Sun Slipping Down

For the last forty years as visitor, social worker and reporter Eugene Richards has been coming to the Arkansas Delta. The result of this deep relationship is his soulful book ‘A Red Ball of a Sun Slipping Down’. It’s a timely reminder in these post Ferguson times of how the legacy of racism and slavery …

Lou Reed Animated

Lou Reed was with out doubt one of the more literate rock stars who ever lived. From tracks like ‘Pale Blue Eyes’ to albums like ‘Magic n Loss’ he was constantly producing music and lyrics of depth and compassion. PBS produced this fun animation to accompany one of his interviews in which he lays into …

Gregory Porter at Town Hall, NYC

It’s a long time since I enjoyed a concert as thoroughly as I enjoyed Gregory Porter at Town Hall. His charisma is undeniable and his voice is unsurpassable. He even found time in between blowing the roof off with the power of his voice to allow a fan to propose to his girlfriend. Something neither …

Players Wanted

Having worked my way through a fair few of the Oscar Nominated films I have no hesitation in declaring Whiplash my favorite so far. It’s a film that is resolutely unfashionable in a number of regards but for that very reason seems vital and exactly what we need right now. The protagonist Andrew, played brilliantly …

The Open Road

Since Kerouac the road trip has been an American rite of passage, something that has not been lost on the nation’s photographers. David Campany has collected some of the more memorable efforts in his book ‘The Open Road’. From Robert Frank’s The Americans to Todd Hido’s ‘A Road Divided’ through Joel Sternfeld’s ‘American Prospects’ it’s …

Bedrooms of the Fallen

How do you show the horrors of war without showing the horrors of war? Ashley Gilbertson has come up with a poignant way. His book ‘Bedrooms of the Fallen’ depicts the bedrooms of soldiers killed in action in Iraq over the last 10 years. The artifacts that litter many of these rooms hint at the …