Been sunbathing since 9 am.
Unabashedly tanned.
If I don’t photograph this, people like my mom will think war is what they see on T.V. - Kenneth Jarecke
Gulf war, 1991
I saw this photograph of an Iraqi soldier years ago and it stayed with me.
(Source: cometa)
Being named after an outlaw isn’t so bad.
Dyin’ ain’t much of a livin’, boy.
Camp Cropper, Iraq - January 2008
A former detainee is offered by authorities to be photographed, under strict conditions of anonymity
A guard patrols the gantry overlooking the facility
Camp Cropper, Iraq - January 2008
Except under exception circumstances, Pentagon rules that only the shadow of an actual detainee may be captured by camera
Halal food is supplied to detainees
Camp Cropper, Iraq - January 2008
A prison guard patrols the gantry overlooking the prison
Except under exception circumstances, Pentagon rules that only the shadow of an actual detainee may be captured by camera. A detainee plays volleyball in the games area of House of Wisdom, the educational facility for those held in Camp Cropper. Here they are re-educated under a programme devised to render them passive to Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The documentary Bulgaria’s Abandoned Children is set in a small Bulgarian village in an institute called Mogilino, a place where 75 unwanted disabled children are growing up. Many of them cannot walk or talk, not necessarily because they are unable to, but because they have been neglected and have never had the opportunity to learn. With extraordinary access, this documentary takes us into this tragic silent world.
The children that live here suffer a variety of problems, many are blind or deaf and some are unable to leave their beds, many are literally wasting away due to severe malnutrition.
Abandoned into the hands of the staff at Mogilino these children inhabit a bleak uncaring world, so devoid of normal everyday stimulus that many have taken to rocking slowly and constantly in their chairs.
Bulgaria has more institutionalised mentally and physically disabled children than anywhere else in Europe. This film is a heart-rending and eye-opening look into the life of one such institution.
Viewer discretion - includes images of abuse and severe neglect.
I met her in a club down in old Soho where you drink champagne and it tastes just like Cherry Cola
Feeling like a #menswear blogger in Charles Tyrwhitt.
Today I had my first real haircut in years. It’s the shortest it’s been since I shaved my head five years ago. It feels so good to feel the breeze on the back of my neck again, words cannot describe.
Look what came in the mail today.
Gray’s Anatomy, fifteenth edition, 1948
It’s magnificent, the illustrations are beautiful, the text is so comprehensive it’s formidable, and it’s decorated with silver gilt to the edges - my camera doesn’t do it justice.
After a seven month hiatus I have started painting again. My room smells like linseed oil. What a wonderful world.
