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Documentary Film: Finding Vivian Maier "A stunning documentary film I recently viewed , can't recommend it highly enough" This critically acclaimed documentary tells the story of Vivian Maier, an eccentric American nanny and photographer who left behind a vast, secret hoard of remarkable pictures.     Next showing  :  Sat 24th October 6:00pm   Sky Arts HD 81 Mins | Cert 18 Finding Vivian Maier link to trailer This intriguing documentary shuttles from New York to France to Chicago as it traces the life story of the late Vivian Maier, a career nanny whose previously unknown cache of 100,000 photographs has earned her a posthumous reputation as one of America’s most accomplished and insightful street photographers.   Vivian Dorothy Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer . Maier worked for about forty years as a nanny , mostly in Chicago's North Shore , pursuing photography during her spa

  Sean Bean reads “Notes on the Art of Poetry” By Dylan Thomas Film Kathleen Herbert I could never have dreamt that there were such goings-on in the world between the covers of books, such sandstorms and ice blasts of words,,, such staggering peace, such enormous laughter, such and so many blinding bright lights,, , splashing all over the pages in a million bits and pieces all of which were words, words, words, and each of which were alive forever in its own delight and glory and oddity and light.   “Notes on the Art of Poetry” By Dylan Thomas

 Unbelievable Shot Shows Lion Milliseconds From Attacking Photographer This is what it looks like to stare danger in the face. Not only did the nature photographer capture an amazing shot of a male lion in a safari park near Lahore, Pakistan — he lived to tell the tale. This was almost the last photo he ever shot. Atif Saeed is really lucky. Unbelievable Shot Shows Lion Milliseconds From Attacking Photographer - See more at: http://www.the-open-mind.com/unbelievable-shot-shows-lion-milliseconds-from-attacking-photographer/#sthash.q1pXlLHm.QpASSGaC.dpuf Unbelievable Shot Shows Lion Milliseconds From Attacking Photographer - See more at: http://www.the-open-mind.com/unbelievable-shot-shows-lion-milliseconds-from-attacking-photographer/#sthash.q1pXlLHm.QpASSGaC.dpuf Unbelievable Shot Shows Lion Milliseconds From Attacking Photographer - See more at: http://www.the-open-mind.com/unbelievable-shot-shows-lion-milliseconds-from-attacking-photographer/#sthash.q1pXlLH

A snow-swept image of the Jurassic Coast in Dorset has scooped the top prize in the Landscape Photographer of the Year awards . The shot of a cold, calm sea sweeping up warm-coloured sand to snow-capped cliffs in the World Heritage Site was taken by Andy Farrer, from Dorset, who beat thousands of entries showcasing the UK landscape to win the overall title and £10,000. Charlie Waite, landscape photographer and founder of the Take A View Landscape Photographer of the Year awards, said of the overall winner: "Andy's winning photograph of this beautiful area of Dorset's Jurassic Coast is a gentle image with a simple, effective composition that reflects the mood of a cold winter's morning."   Picture: Andy Farrer     South Gare, Teesside, England by Paul Mitchell which has been named as winner in the Urban View category in the 2015 Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards Picture:

*Sunday Times Travel Supplement 18th October 2015 First time in Thailand     Take a bow: long-tail boats on a deserted Andaman beach They call it Teflon Thailand, because no matter what is hurled at the country — tsunamis, military coups, terrorism — the number of visitors doesn’t seem to fall. It’s easy to see why people are so forgiving: Thailand promises gorgeous beaches, buzzing cities, ancient culture, wonderful wildlife and superb cuisine. We’ve picked the country’s most magical highlights for first-timers, from the elephants and temples of the north to the rainforests and remote islands of the south, via the markets, gentle canals and addictive street food of Southeast Asia’s most energetic capital. And why go now? Because the turmoil of the past few years has resulted in plunging hotel prices (particularly in Bangkok) and the Thai currency sinking to its lowest level in six years — meaning you’ll get a lot of bang for your baht. Days 1-3: Bang

  Clockwise from centre top: the make-up artist Pierre Laroche, Pierre’s boyfriend (in drag), Marianne Faithfull, Ossie Clark, Michael Roberts and Mickey Finn of T. Rex, in 1972 (Clive Arrowsmith)  ***************************************************** Clive Arrowsmith was a ‘lunatic’ who photographed the fabulous and the famous. He talks about 1970s sex parties, his mate Paul McCartney and kicking his bottle-a-day habi t   In the 1970s Clive Arrowsmith was as famous for being a great fashion photographer as he was infamous for being the bad boy of British fashion photography. In the foreword to a new book of his photographs, the veteran fashion editor and stylist Michael Roberts recalls being warned off working with the “notorious” Clive. “He was, they said, a wild man.” He certainly looked the part, what with his big stetson hat, cowboy boots, long blond hair and patched Neil Young-style jeans. When he wasn’t doing shoots for Vogue or top design