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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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Guilfin Re-Design site Glad to see Guilfin http://www.guilfin.net/ continue with re-design. Think they probably have a fair sized resource now, and still think that it is only a serious enthusiast, that dredges around in the back of the site. For … Continue reading
Phd in Dance Culture Thanks for a really interesting message. Its good to know that there are people out there with the time to read and the ears to hear. I would really like to keep in touch with you. … Continue reading
Phd in Dance Culture Thanks for a really interesting message. Its good to know that there are people out there with the time to read and the ears to hear. I would really like to keep in touch with you. … Continue reading
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book. Ronald Reagan
Bristol Party – Witnesses Contact This is a reminder of the contact details for the chap, sorting out witnesses to the Bristol Party Attack, back in June Matthew Williams 3 Bourton Lane Bishops Cannings Devizes SN10 2LH 01380 860994 mobile … Continue reading
Same in France now! I would like to congratulate about what you do on the net : your wonderfull photo galleries and about yours ideas about the free party underground mouvement. you shaw what happened in the 80’s with the … Continue reading
Political jargon is difficult to understand most of the time so when I came across an explanation, I thought I should pass it on…. I do hope this helps 🙂 FEUDALISM: You have two cows. Your lord takes some of … Continue reading
George Melley on Religion: Taoism shit happens. Bhuddism the shit that happens to us is good. Hinduism the shit that happens to us has happened before. Zen what is the sound of shit happening. Catholic the shit that happens to … Continue reading
Random Artists A new squatted community art space will be opening at 282 Richmond Road in Hackney, London on the 24th August, running for a week with workshops on sculpture/metalwork, woodwork/speaker cabinet building, web design, and desk top publishing, plus … Continue reading
‘The Daily Summit’ http://www.dailysummit.net This a Weblog, and bacause of the immediacy if it all, is frequently updated. There is also an RSS ‘feed’ so news of developments, can be ‘piped’ through, directly. The Daily Summit is the first port … Continue reading
Wow, That all takes me back:-) I was living in a bus in 1990,and before that had done abit of travelling about for the odd weekend etc.I actually hated the bus,well,the company I should say.My then partner was just so … Continue reading
They didn’t show up! UKCIA recieved a press release from the Portsmouth Smokey Bears before the 2002 picnc, informing the media – and hence the police, that the law against cannabis would be openly challenged. The police annouced that they … Continue reading
Wales and Party Stuff Saturday night. Got some party info from one of the Desert Storm posse and after mucking around for a bit, got on the road. Police did their best to get really on top and bug out … Continue reading
Ribblehead I am an old traveller in the sense!! That I was on the road since i was 3 but am now 19 in a flat. My parents Chris and Zoe did lots of stuff and i know you’ve met … Continue reading
Wow, That all takes me back:-) I was living in a bus in 1990,and before that had done abit of travelling about for the odd weekend etc.I actually hated the bus,well,the company I should say.My then partner was just so … Continue reading
Release Thanks for the emails and the phone chat. It’s left me fairly depressed how much great work was done and how little goes on now. I’m getting old and maudlin before my time! I’ve looked at the photos again … Continue reading
Gosh! Release hasn’t got any money. That is news! Just had yet another e-mail asking for free work. This orgaisation, I’ve associated with since the mid-1970’s though. Release! Acting Director, taken over from Mike Goodman. I don’t think we have … Continue reading
Mike Slocobme on the Urban75 site Congratulations!! i said: “Your on the ?intelligence site, for police matter set up at: http://www.policestop.org.uk. I’d sent a copy to SchNews. ‘cos they got a mention, also. Anyway, SchNews just written back to me, … Continue reading
Blow-Up (1966) Blow-Up (1966) is director Michelangelo Antonioni’s view of the world of mod fashion, and an engaging, provocative murder mystery that examines the existential nature of reality through photography. Antonioni’s first film in English, it quickly became one of … Continue reading
Photography on the telly tonight Two items on BBC2 tonight. 8.00pm Fame Fashion and Photography. – the real ‘Blow Up’ Was never into ‘fashion photography’. well have all sorts of things about fashion, i suppose. But guys like David Bailey … Continue reading


