I am pleased to introduce you to our newest feature on Visual Culture Blog: the London Photography Map. The map lists bookshops, libraries, museums, public and private galleries where you can view photography. Feel free to share the map with your friends and colleagues and get in touch if you think that I missed some…
The downfall of disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has taken up a new dimension, namely, it has taken up a visual dimension. This became most apparent on November 10 2012 when Armstrong tweeted a panoramic picture of himself “Back in Austin and just layin’ around”. The edge of the red curtain on the left to the…
Naoya Hatakeyama, Rikuzentakata, July 2004 © Naoya Hatakeyama Naoya Hatakeyama, Rikuzentakata, April 2011 © Naoya Hatakeyama Watching the BBC News in the aftermath of the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami on the east coast of Japan, I vividly remember the foreign correspondent reporting from a town with an unusual name: Rikuzentakata. Little did I know then…