Julian Lass

Oct
31st

Sat

Halloween

Jesers Christ!

Oct
25th

Sun

GDR childrens’ song

When mummy goes to work early
Then I stay at home
I tie an apron round me
And do the dusting

I can’t do any cooking yet
I’ll end up getting hurt
But I usually get all the dirt
So mummy will not fret

I have a little dolly
That’s so dear and jolly
I can be the best mummy to it
And I can do that all by myself

Wenn Mutti früh zur Arbeit geht,
Dann bleibe ich zu Haus.
Ich binde eine Schürze um
Und feg die Stube aus.

Das Essen kochen kann ich nicht,
Dazu bin ich zu klein.
Doch Staub hab ich schon oft gewischt.
Wie wird sich Mutti freu’n!

Ich habe auch ein Puppenkind,
Das ist so lieb und fein.
Für dieses kann ich ganz allein
Die richt’ge Mutti sein.

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Presidents of the United States of America – Lump (Live)

Camera test

THE BIG TEST: FULL-FRAME DSLRS

Photography Monthly May 2009, page 93

Article © Julian Lass 2009

Software review

MOVING TARGET

Apple’s DVD Studio Pro 4.2 is a powerful slideshow software package, but is it worth the investment? Julian Lass finds out.

British Journal of Photography 26.11.08

Article © Julian Lass 2008

The Belle Dame Sans Mercy

J.W. Waterhouse, La Belle Dame Sans Merci, 1893

The strong and beautiful femme fatale is a well-known figure in literature. A lover may pine to death as a result of her hardheartedness. A 14th century French poet by the name of Alan Chartier wrote the poem La Belle Dame Sans Mercy, which is the archetype of the Belle Dame genre.

The basic story is that of a sad poet who walks through the countryside. He accidentally comes across a feste where he observes a lover making pitiful advances to an unrivalled beauty. The lover eventually dies of heartache as the Belle Dame ignores his advances.

Oct
24th

Sat

SEE THE LIGHT

Lighting is key to staged photo shoots, but it doesn’t always pay to buy your own. Julian Lass talks to four pro photographers about why they choose the hire route.

British Journal of Photography 25.06.08

Article © Julian Lass 2009

No place like Heimat

GDR-born photographer Frank Rothe visits the Pioneer summer camp he missed out on as a boy. His trip was a journey back to his childhood. Julian Lass reports.

Article © Julian Lass 2009

Special issue celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Oct
23rd

Fri

Easter project

I took these photos over five days in March 2009 as I cleared my Dad’s house of all his things.

Oct
14th

Wed

Privacy as it relates to photography

If you accept the path that respect for someone’s feelings is paramount, then you accept that suppression is the norm and we fight over what’s offensive. Free speech does involve hurt, but there’s nothing wrong with that. A free society does not legislate on the realm of beliefs or sensibilities. If it did, the state’s powers would extend to thought control. A sci-fi dystopia like Orwell’s 1984.

Twitter and freedom of expression

The limitation to our freedom of expression is the paradoxical outcome to the growth of our freedom. When freedom of expression grows large enough, we seek to control it more.

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Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian newspaper, talks about the Trafigura affair.

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