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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 âNew Age Travellersâ and many social concerns.
With my photography, I have tried to say something of the wide variety of people engaged in âAlternativesâ, and youthsâ 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 (ârave cultureâ), 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 âWinstonâ from Privacy International, at the 1998 âBig Brotherâ Awards. The citation reads: âAlan 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 activistsâ.
I am based in Nottingham, UK.
Quotes & Thoughts
âCowardice 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.â
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 â 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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Court to rule on Iraq protesters
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/3502199.stm The High Court is due to rule on whether police were guilty of an “abuse of power” after barring protesters from demonstrating against the war on Iraq. Lawyers for half the 120 passengers stopped from protesting at RAF Fairford … Continue reading
More photography, LYING!!
Take one part Kerry, one part Fonda … … and try to whip up a political row Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington Wednesday February 18, 2004 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1150472,00.html A new dirty tricks campaign to embarrass the Democratic frontrunner, John Kerry, … Continue reading
Inquiry into Stonehenge road plan: Begins Salisbury Guildhall, today
Plans to restore area around Stonehenge face public scrutiny I wonder where they’re going to put the ‘hippy compound’ and the festival space? I guess not, perhaps a drive in MacDonald’s might be more appropriate. http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/video/39868000/rm/_39868499_stonehenge06_hirsch_vi.ram Inquiry into Stonehenge road … Continue reading
Continued Traveller hassle
First they closed down most of the Council traveller sites and told them to buy their own land…..then they told them they couldn’t have planning permission so they should all….what?….vapourise??….they can’t ….so now there’s a concerted drive to evict them, … Continue reading
BBC film “National Trust – The Stones”
This is the film that went out on BBC Chan4 last year. It is to be re-broadcast on BBC2. Here are the details: The BBC film “National Trust – The Stones” is being shown in two parts on BBC2 on … Continue reading
Eviction Alert!: Sherwood Tree Camp
Support is vital over the next couple of days. 07050 656410 http://mysite.freeserve.com/sherwood_camp Newgroup: of the latest news http://groups.msn.com/SherwoodForestSupportersGroup * * * * * * http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/02/285188.html Bellway Homes are attempting to destroy a group of ancient trees and a natural meadowland … Continue reading
Protesters dig in to save landscape from quarry: ‘It’ll cost millions to get us out’
John Vidal, environment editor Saturday February 14, 2004 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1148059,00.html One of Britain’s most historic landscapes is about to become the scene of a passionate encounter between conservationists, local communities and industry as protesters start to flock to a … Continue reading
Reclaim Love
http://rts.gn.apc.org/oil Saturday 14 February, 3 o’clock prompt at the Eros statue, Picadilly Circus in the heart of London Together we can… build the biggest ever human love bomb! We are O-I-L. We are Operation Infinite Love because we are… One … Continue reading
BNP holding Demo outside NUJ HQ
The BNP are holding a demonstration outside the NUJ headquarters, Headland House on Monday the 16th of February. The alleged reason is to protest the poor media coverage of the death of a white youth in oldham, allegedly at the … Continue reading
Sherwood Forest Protest Camp: now on Alert !!
Sherwood Forest Protest Camp is also in urgent need of help. Bailiffs have been on site recently and eviction seems imminent. “Security” forces had planned an illegal eviction but were thwarted when extra people and the cops turned up. Bellway, … Continue reading
Just joined PayPal as a verified member
Have asked them, how i put a pay link on my webpage, so this is my first test …. Pay me securely with any major credit card through PayPal. Many folks say that they really like my work, find it … Continue reading
Intellectual Property Rights And Digital Technology
Copy, sign and send on if you agree. gwen@aophoto.co.uk To follow is a letter which is be sent to the European Commission from the International Federation of Journalists and in which we would like include as many creators signatures as … Continue reading
Strines Moor, Black Tor and the Salt Cellar
Started out across Strines Moor. On to Black Tor, wandered around in the area. Then struck south to the Salt Cellar. The weatherman promised a sunny day. he was wrong. But least it didn’t rain. Piccys on my FotoBlog at … Continue reading
Hemlock Stone, Stapleford Hill, Nottingham
Had a wander up Stapleford Hill this morning, because i felt like it đ There is one of the few trig points that I’ve seen near a city. And Guess what, its vandalised. Even some spraying, on the Hemlock Stone … Continue reading
This Weeks ‘Crap Arrest of the Week’, from SchNews
Me, I’m simply aghast!! For supplying drugs… That’s not a crap arrest of the week we hear you shout! But this one is the crappiest of crap arrests. 15-yr-old Brandon Kivi, a pupil at Caney Creek High School, Texas, was … Continue reading
Redeye announces its fourth annual symposium on the subject of privacy
Date: 28/02/2004 Event Costs: ÂŁ20 (ÂŁ15 conc) in advance; ÂŁ25 on door http://www.redeye.org.uk/redeye/eventsdetail.asp?uvarEventID=212 Redeye is delighted to announce its 2004 symposium, the centrepiece of its spring programme, on February 28th in Manchester. The Symposium is called ‘NoPhoto: Privacy, Permission and … Continue reading
Points of interest in history / change in my lifestyle.
Have been asked by BBC TV Ch4 ‘Timeshift’ program, for a listing of what I thought were the main points of interest, regarding the lifestyle I describe around the rest of this site. Here it is. Motives: to look for … Continue reading
Boundaries to Bridges tour: Southern Spain to Senegal
Have previously told you of this convoy of misc hippies and travellers, leaving Southern Europe, to truck on down the coast of West Africa. http://www.memenet.de/tour_eng.html from Almeria-Spain to St. Louis-Senegal. Just been sent these links to show something of thier … Continue reading
Another Circle Line Party, Yea!!
“Thought a few peeps might be interested in this – either helping with the planning, or just turning up to party on the night. Went on the last one and had an absolute blast: hundreds of people taking over a … Continue reading
NUJ Representatives Course: Northern College, near Barnsley
Have just finished this NUJ course, up in Barnsley. Twas very interesting and informative. Mainly for ‘staffers’ in the union, but it was useful for us freelance types also. Am writing to invite you to take part in a course … Continue reading


