Amit Gupta of Photojojo needs a little help

Posted on 14th Oct 2011 by lomokev

This is Amit Gupta aka SuperAmit as he’s know on flickr & twitter AKA the guy that started Photojojo.

Amit Gupta needs your help finding a bone marrow donor

Amit recently started feeling tired all the time, usually when this happens to a San Francisco start up CEO it’s just “burn out” but unfortunately this was not the case. It turns out he has Leukemia. At the moment he is going through chemo but once done he will need a bone marrow transplant for the best chance of survival. Unfortunately because of his ancestry it’s tough to find a donor as not many people of South Asian decent are on the transplant register. If you are of South Asian decent (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Nepalis, Bhutan, Maldives, or Sri Lankan) you can get a free mouth swab kit to see if you are compatible donor (if you live in the United States or Puerto Rico).

If your not of South Asian decent or reside outside of the united states you can still help by: re-blogging this tumbler post and generally spreading the word.

Please help, Amit is a super cool guy he works hard and is definitely nice to people so deserves to get through this.

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September Source Magazine street style

Posted on 13th Sep 2011 by lomokev

Brighton Source mag has once again hit the streets with one of my trend spotting pics inside. Check it out if you are in Brighton. Its been a month since I started Fragmented Portraits, my new Tumblr blog and I have already gained a few followers, which is great. I have been uploading new and old montage portraits to Fragmented Portraits. The beauty of this new blog is that the images are uploaded as PNGs which means that if you want to reblog them you will not get an ugly white border on Tumblr blogs that don’t have white backgrounds. But if Tumblr is not your thing you can still enjoy all the new images below and I will of course still be uploaded them to my Montage Portrait set on flickr.

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Talk / Panel discussion at Fabrica as part of the Brighton Digital Festival

Posted on 10th Sep 2011 by lomokev

As part of the Brighton Digital festival I will be giving a short talk and then taking part in a panel discussion at the Fabrica Gallery on Wednesday the 14th of September. Other artists taking part are Kirsty Hall, Photography collective Wandering Bears and Lucy Phillips creator of the What Cannot Be Seen. The theme for the evening is about how artists use the Internet not only to show their work but also as part of it, a la “the medium is the message”.

The talk / panel discussion starts at 6pm and goes on till 8pm and is free. I have been told even though its free its best to book. You can do so by calling the Fabrica office on: 01273 778646.

More details of Fabrica’s Brighton digital events can be found on Fabrica’s site here and on the Brighton Digital festival site here.

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Platform a group exhibition with Rockcakes and others

Posted on 9th Sep 2011 by lomokev

From now until September the 19th I will be taking part in a group show called Platform which is being curated by my wife Rockcake at the Fishing Quarter gallery on Brighton seafront. The show is a mix of different disciplines so there is something for everyone. I will of course be showing my photography.

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Three months of Source trend spotting + new tumblr blog

Posted on 14th Aug 2011 by lomokev

I have not posted any trend spotting pictures from Brighton Source mag in a while as I have been super busy. I have managed to save up 3 months worth for your viewing pleasure.

Usually I would say that the best place to see my trend spotting pictures is on this blog as you can view them larger that you can on Flickr. But I have just started a new Tumblr blog called Fragmented Portraits where I will be slowly uploading all my montage portraits, both new and old. The beauty of this new blog is that the images are uploaded as PNGs which means that if you want to reblog them you will not get an ugly white border on Tumblr blogs that don’t have white backgrounds. If you are one of them hip kids who are into Tumblr go ahead and give it a follow. I will of course still be adding them to my Montage Portrait set on flickr. I will also still be posting them to this blog once a month as well. Continue reading →

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My MiniClick talk in full + future talks lomokev related and otherwise

Posted on 2nd Aug 2011 by lomokev

Jim Stephenson has put my 76 minute MiniClick talk on-line for your viewing pleasure. The talk is about the photographers that I find interesting and inspirational. I spoke about a mix of photographers from people I know to famous shooters from the past and present. If you want to discover more from any of the photographers work mentioned I’ve put links to all of them in this blog post.

While on the subject of talks there are loads of MiniClick related talks coming up and I will be speaking at the Margate photography festival in mid August. More details below. Continue reading →

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Links to photographers mentioned in my talk “lomokev’s influences friends and heroes”

Posted on 10th Jul 2011 by lomokev

Below is a list of all the photographers / bullet points that I mentioned in my talk “lomokev’s influences friends and heroes” that I gave as is part of the MiniClick at the Old Market Theatre. Even if you did hear the talk the list of links below should make for a good few hours of web surfing for any photo fan. It should also give you lots of people to add on Flickr, Tumbler and twitter. If you want to catch me talk I have two more planed for the future at the Margate Photography festival on Saturday the 13th of August and at the Crawley camera club Monday 21st November. The next MiniClick talk will be by Human Endeavour on Thursday 4th August more details can be found for that in this blog post on Clickclickjim’s website.

martin parr, fabon moharm and paul octavious

Martan Parr montage portrait on flickr Fabon Moharm portrait on flickr Paul OctaviousPaul Octavious portrait on flickr

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Mini Click talk at Old Market Theatre Hove

Posted on 4th Jul 2011 by lomokev

On Thursday the 5th of July I will be giving a Mini Click talk in the Bar of the newly refurbished Old Market Theatre, the doors open at 6pm and the talk starts 7pm. This is a change of venue for the Mini Click talks as sadly Mini Click’s home for the past year Add The Colour is closing down. Dan (Add The Colour’s owner) has for the past year been a staunch supporter of everything Brighton Photography related. It was not just the Mini Click talks that where held there but other talks, workshops and numerous exhibitions. Just over a year ago my 2nd book was launched there when it first opened so have very happy memories of the cafe. I am sure, like me, all the Brighton photo massive will wish Dan all the best with what he dose next.

craig and the brighton flickr crew

This Thursday I won’t be giving my usual talk because the way I figure it the people of Brighton are probably sick of hearing about me. I will be giving a complete new talk about the work of other photographers that interest and inspire me. These Photographers will range from famous photographers, internet celeb shooters and some offline photographers that unless you met you might not of heard of.

If you think that you are coming it would be really helpful if you could RSVP on this Facebook event page as that will let the Old Market know if they need any extra bar staff. Continue reading →

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