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My Head Hurts #8: Stopping Work
At about 5pm on Thursday, I shut down my laptop on the day’s work for the very last time, or so I imagine. We never really know what the future has in mind. I’m calling it early retirement, although I’m a few years away from getting any form of pension. Read more
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Box Camera Project: Planning
I came across Lucas Birk and Sean Foley’s Afghan Box Camera project a few years ago when a friend, Maurício, took an interest. It resulted in him making two cameras of his own and even featuring in a book about the subject. I’ve always liked the idea of making my… Read more
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My Head Hurts #7: Seven Months and Counting
In the seventh post in the series is a review of the last few months anitdepressant withdrawal syndrome and how I’m feeling now. Read more
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My Head Hurts #6: Staying Positive
In what could be an outtake from a bad episode of Star Trek, I’m talking to my Mac, trying to find the form of words that will persuade it to add punctuation to my latest blog post. I have tried the dictation in the past, but whatever magic Apple has… Read more
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My Head Hurts #5: A Night of Antidepressant Withdrawal
It’s Sunday morning. I can’t see the clock, but I can tell it’s late.I try not to move a muscle. It’s the sort of game you play when you’re six, not sixty. I took some ibuprofen at about 7:30 this morning, and it’s beginning to wear off. Read more
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A Tribute to Lester Beall
Some of the graphics I have created for this site are inspired by the work of American graphic designer Lester Beall. In the 1930s through to his death in 1969, he produced a stunning range of images, most notably for the Rural Electrification Administration, publicising US President Roosevelt’s New Deal. Read more
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Documentary Photography Self-Study blog #3
This is the third blog post in a series about self-study in general and, in particular, furthering my education in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography. It’s been two years since I started self-studying documentary photography and photojournalism, and this is only my third blog post. Not a stunning start. Read more
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My Head Hurts #4: The Side Effects
I finally stopped taking the Amitriptyline three months ago, with my final dose of 2 mg. My symptoms haven’t changed significantly since last month; except for the bouts of pain/ache/restlessness, which are far worse. Read more
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My Head Hurts #3: Antidepressant Withdrawal Pain
Have you thought about why some people, often young women, are driven to cut themselves? Taking a blade and deliberately cutting into your own flesh seems so counter to everything we think of as normal, certainly in the Western culture I grew up in. I find it difficult to comprehend. Read more
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My Values Underpinning This Website
I’ve held the values that unpin this site my whole life, but I’ve not always been true to them. But it’s not too late to make a change, and that change starts now. Read more