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Butterfly Conservation Europe @europebutterfly.bsky.social · 10h

The new European Butterfly Red List shows that butterflies are under increasing threat across Europe, with the number of species at risk of extinction up from 37 to 65 (73%) in the last 10 years. See our Press Release www.bc-europe.eu/documents/68...

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Wayne Ford @wayneford.co.uk · 10h

“Of all the directors I have worked with, Sergio Leone was the best collaborator. We were the perfect couple: one heart, one soul” Renato Casaro. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/m...

Renato Casaro, ‘Michelangelo of Movie Posters,’ Dies at 89

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Marc Wilson @marcwilson.co.uk · 1d

As ever, all the design choices are based around what helps the subject matter and images. It's been a wonderful process.

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Wayne Ford @wayneford.co.uk · 1d

Really loved working with @marcwilson.co.uk on his new book The Edge of Ruin. And could not be happier with how it’s turned out — printed in five colours by Team Impression on Munken and Materica papers from GF Smith, and Swiss-bound in an oversized case.

Marc Wilson @marcwilson.co.uk · 1d

I've received a small set of advance copies of ‘The Edge of Ruin’. Excited that I will have some copies to show at BOP Bristol this weekend.
Opening the box is so nerve racking, but I’m so happy with the job that the printers & binders have done. Exactly as myself and @wayneford.co.uk envisioned it.

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 1d

Press briefing today at IUCN Global Biodiversity Conference, giving results of the new Red List of European butterflies. It’s not good. Full details will be published tomorrow. Watch this space @europebutterfly.bsky.social

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Wayne Ford @wayneford.co.uk · 3d

“It’s only after I have taken a photograph that I really discover what an image is about” Andreas Gursky. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

‘Photos don’t go bigger than mine’: the epic, impossible images of the great Andreas Gursky

From Amazon warehouses to Olympic skiers and the crowd at a Madonna gig, his pictures have made him one of the world’s most feted photographers. So why did the German artist want to postpone his new s...

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Paul Chambers @paulwchambers1970.bsky.social · 4d

“I intended to cover the situation from the standpoint of the underdog, the downtrodden…was not neutral and was not interested in capturing it so.”
- Chris Steele-Perkins

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Chris Steele-Perkins obituary

Magnum photographer whose most striking work captured the challenges of life in Britain’s inner cities in the 1970s

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Tessa Bunney @tessabunney.bsky.social · 4d

V O L C A N O N I G H T

Alnmouth, September 2025

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Wayne Ford @wayneford.co.uk · 5d

“Avedon was at war with the cliches of portraiture, including the cliches of ageing, and anything that seemed either merely pious or too picturesque offended him. Contradiction was the engine of his art.” (Toni Morrison, writer, New York, 10 September 2003). www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Black and white portrait of an older woman with grey hair styled in twists, wearing a dark sweater and leather jacket. She faces the camera with a calm, dignified expression, her hands clasped together in front of her chest.

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Dr Rose Teanby @roseteanby.bsky.social · 6d

Join me in person or online on 5th November 1pm for a Photo Oxford talk at @bodleianlibs about the photographic and artistic life of Constance Talbot. She witnessed the birth of #photography but maintained a love of art throughout her life. Details here:

photooxford.org/events/const...

Constance Talbot, early photographer and lifelong artist Talk by Rose Teanby — Photo Oxford

Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, The Bodleian Library Wednesday, 5 November

photooxford.org

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Marc Wilson @marcwilson.co.uk · 8d

Praha-Bubny railway station, Prague. 2018. More than 50,000 Jews were transported from this station to Auschwitz.
From 'A Wounded Landscape - bearing witness to the Holocaust'.
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Josh K Lustig @joshklustig.ft.com · 8d

Some recent Gallery pieces from @ftweekend.com magazine. Mustafa Hassouna in Gaza @worldpressphoto.bsky.social; Mark Steinmetz at David Hill Gallery; Helen Chadwick @hepworthwakefield.bsky.social; Mohamed Bourouissa at Fondazione MAST

Gallery spread from FT Weekend Magazine by Josh Lustig. Mustafa Hassouna in Gaza

Gallery spread from FT Weekend Magazine by Josh Lustig. Mark Steinmetz in Chicago

Gallery spread from FT Weekend Magazine by Josh Lustig. Helen Chadwick's making of 'Piss Flowers' in Canada

Gallery spread from FT Weekend Magazine by Josh Lustig. Mohamed Bourouissa at Fondazione MAST

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Wayne Ford @wayneford.co.uk · 8d

Everything Our Experts Considered When Choosing the 25 Most Influential Magazine Covers. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/t...

Everything Our Experts Considered When Choosing the 25 Most Influential Magazine Covers

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Wayne Ford @wayneford.co.uk · 8d

As with any list, there are bound to be choices that make you pause—but there are also some truly great magazine covers here. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/t...

The 25 Most Influential Magazine Covers of All Time

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Klompching Gallery @klompchinggallery.bsky.social · 29d

Our annual Open Call is accepting submissions through October 12th. Follow this link for details: www.klompching.com/fresh-2025-c... #photography #opencallforart #fresh2025

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Wayne Ford @wayneford.co.uk · 9d

Really enjoyed this evening’s talk from Dr Bronwen Colquhoun (Senior Curator for Photography, National Museum Cardiff), and Dr Tom Allbeson (Reader in Media & Photographic History at Cardiff University). On Picture Post—its history, influence and legacy—were both fascinating and thought-provoking.

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Wayne Ford @wayneford.co.uk · 10d

“I began to love what occurs when you coat good paper by hand with these remarkable metals. My delight in the material itself makes me seek out subject matter that will best take advantage of these possibilities" — Irving Penn. www.phillips.com/article/1620...

Irving Penn: Process and Perfection

Phillips’ auction of 'Visual Language: The Art of Irving Penn' showcases the photographer’s mastery of photographic printing.

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Wayne Ford @wayneford.co.uk · 11d

I’ve long admired the pioneering Scottish photographer John Thomson (1837–1921), so it was a real treat to pause at lunchtime and catch Deborah Ireland’s engaging talk at the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk. John Thomson: Through Siam, Cambodia and China with a Camera.

A historical black-and-white photograph of two young Chinese girls. The older girl stands wearing a woven conical hat and loose traditional clothing, gazing directly at the camera, while the younger girl looks up at her, holding her arm. The glass plate negative is scratched and damaged, with areas of fading and light leaks visible. (Canton, Kwangtung province, China. John Thomson, 1869. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection)

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Marc Wilson @marcwilson.co.uk · 11d

I'm hoping to bring a set of printed sheets to @orielcolwyn.bsky.social in N.Wales and then perhaps, I hope an advance copy to show at BOP 2025 in Bristol.

You can pre-order a copy here:
www.marcwilson.co.uk/book-print-s...

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Wayne Ford @wayneford.co.uk · 12d

Couldn’t agree more. I carry out baseline surveys of birds, butterflies and other taxa on a private estate, and since the shoot was closed the environmental benefits have been remarkable. The whole practice is highly detrimental to the landscape — it’s time to end it.

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 14d

What Catherine Leroy’s Fearless Photographs Reveal About the Vietnam War
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What Catherine Leroy’s Fearless Photographs Reveal About the Vietnam War

Fifty years after its horrors, we know that the press helped to turn public opinion against the conflict. That’s because war is hell, and hell is photogenic.

www.newyorker.com

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Marc Wilson @marcwilson.co.uk · 15d

Full (double set) of sheets for 'The Edge of Ruin'.
Litho printed from 13 plates.
This set, when folded, gathered, cut, section sewn and bound, will make the books 136 pages and cover.

I will try to bring a set with me next weekend to THE NORTHERN EYE 2025 at @orielcolwyn.bsky.social

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Wayne Ford @wayneford.co.uk · 14d

"Anything can be a source, even a mistake..." Corita Kent (1918–1986). marcianoartfoundation.org/exhibition/c...

Corita Kent: The Sorcery of Images

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Marc Wilson @marcwilson.co.uk · 16d

Yesterday I spent the day in Leeds at my printers, Team Impression, passing the book on press.
5 hour drive there, 6 hours on press, 5 hour drive back - about 10 coffees!
They use a very special Hybrid UV litho print system that allows the inks to dry immediately on...

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Floodplain Meadows Partnership @floodplainmead.bsky.social · 19d

Our #rivers are in crisis – polluted & stripped of their natural features. We’re calling on the government to urgently make #SpaceForWater & support a network of nature-rich river corridors including meadows. Sign the petition and help restore our rivers: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Petition: Provide funding for a nationwide, nature-rich river corridor network.

Support farmers and landowners to make space for water with more, easily accessible funding schemes. We call on government to commit to providing financial incentives to help farmers create & maintain...

petition.parliament.uk

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