I can see your house from here

I can see your house from here
Originally uploaded by joetarrant

Same day trip as the Pere Lachaise photo below. Taken from level 2 of the Eiffel Tower. Walked up to avoid the lift queue. Shot with an Olympus Mju.

Cimetière du Père-Lachaise

Nice photo from a quick day trip.

Shooting Brooklyn.

Tinted Mono Skatepark Girl

Tinted Mono Skatepark Girl
Originally uploaded by Marcus Starnes

There's a great wide angle effect on this square photo, which I've always found hard to do in that format. On the other hand, the photographer's using a Tokina 12-24mm, so that might explain it to some extent, lol.

Great pic. Youthful yearning.

Benchmark runner

Benchmark runner
Originally uploaded by quicksil7er

Soweto

This isn't meant to be a blog on African photography but I keep falling over these excellent stories. This is The New Yorker on "Postcards from Soweto", by Jodi Bieber.

Best photography bookshops in London

I work in London but it takes a New Yorker (in more ways than one) to find London's best photography bookshops.

A day in the life of Africa

Africa. 100 photographers. One day. Go. 

Kibera: how we live now.

Kibera: one of the biggest slums in Africa. In photographs.
Courtesy of the Paris Review.

Steve McCurry: "Photographing the essential soul"

A retrospective in Birmingham (UK). From now until October sometime. Sample below.

(c) Steve McCurry

Update: alternative article on the BBC website. 

Markus Hartel: "After Dark"

Markus Hartel's site is an ode to street photography (mostly in New York), with galleries, thoughts and advice.
His "After Dark" gallery is worth a look. Sample below.

"We are all street photographers now"

The Guardian: "Why street photography is facing a moment of truth."

Blatant plug

Okay, one of mine now.

My London set on Flickr.

Graham Watson: photographer on two wheels

How to photograph the Tour de France.

Weegee, Walker Evans and Monroe...

...among others.

(c) Weegee. 

Independent on Sunday: "Voyeurism, surveillance and the camera".

Getty? Flickr?

Getty and Flickr team up.

Foreign bodies

Shades of Martin Parr. A "No Words" thread on "Bloody Tourists" on Photo.net.

Purists on the street

Chris Weeks: "Street Photography for the Purist", downloadable free in pdf from the Deviant Art website. The 160 page book is a street photography how-to (10mb download). The download button is on the far right of the page. Funny, opinionated and very accurate. Excellent photos and several forewards from different photographers.