That edit a few posts back doens’t show so here it is again.  May have extra relevance ahead of Christmas. Again – taken in Paris

A Paris market

By cover of darkness on the Clyde.  A test shot for #clydebynight.  ISO a little high due to bobbing up n down in the water.

copyright © mishsomerville

People are now desensitised to images of war.  The age of #citizenjournalism is upon us.  While almost everyone has a video camera in their pocket the proliferation of images is diluting the power of what’s their.  Far from benign, it’s up to professional journalists to recast the mould, to come up with new ways to get the story across and to let people know what is going on in the world so that people can make educated decisions  to try and steer the world toward a better future.  This is perhaps where #cinematicjournalism comes in.   We need HD video, three angles and surround sound to know how good or bad it is far more than Hollywood does.  This is the real world, this is real.  I’m sold on it, I might well be there doing it, and you might well be watching it.

*Paris underground

Fontaine du Palmier, Paris –  A triumphal column built to celebrate Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign.  A golden angel used to present war to the French public.  Fitting as an image of war?  I’m sure those who were on the battle ground might have a different take.

Don’t do it. There are way too many photographers. Try to draw or get politically involved in something that matters. And unless you need to make art to stay alive, you shouldn’t be making art.

- Nan Goldin

Discovered on Veronica Vierin’s page

*couple from day at market in Paris

*Picture from Jan 2007 © Misha Somerville / Title Nov 2011

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*A 4″ ormanent at a stall in Paris’ Marché aux puces de Saint-Ouen

There is no program published for event/talks/Q&As, only a ‘catalogue’ which lists all artworks for sale //  Tickets for the main venue at the festival only last one day //  The festival doesn’t provide any information on other venues/galleries being used for the festival // Just because there’s an International photo festival on don’t assume the galleries around Paris will be open, even within normal hours there’s a good chance they will be closed //  There’s some absolutely incredible work displayed at Parisphoto