The Marlboro Marine...

Mediastorm have their latest presentation of the effect that the Iraq war has had on Marine Lance Corporal James Blake Miller.

The presentation documents both his time in Iraq and his coming to terms with what he did and saw upon his return home. Plus the coming together of a soldier and photojournalist under extreme circumstances...

Autumn Theme Presentation...

Although not with as many images as normal (maybe the cold weather starts to take its affect), we battled against a badly focusing projector and blindless window to present our latest theme 'Autumn'.

There was plenty of lively discussion with the two images you see here generating the most comments regarding composition and post processing technique.

As a side note, we also got plenty of good resturant recommendations from José Manuel and I finally got to use my slideshow software.

Anyway, all the images in their glory can be found on our galleries webpage, please go and take a look and if you like any of them click the 'thumbs-up' symbol that appears when you hover your mouse over the image, so we can all see what are the most popular images.

You might want to check back on your own images as well, as since I have taken the password off the site, we have started to receive comments from outside of ESAC !

So... next theme is 'Geometry' and you get a break over Christmas as well, hope to see the number of images presented next time back to full strength.....!

6 Billion Others...

Yann Arthus-Bertrand of 'Earth from Above' fame, has put together this very interesting project which aims to create a sensitive and human portrait of the planets inhabitants.

More than 6000 interviews were performed in 65 countries where people were asked for there concerns regarding family, their experience, what made them laugh or cry and what gives life meaning etc...

Its absolutely fascinating to see and hear the thoughts of ordinary people from around the world. Yann states "The idea came to me while we were taking the shots for "Earth from Above" in Mali, one day when the helicopter was out of action. The pilot had gone and I was waiting for him in a little village where I started to have a discussion with someone. I stayed there the whole day, In the evening, by the fireside, that man I'd been talking to told me his entire life, his desires, his wishes, his ambitions - they could be summed up in four words - "to feed my family". In spite of the poverty, the drought, I still thought I understood the whole situation. But in fact I didn't have a clue until that man put it to me, just like that, looking me straight in the eye, not complaining, not asking me for anything. That meeting changed me, it changed the whole way I see the world..."

6 Billion Others....... take a look...

'Antartica: The Global Warning' recently won 1st place in the book category of the 2007 International Photography Awards.

What looks like a stunning body of work, also contains a message of the affect that man is having on his own planet. This one goes on my shopping list for future book purchases.

Check out the website as well you won't regret it....