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An ongoing diary of stuff, allsorts, and things wot happen ……
I am a photographer with a special interest to document the lives of travelling people and those attending Festivals, Stonehenge etc, what the press often describe as ‘New Age Travellers’ and many social concerns.
With my photography, I have tried to say something of the wide variety of people engaged in ‘Alternatives’, and youths’ many sub-cultures and to present a more positive view.
I have photographed many free and commercial events and have, in recent years, extended my work to include dance parties (’rave culture’), gay-rights events, environmental direct actions, and protest against the Criminal Justice Act and more recently, issues surrounding the Global Capitalism.
Further, police surveillance has recently become a very important subject for me!
In recognition of this work, received a ‘Winston’ from Privacy International, at the 1998 ‘Big Brother’ Awards. The citation reads: “Alan Lodge is a photographer who has spent more than a decade raising awareness of front-line police surveillance activities, particularly the endemic practice of photographing demonstrators and activists”.
I am based in Nottingham, UK.
Quotes & Thoughts
“Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it politic?’ Vanity asks the question, ‘Is it popular?’ But, conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’
And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one’s conscience tells one that it is right.”
Martin Luther King Jr.“In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance.
In Switzerland they had brotherly love – they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock!!”
Harry Lime [Orsen Wells] The Third Man 1949“Civilization will not attain to its perfection, until the last stone from the last church, falls on the last priest.”
Emile Zola“….I have an important message to deliver to all the cute people all over the world.
If you’re out there and you’re not cute, maybe you’re beautiful, I just want to tell you somethin’- there’s more of us ugly mother-fuckers than you are, hey-y, so watch out now…”
Frank Zappa
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Mac, camera, action! Following the lead of one of Hollywood’s biggest names, Ben Hammersley produces his debut film – on a laptop Thursday September 5, 2002 The Guardian It’s hard to resist the temptation to go old-school with the new … Continue reading
Friends, Families and Travellers Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) is a national voluntary organization which serves the whole spectrum of the Traveller community – both traditional and new, settled or on the road. They have been around a little while … Continue reading
Guardian Unlimited: Best British Blog Competition This is the first competition to find the best British weblog. The winner will receive a cash prize of £1,000 and five runners-up will receive £100 each. Details at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblog/bestbritishblog/ Have just entered. Deadline … Continue reading
Ecstasy Experiences Questionnaire Dr Harry Sumnall Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool (UK) http://www.liv.ac.uk/Psychology/Participation/Ecstasy/Ecstasy-Experiences.htm This is a copy of the research questionaire .pdf http://www.liv.ac.uk/Psychology/Participation/Ecstasy/E-EXPpap.pdf Ecstasy Testing Kit Questionnaire http://www.liv.ac.uk/Psychology/Participation/Ecstasy/testing.htm Dr Jon Cole Department of Psychology Eleanor Rathbone Building, … Continue reading
CYBERBUSS Cyberbuss will be making its 6th trip to Burning Man this year. It is well rested after a year off last year. Cyberbuss / Burning Man Shockwave slide show: http://www.cyberbuss.com/cyberwestern/takeaction0.htm Cyberbuss / Burning Man 2000 Shockwave slide show: http://www.cyberbuss.com/bman00/bman2000.htm … Continue reading
Global Film and Arts Project I would like to invite you to participate in a Global Film and Arts Project : One World One Minute http://www.OneWorldOneMinute.com One World One Minute is a unique and ground breaking project aimed at creating … Continue reading
Pinhole Camera Project at Burning Man Yet more photography of interest at this event ……. These folks at http://www.pinholecamp.org/ have produced some interesting work, that is deserving of a look. Check out their gallery at: http://www.pinholecamp.org/gallery.html where they display work … Continue reading
Here are a few more interesting Burning Man 2002 links Burning Man Opera http://www.burningmanopera.org Internet at Burning Man 2002 http://www.eugeneweb.com/~bm/ibm.html The Civilized Explorer Burning Man 2002 Alerts http://www.cieux.com/bm/2002alerts.html Playa Chicken http://www.playachicken.com/index.asp RC at BurningMan 2002 http://www.netwiz.net/~ben/rc/bman/ Wizzard Burning Man 2002 … Continue reading
Burning Man 2002 – Webcast from Black Rock City The Burning Man 2002 Webcast is (supposed to be) available at the following URL: http://dogme.burningman.com/webcast/ ‘Direct Link’ to stream, using QuickTime. rtsp://steam.burningman.com/live.sdp QuickTime Player is required. Have yet to have it … Continue reading
Spyware Trojan sends info back, on internet activity on a ‘target’ “eBlaster records their e-mails, chats, instant messages, Web sites visited and keystrokes typed — and then automatically sends this recorded information to your own e-mail address,” Here’s a piece … Continue reading
Wot Free Festivals? A further rant, from Tash Personally, I come from a free festivals and travelling background. New Age Travellers etc. A number of sayings have helped guide my life over time. Like…. Bring what you expect to find? … Continue reading
‘BlogThis’ Right-click and IE6 browser When i first set up blogger, was invited to enable ‘Right click – Blog This! However, using Internet Explorer 6, have always found that the right-click version of BlogThis gives you a script error everywhere … Continue reading
:: SchNEWS :: Peat Alert Mass Trespass This is all happening now ….! Peat Alert are continuing to take action against the extraction of the world’s best existing carbon sinks – peat bogs. There will be a mass trespass of … Continue reading
Cambridge clubs mice “Researchers” at Cambridge university play dance music to mice on speed. BBC News story Shock! Horror! Some of them died after getting down to some Prodigy. They weren’t let into the little chill out rooms, and all … Continue reading
While the Countryside March is in town on September 22nd ? new ‘Digger’ Events. some discussion of ‘doing a digger’, while the countryside alliance are in town. Thought you might like to see, some of my work from the Digger … Continue reading
A Parrot in the Pepper Tree Chris Stewart’s A Parrot in the Pepper Tree follows the lives of Chris, Ana and their daughter, Chloe, on their farm, as they get to grips with a misanthropic parrot who joins their home, … Continue reading
Dave Gorman’s Important Astrology Experiment Dave Gorman [he of ‘My Name is Dave Gorman’ fame], is returning for a new series. I went off about this chap in my blog, month or so ago now. He is one of the … Continue reading
Burning Man Calendar of Events To remind, the dates are: August 26 – September 2, 2002 This pages, gives an idea of what they’re up to on a daily basis: http://www.burningman.com/calendar/playa/day.php
Time Lapse of the Burning Man Events A Timewave Panorama of Burning Man 2002 Showing the Rise and Fall of Black Rock City Folding-Time http://www.folding-time.com/ making preparation for a time-lapse series of photography of the event. Installation and Technology: Technology … Continue reading


