Rwandan portraits of reconciliation by Pieter Hugo
I can’t remember another recent photographic project that would impact me as much as this one. The New York Times published a series of...
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Michal Dzierza
- Mar 4, 2014
- 1 min
Roger Ballen’s Asylum of the Birds
This month Roger Ballen publishes his latest book, Asylum of The Birds. It’s a collection of images taken in a secret location on...
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Michal Dzierza
- Mar 3, 2014
- 4 min
Stockimo – or how to sell your iPhone photos
What do you do with your mobile images apart from uploading them to Instagram or Facebook? If you take more than selfies, sunrises and...
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Michal Dzierza
- Feb 19, 2014
- 1 min
International Fashion Showcase
London is in the middle of the Fashion Week, and today I visited a showcase for emerging designers from around the world at 180 The...
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Michal Dzierza
- Feb 17, 2014
- 1 min
What’s B-roll?
I was filming a series of tutorials over the weekend and one of the models we worked with asked at one stage: “Guys, you keep talking...
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Michal Dzierza
- Feb 9, 2014
- 1 min
I climbed 311 steps and all I got was…
Last Friday was my “explore something new” day. And I’m ashamed to admit that after almost two decades in London, prior to Friday, I had...
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Michal Dzierza
- Feb 7, 2014
- 1 min
Creative types
Recently I met a wonderful – and wonderfully talented – man called Dave Walker. Dave draws cute (I hope he doesn’t mind the word ‘cute’)...
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Michal Dzierza
- Jan 22, 2014
- 3 min
I bothered some sleeping lions
lions OK, no need to call the RSPCA, I paid for it, ok? Also, no need to be worried about my wellbeing – they were only four months old....
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Michal Dzierza
- Jan 10, 2014
- 1 min
Chasing the African storms
I’ve recently come back from South Africa, so please excuse the persistently African theme on this blog over the next few days. But to...
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Michal Dzierza
- Jan 9, 2014
- 3 min
2013 – the year when a lot changed
And not always by design. But – to use a cliched saying – ‘change is good’. Even though it may not always seem welcome at first. But I’m...
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Michal Dzierza
- Dec 3, 2013
- 1 min
Dungeness at twilight
I was doing a bit of location scouting last weekend and ended up in Dungeness just before sunset. (That’s an achievement for me as I’ve...
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Michal Dzierza
- Nov 18, 2013
- 1 min
Before I die…
I’m not sure whether that’s pure street art or something else. I’m not even sure who did this or how long it’s been there. I found this...
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Michal Dzierza
- Nov 17, 2013
- 1 min
Borough Market and my old iPhone 4S
Shock, horror, a legacy iPhone. Yes, and it’s coping well, thank you very much. I wanted to film something casual with my DSLR...
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Michal Dzierza
- Nov 15, 2013
- 1 min
The things you see in London…
Stoke Newington, north London, yesterday afternoon. It’s a mobile shot. I was so amazed by this – and I was laughing so hard – I forgot I...
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Michal Dzierza
- Nov 8, 2013
- 1 min
Filming with Gok Wan for NAT
You know, you pre-plan everything: the shots, the position of the cameras, the lighting, the sound, etc. You do a couple of dry runs in...
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Michal Dzierza
- Oct 26, 2013
- 2 min
A photographer’s journey: Niall McDiarmid’s Crossing Paths
It’s been a while since I did one of these. It’s also been two days now since I posted my latest video in the series, so I thought I’d...
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Michal Dzierza
- Aug 19, 2013
- 2 min
Summer 2013 in pics, part 1
It’s been a good summer for photography of all kinds. There has been no single theme or focus, but there have been a few pictures I’ll...
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Michal Dzierza
- Jul 17, 2013
- 2 min
In pictures: Surviving a thunderstorm in Kazimierz
Kazimierz is old and crumbling. Such statement, I guess, generates a slightly different reaction from its residents than it does from the...
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Michal Dzierza
- Jun 19, 2013
- 1 min
Aerial photographs of Heathrow Airport
I took these pictures of Heathrow Airport a few weeks ago on my way to Madrid. Just a few casual snaps from a departing plane. I didn’t...
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Michal Dzierza
- Jun 18, 2013
- 2 min
Adobe Lightroom 5 – five favourite video tutorials
Despite the recent controversy regarding its move to Creative Cloud (and CC’s pricing model), Adobe still produces a fantastic,...
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