Deborah Parkin
@deborahparkin.bsky.social
Photography - Art - Literature - Women’s Photo History - Bookbinding - Printing - Women Artists - Gardening - Walking Living on the moors in Northumberland with family, animals & camera.
Re-upping this helpful infographic from @charlesapple.bsky.social on water safety and what drowning really looks like. (It doesn't look like the splashing and crying out seen in TV/film.)
Charles Apple@charlesapple.bsky.social · 2mo agoPerhaps this will help, Trish. I built this 13 years ago for the Orange County Register.
This is so interesting! Thanks Andy. I loved the Saul Leiter film & looking forward to finding out more.
Andy Adams@flakphoto.news · 2mo agoTomas and I correspond periodically, and I love his newsletter (which you should explore), so I asked him if we could write a Show & Tell piece together. I’ll let him take it from here. Enjoy! www.flakphoto.news/p/show-and-t...
My journal of tea toned Cyanotype experiments. Hopefully one day I will get them printed up into a new series. 🤎
Anyone London bound first two weekends of June. I'm exhibiting in the Walthamstow Art Trail. No. 159... paulasmith.co.uk/walthamstow-... #walthamstowarttrail #walthamstow #supportartists
Spiorad àird nam Murchan More work from my ongoing long term project of the last 9+ years. Why not join us next March or October or the same in 2028 to tell your own story of this inspiring landscape shaped by fire and ice. www.rkphotographic.com/ardnamurchan... Explore your creative development
RK Photographic / Rob Knight@rkphotographic.bsky.social · 3mo agoSpiorad àird nam Murchan More work from my ongoing long term project of the last 9+ years. Why not join us next March or October or the same in 2028 to tell your own story of this inspiring landscape shaped by fire and ice. www.rkphotographic.com/ardnamurchan... Explore your creative development
I’ve written a new post about the wonderful Myra Albert Wiggins and her beautiful, evocative photography. substack.com/@whatwomense...
Myra Albert Wiggins
And a bit of an update about Women Who See.
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Highly recommended ...
RPS Historical Group@rpshistgroup.bsky.social · 3mo ago'The Harris family with neighbour, Queens Road, Bradford c. 1967.' Our next online talk is 'Redeeming History Through Family Photographs' with Angela Brown on Tuesday 26th May 2026 (1800 BST). Register below. events.rps.org/en/historica... Or via the link in our bio.
I’m here today - Imperial War Museum - I’m in the research rooms reading the the diary of the photographer Olive Edis - hope to write about it soon.
People turn to Seamus Heaney’s words for everything from presidential inaugurations to reading for personal pleasure. Political, lyrical and always exquisitely crafted, his poems continue to delight. Two close reading sessions with Mariah Whelan, 20 & 27 June www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/heaney
These are so beautiful 💕
Morag Perkins@moragperkinsphoto.com · 3mo agoPhoties! In colour! Been meaning to post these for ages... Very expired Fujichrome Sensia II 100, cross processed in C41 and exposed about half a stop under, all the way back in May 2022. The film expired in 2001, I'm not the speediest mover 😆 Looook at those colours though! #BelieveInFilm
Odysseus and Storytelling. Join us for this fabulous new course with Dr Jan Parker, University of Cambridge, live online. Wednesdays, weekly, 6 to 20 May. www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/odysseus
Looks like a great course!
Literature Cambridge@litcamb.bsky.social · 4mo agoVirginia Woolf and the Natural World: summer course 2026. The course will run twice: first, live online, 9-12 July. Then in person in Cambridge, 2-7 August. In either form, it’s an amazing experience. Do join us. www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/vw2026 www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/summer-camb-...
Coming soon 'The Colour Journey' Join us for an inside look at how our team creates the newest colour films, ensuring film photography is here to stay Watch the full video on 9th April https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYy_X2KgUxsuk8kqQ3W8AIQ #harmanphoto #thecolourjourney #filmcommunity
The next instalment of the brilliant photographer, Alice Austen is now available. Many thanks in advance for stopping by. open.substack.com/pub/deborahp...
Alice Austen (1866-1952)
The Next Chapter. Life with her camera and without a marriage.
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A (very) surprisingly good Sunday selling at least one copy of each of my 7 books and 2 zines (including one of the final 10 copies of the out of print Travelogue 1). Even better, spent the day with both my boys whilst doing so :)
The New School of the Anthropocene is an experimental micro-university, which offers an affordable, radical, alternative to mainstream higher ed. I teach there each year & we have students from Gaza, Ukraine & around the world. 2026 enrolment is now open. www.nsota.org @nsota.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/deborahp... My new post on my Women Who See blog - the incredible & brilliant Alice Austen.
Alice Austen (1866-1952)
Recognised as one of America’s first female documentary photographers, Alice Austen (1866-1952) left a legacy of some 8,000 photographs, of which 3,500 survive.
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On the train to London & looking forward to starting this book about the artist Josef Czapski.
Here’s the interesting Siberian-born artist Larisa Kirillova ~ her self-portrait 1974 / a Madonna-like pose in ‘Happiness’ 1987 / daughter Katya in ‘Girl at the Window’ 1986
This is such a lovely idea. I’m not sure that I will be able to participate but I shall look forward to seeing what everyone else does 😊
Paula Smith@paulasmith.co.uk · 5mo agoLet's have a PARTY. An #FP4Party 🥳🥳 Celebrate some love for this versatile film by @ilfordphoto.com Starting 20th March (official start of spring). 20th - 29th March: Picture taking 30th - 12th April: Process/scan 13th - 19th April: Sharing #believeinfilm #fp4 bsky.app/profile/did:...
From The Last Stand photobook. Bamburgh, Northumberland, England. 2013 A tidal surge in December 2013 at Bamburgh uncovered a pillbox in the sand dunes. It was constructed from hessian sandbags filled with concrete and was part of a long chain of coastal defensive sites including...
Morning! It was spring yesterday but winter this morning. At least the thrush sounds happy & the curlews have stayed 😃