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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Some of the images @unofphoto.bsky.social talk about in this episode of the See Saw / Photographic Life podcast: World Press Photo Awards by Clarens Siffroy, Jabin Botsford, Murat Sengul and Ebrahim Alipoor. Have a listen, let us know what you think.

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

On the latest episode of the photography podcast See Saw, host Grant @unofphoto.bsky.social and I talk about photo exhibitions + things to see this summer — few visual references below unitednationsofphotography.com/2025/06/18/p...

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Getting ready to talk with Grant @unofphoto.bsky.social about what’s happening in photography exhibitions for upcoming episode of his photography podcast See Saw — this might be an emotional one!

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Iain Sarjeant @iainsarjeant.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Excited to launch pre-orders for these three beauties... 👇👀

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Another Place Press @anotherplacepress.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

'Under A White Sun' by Luis Lazo. One of three new 'Field Notes titles available to pre-order from today! Only £8 - limited run of 100 copies. Bag one here - anotherplacepress.bigcartel.com/product/unde...

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John Walmsley @johnwalmsleyphotos.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

My latest A5 zine is about Elizabeth Fritsch, ceramicist, in her home working on her pots in 1977. View/buy it here: bit.ly/BuyWalmsleyZ... Liz has a major retrospective at Hepworth Wakefield until Jan 2026. Absolutely recommended.

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

A few favourites👇from Photo London last week, which Grant @unofphoto.bsky.social and I discuss on the current episode of his podcast👉 unitednationsofphotography.com/2025/05/21/p...

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Gretta Vosper @grettavosper.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Be inspired. Be very inspired.

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Always fun catching up with Grant @unofphoto.bsky.social 📸 “Eileen Perrier: a Thousand Small Stories” is one of the photography exhibitions we discuss/debate—and I recommend—on the podcast this week 👉 unitednationsofphotography.com/2025/04/23/p... 👈 Have a listen, we’d love to know what you think!

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Is ‘Leeds Photography’ trending? “Back to Back” is an excellent new book by photographer @rickyadam.bsky.social documenting the city from 2003 on, while the “Pete Mitchell: Nothing Lasts Forever” retrospective at The Photographers Gallery (London) covers the 1970s/80s. Both highly recommended.

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

This week on See-Saw, the @unofphoto.bsky.social photography podcast, we discussed two exhibitions and a film — “The Face: Culture Shift”, “Peter Hujar, Eyes Open In The Darkness”, and “Ernest Cole, Lost and Found” unitednationsofphotography.com/2025/03/19/p...

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UnOfPhoto @unofphoto.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

French gallerist Emmanuel Perrotin opened a new location in London this week (add to his collection in Paris, NY, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo + LA) — it starts with a nice little exhibition of photographic work by the always fab JR — video here (CapCut experiment), bit more info on my IG.

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

To Margate to see the brilliant exhibition “Resistance: How Protest Shaped Britain and Photography Shaped Protest” at @turnercontemporary — it’s a terrific show, documenting a century of direct action, from the suffragettes in 1903 to anti-Iraq-invasion protests in 2003. More details on IG.

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Great podcast this week in which @unofphoto.bsky.social and @billshapiro.bsky.social discuss the good, the bad and the pointless of social media for photographers — what works, what doesn’t, and what’s worth considering next (they’re looking at you @fotoapp.co)

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Spending all day teaching fashion students with 2-inch nail extensions how to resize an image in InDesign is both hilarious and utterly exhausting.

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Reuben Binns @rdbinns.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Every major UK newspaper - left, right, broadsheet, tabloid - is running a front page campaign against copyright carveouts for AI training. I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.

Newspaper stand with newspapers all carrying the front page Campaign 'make it fAIr'

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Marc Wilson @marcwilson.co.uk · 26/02/2025

Really excited to be part of this show ‘Collective Visions’ at Proud Galleries, London with 12 colleagues from The Photobook Club Collective. 6th March until 1st April. We will be exhibiting prints and showing our photobooks for the duration of the exhibition.

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

One of the most highly anticipated photography exhibitions this spring is “The Face Magazine: Culture Shift,” which just opened at London’s National Portrait Gallery. I visited today with some students — I have many thoughts, natch, but is there anything you’d like to know about it, Blueskyers?

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Bertrom. @bertrom.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Evelyn Hofer. Dublin. 1965/6. Her goal was not just documentary photography but a subjective interpretation of the world, conveying the spirit of the time and a timeless message.

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Background for this week’s “A Photographic Life” podcast from @unofphoto.bsky.social - some pix from the brilliant “Linder: Danger Came Smiling” photomontage exhibition, which opened last week in London’s Hayward Gallery.

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

@unofphoto.bsky.social and I recorded this podcast episode a couple of days ago, discussing photo exhibitions “Linder: Danger came Smiling” + “The 80s: Photographing Britain” 👇 i haven’t had a chance to listen back to it yet, but if you have please do let us know what you think! 🙏🤔

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UnOfPhoto @unofphoto.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Currently considering a live streamed A Photographic Life one day event. Free to attend in person. Maybe four special guests. Taking place in Oxford with easy access from London. Anyone interested?

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

As always, recording the next ep of See/Saw with @unofphoto.bsky.social turns into a free-ranging conversation about photography (and what it’s for), politics, the importance of storytelling, curation-irritation, why it’s vital to keep an open mind and ~checks notes~ top punk singles. Stay tuned!

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

A photography editor, an art director and a podcaster walk into a bar…

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Simon Roberts @simoncroberts.com · 06/02/2025

Join me at Photofusion London on March 8th for an intensive photobook making workshop. @photofusionuk.bsky.social An insightful one-day course dedicated to the art of creating photobooks. More details: www.photofusion.org/store/p/thep...

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

My floor this afternoon. This is why I believe print’s not dead. Also why I need more bookshelves.

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AlternativePhotography.com @alternativephotography.com · 01/02/2025

Open! The next Calendar & Journal (and book) event: A tribute to Sir John Herschel - OPEN 1st FEBRUARY - 31st MARCH - Use ANY alternative process - The motif should be a tribute to Sir John Herschel - Open to members 👉 www.alternativephotography.com/calendar-eve...

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I’m not sure how well known the V&A Museum’s Photography Centre is, but it’s always worth a visit. The 4 prints here are by Chris Killip, whose work I personally find more compelling the more I look at it. Angles, composition, light, storytelling, a real feeling of human connection—it’s all there.

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Wendy Carrig @wendycarrig.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Have you signed..? #copyrightprotection This is not a drill..

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Took a group of students to The Photographers Gallery (London) today for 2 brilliant exhibitions. First, Letizia Battaglia’s incredibly powerful documentary images of 1970s-80s Sicily, especially the mafia, but also kids on the streets. Her bravery (+ work ethic) never fail to astonish.

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Ok, so I’ve found a blue sky red line. They’ve hidden my images from Helmut Newton’s book — not too surprising, but disappointing to find that, given what you CAN show these days, pages from 1970s Vogue Paris are still banned on social. But I am mystified by “Does not include nudity” — eh?

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I’ve been sharing one of my favourite books on photography this week: “Helmut Newton, Pages From The Glossies: Facsimiles, 1956-1998.” Still one of the most useful fashion references, still full of images that shock. HN’s anecdotes still very clever and very funny.

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JMGphoto @jmgiordanophoto.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Pre-orders for Trumpland end today! Snag a copy and support the Baltimore Abortion Fund. 51ce5d-fe.myshopify.com/products/tru...

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Haven’t quite figured out image posts here yet, is it just 4 at a time? Anyhoo, this weekend I’m enjoying Vanessa Paradis, shot by Damon Baker for the Jan issue of French Marie Claire, and her daughter Lily-Rose Depp, by Karim Sadli for UK Harper’s Bazaar Feb. Classic photography + editorial design

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JMGphoto @jmgiordanophoto.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Solid @unofphoto.bsky.social ep. One of my fav books of 2023 was Documentary in Dispute by @sarahmmiller.bsky.social about the problems Abbott's partner ran into being a female designer/editor on Abbott's seminal New York book. Def give this a read. Great stuff. mitpress.mit.edu/978026204417...

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Documentary in Dispute

The recreation of a landmark in 1930s documentary photography.The 1939 book Changing New York by Berenice Abbott, with text by Elizabeth McCausland, is a lan...

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I’m putting together a lecture on graphic design trends for my creative direction students. Need a name for this particular combo of colours/typefaces/shapes.

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Wow. The words “photograph/photography” don’t appear once in this Getty-Shutterstock merger. It’s 100% “visual content” — including “customer‑facing technologies and capabilities such as search, 3D imagery and generative AI.”

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I respectfully disagree that we disagreed respectively! (Taking this opportunity to point lovely new followers in the direction of the podcast — “A Photographic Life” — hosted by @unofphoto.bsky.social and always worth a listen, even when @billshapiro.bsky.social and I are NOT on it)

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Hmm, Bluesky deletes are a bit hardcore. Here goes again — some pix from my original IG post on the excellent “Yevonde, Life and Colour” exhibition at the NPG in 2023, in celebration with @hundredheroines.org — Yevonde Philone Middleton, born #OTD 5 January 1893 ❤️📸

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

What’s on your desk, Bluesky? On mine this soggy Sunday afternoon: prep for new term tomorrow, teaching Multimedia Production to Creative Direction students. That’s the MacBook Pro for design+presentations, bluetooth keyboard+iPad for notes, and a good old fashioned USB stick for emergencies.

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The Art Dictator @theartdictator.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Hey Bluesky, this feels like a good way to get started + introduce myself 👋 Today’s “A Photographic Life” podcast with @unofphoto.bsky.social + @billshapiro.bsky.social in which we consider the good, the bad + the contentious of the last year in photography + what 2025 might hold. Happy New Year 🥳

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