Archive for the ‘DOUGLAS MARK BLACK’ Category

LPA Finalists: Landscape 3 Competition

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

Finalist in the Landscape 3 Competition run by the London Photographic Association. See the winners and finalists here.

To view the Douglas Mark Black’s photographic entry click here.

To find out more about the LPA.

x-chg-rated

Monday, June 28th, 2010



x-chg-rated

Originally uploaded by douglasmarkblack


futureshop

Sunday, June 6th, 2010



futureshop

Originally uploaded by douglasmarkblack


the girl in the ruined house…

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

As I have been updating my website, here’s an update on some of my new work – which can be viewed by selecting this link:

New Stock Images (May 2010)

the girl in the ruined house stock photography

KEYWORDS: handgun, undercover, leather, jacket, man, police, crime, hi-jack, outside, daylight

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

It’s time for some shameless self promotion on my blog, so here’s a link to a recent lightbox of concept shots aimed at the crime book cover market. Taken in South Africa in late 2009. Model: My ever enduring and patient younger brother. Please contact me via email if you are interested in licensing or go directly through the link.

concept stock images for book cover market

hitman

Images copyright (Douglas Mark Black 2010)

…more to come…

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fotofreo 2010

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

If you haven’t had a chance to get there yet, worth a visit; some interesting work, particularly enjoyed the 2 exhibitions at Freemantle Prison :

Brad Rimmer – SILENCE: the west australian wheatbelt
Eugene Richards – the blue room

They do a good flat white at Moores and the Tears in the Congo Exhibit is very moving.

Time well spent. FOTOFREO.

street-light my way

Monday, April 5th, 2010

Part of my exploration chaos (Adventures in ‘low-fi’ mobile phone photography set)

route 28

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

part of my exploration chaos (adventures in ‘low-fi’ mobile phone photography set)

faith, interference + image

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

“In your teens you feel like you can drive that car as fast as you can and you won’t come off at the bend. In your twenties, you have some near misses. In your thirties you realize you are in danger. And in your forties, I think you are just really glad if you wake up in the morning. “

Bono (page 299, from U2 by U2, the last of the rock stars, 1998-2001)

I have spent the last few hours sitting on the couch flipping through U2 by U2, a book by journalist and music critic Neil Mccormick.

Having been a U2 fan since about 11 years old there are obvious reasons as to why this large coffee table book is in my collection; the largely unpublished personal snapshots and the incredible cross section of Anton Corbijn’s photography come to mind… but primarily, I have – over the years – an increasing interest with the personal journey of Bono ‘the man’, outside of, the band.

I continue to find his ‘striving’ (for lack of a better word), to balance faith, music, family, success and (somehow combine this with an agenda for helping) those in need, to be an incredible source of inspiration.

Bono & the Edge on stage at Wembley Arena, London, August 2009. Photograph Douglas Mark Black

Bono & the Edge on stage at Wembley Arena, London, August 2009. Photograph Douglas Mark Black

What are we on earth to do?
How does this affect our creative indulgences and visions?
What does this mean for the photography I take and expose to the world?
How will this affect the day that I meet my maker?
Can I be accountable for my time and actions?
Has any of what I produce, contributed to or been beneficial to anyone?
Has it helped?
Or, to paraphrase Warhol, has it just been for the indulgent 15 minutes of fame…as tantalizing as that appears?

How will all these thoughts affect today, the way forward, my photography and my life?

Does any of it matter?

“For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” Mark 8:36

2009.5 retrospective: Contemplating district 9 & the charging white rhinoceros…

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

    Contemplating district 9.

South Africa is a land with substantial ‘visual interest’, and it’s often, as I have previously mentioned, not where you would expect to find it.

Take DISTRICT 9 for example, and the unlikely yet complex visual backdrop to the film.

10/10 for originality and juxtapositioning of ideas.

The film, along with a few others recently set in South Africa (disgrace, invictus..), has been on my ‘watch-list’ since it’s release, and, it is brilliantly original. The political and social references continue to re-play long after the last scene…watch it; even if sci-fi is not your thing.

&

    the charging white rhinoceros

Charging White Rhinoceros, Mpofu Game Reserve, South Africa

Charging White Rhinoceros, Mpofu Game Reserve, South Africa


SITUATION: MPOFU GAME RESERVE
LOCATION: EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA (Approx 3-4 hrs drive inland from Port Elizabeth, some would say out of the way…)
TIME: 07:23:50 (22.05.2009)
SUBJECT: CHARGING WHITE RHINO
FOCAL LENGTH / APERTURE : 450mm F/2.8
POST PRODUCTION: ADOBE CS3

About the photograph:
‘You just do not get to see this everyday…’

_dmb

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