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My Days.

By Allison | March 18, 2008 - 12:09 am | Pride Leave a comment

My desk. Monday.
Originally uploaded by Savage Pink

Well I killed another camera. Yep, the Canon S80 is busted. Needs £150 worth of repairs — about half what it cost. This has upset me because of course, I covet a better camera now. I am thinking it’s time to step back in the real world and get a digital SLR.

Lovely, wonderful Damon bought me a new Casio supercompact to cheer me up. A new version of the one I used to have (and broke – actually I had three. Lost one, broke two.) This is nice because I can have it, literally, in my pocket all the time. The S80 was a little bit too big for that. In fact I think what killed it was having it in my handbag all the time. I do treat cameras badly. But then what’s the point of having one if you don’t have it with you all the time?

Anyway, to celebrate my devolution back to supercompact, I’m documenting my world. This is partly inspired by my friend Eric’s snapshots of his daily commute over there in Pennsylvania. I think we may be attempting to inject excitement into a desperate and grey reality, but HEY. At least we’re trying.

A full, unabridged and no-holds-barred version of My Days will be available on Flickr. You’ll have to be a a friend/family of mine over there to see them all though. I think even my friends and family will wish they didn’t have to see it after a while, so don’t fall out of your chair to get there. However, to tempt you, by using Flickr’s fabulous notes feature I will be offering insightful, exclusive, revealing and humorous commentary on my photos. For a thrill-a-minute tour of my desk, click through the photo above.

Tagged Flickr, MyDays, Photography, Work

Name that punk

By Allison | February 20, 2008 - 10:59 am | Envy Leave a comment

Does anyone know who she is?.jpg
Originally uploaded by thphoto1

I am really astounded by the recent contributions to the American Punk/Hardcore Archive group that I started in Flickr. I have a bunch of old photos that I wanted to show off, and I wanted to see what other people had. It’s focussed (roughly) on the period 1978-1991. These were times before digital cameras and t’internet, not like now when you go to a show and there are forty people with cameras in the front row, and five people in the wings, capturing the action with a dvc.

The stuff that I personally love the most is not the band photos, but the crowd shots, and the portraits or snapshots of the people who made the scene. Check out this shot of an unknown woman taken in Richmond Virginia in 1983/84. What a great shot! She’s got amazing style. That kind of classic US interpretation of punk – the fucked up mohawk, dog collar and funny shades. She looks tough. I would have wanted to be her friend.

The photographer, Thurston Howes, is trying to find out if anyone knows who she is. She was probably traveling with the UK Subs or the Toy Dolls. So if you know, click on the photo to go to the pool and reveal all, or contact Thurston.