Friday 18 March 2011

Japan Tragedy Marked

The terrible events of last week in Japan, and the ongoing nuclear nightmare were remembered last night by the players of Liverppool FC and Sporting Braga and a crowd of 44,000 at Anfield Stadium.

A minute's silence was held prior to the Europa League second leg match in memory of those who had lost their lives and the many more who have lost almost everything in the earthquake and tsunami.

A small tribute in a far-off land but it shows that the victims will not be forgotten.

To see my photographs of the game itself which ended in a nil-nil draw and thus ended Liverpool's European campaign, please visit http://colinmcpherson.photoshelter.com/

The game marked the home debut of Andy Carroll, who with a transfer price of £35m, became England's most expensive player ever when he moved to the Reds from Newcastle United in January 2011.

Wednesday 9 March 2011

International Women's Day


Barriers
I made this image recently, on a cold, Winter's day in Liverpool.
The weather was reflected in the image of the model in the poster.
I thought immediately that the scene could to be a metaphor.
I thought it would be appropriate for International Women's Day.

Monday 7 March 2011

Going gaga about ©

Many thanks to my colleague Jeremy Nicholl (http://www.jeremynicholl.com) for drawing my attention via EPUK to this little tale of copyright abusers.

Click on any of the links in the article and watch in the mirror as your jaw slackens.

I am not going to give you the "in my day" or "back in the good old days" because that would mean re-fighting old battles. I will, however, say that it's further evidence of the gathering storm clouds around intellectual property and copyright which are about to break......

http://www.jeremynicholl.com/blog/2011/03/07/dear-photographers-lady-gaga-wants-the-copyright-on-your-work-oh-and-by-the-way-so-do-we/