a summer swim I used to run up that path to the front door so I wouldn’t get stung. Running and bees don’t really mix but I couldn’t help it. Those same flowers once attracted an escaped juvenile African Grey parrot. I spent days scheming to capture that parrot by building ever more elaborate parrot catching devices in the garage. The final device involved an old badminton net, a retrieve your golf ball from the water extension pole thing, duct tape and some copper tubing. It didn’t work, the parrot figured out what I was up to and never returned.  Neither did the umbrella which I thought might float me gently down to earth a la Mary Poppins when I leapt from the roof. I’ll blame it on growing up under high-voltage power lines.

Mark and Marco have just opened their new photographic studio & gallery space in Clapton.  It’s a great space and I’ve got a serious case of warehouse envy as I’ve had my eye on it for years.  They’re offering cheap deals on studio hire at the moment and have already had a slew of great photographers through the doors.  

Photographic Studio

Gallery Space / Daylight Studio

Gallery Space / Daylight Studio