Category: Politics
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The Experts Got It Wrong
And you followed them blindly…right over the edge of the cliff…into the center of the minefield. Cool, eh? You’ve been YouTubed again. At least this time you didn’t get sucked into the five-hour jump from one site to another. Umm, is this a bad time to mention you are still wearing a tutu? Every presenter…
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The Executive Committee Of The AIOU
Will deliver its ruling after consultation with representatives of interstate organisations. Was that a cork popping? I think negotiations have begun. Now we’ll see some art and science! The formation of a professional body to oversee trade is one thing. If it is allied to an trade organisation to oversee art, that is another. If…
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What Would The WPA Photographers Do Now?
I mean now that the Soviet Union is gone and Russia is waging war on it’s nearest neighbour…badly. Would they still wear coloured shirts and woolly ties? Where would the photo-communists of the 30’s and 40’s find their golden idols or arch enemies? Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco are all long gone and Uncle Joe was…
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The Campaign Trail
Australia is coming up to a federal election; an event marginally more exciting than the annual moult of the lesser swamp lizard. We are not an exciting nation, except to ourselves. We can entertain our evenings with tales of mighty daring-do – under the covers with a torch turned on. The rest of the world…
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Who Buys? Hu Buys.
And when they do, how much does their money command the shopkeeper? The wholesaler? The factory? Such a basic question, but so few of us go past our own wallet to look at the money of others. ( Jesse James excepted…) Cameras and lenses are produced by factories for customers. Here in Australia we get…
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The Camera Village Vs The Lens Village
Do you ever get the feeling that the various divisions within a Japanese photographic manufacturer – the Camera Division, the Lens Division, the Video Division, The Flash Division., etc. etc…are at war with each other. That the days of the feudal Japan and the clans has not ceased – just moved to the factories? I…
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I Am Not A Cruel Person
I am not a cruel person – which shows the depth to which laziness has sunk me. I could have far more fun and be a darn sight better for the community if I were prepared to gouge eyeballs or set fire to cottages. As it is, I restrict myself to digging pits and filling…
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None Of These Pictures Have Been Tested On Animals
Nor have they been sourced from palm-oil plantations. No secret indigenous ceremonies have been violated and no-one who is dead has been mentioned. No plastic bags or shampoo has been used and no bald eagles were injured. In addition, no support has been given to secret political organisations of either the right or he left…
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The Risk Of Spying
Many people in the United States government are concerned by the risk of spying. This also applies to the Russians and the Chinese, though in their cases the risk probably runs the other direction. If they are not being spied upon they feel they have not attracted sufficient attention. In slack periods, they probably spy…
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My Photo Is On Your Site…
a. And I want you to pay me for it. b. And I want you to take it off. c. But I want you to pay me anyway. d. And I’m thrilled to bits. Can I have five copies for my mother? e. And I want to pose again, but this time with better hair…
Dr. Stein's Photographic Establishment 