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Recent Posts
- How the battle of Claremont Road changed the world: ‘The whole of alternative London turned up’ 26 November 2024
- The undercover copper who spied on Keir Starmer and seduced the activist the young Leftie lawyer was representing. 25 October 2024
- Today in policing history: #spycop Bob Lambert sets fire to Debenhams Store, Harrow, 1987. 15 October 2024
- The Battle of Cable Street 4 October 2024
- Castlemorton Picture : Guardian online 28 September 2024
- Castlemorton picture in the Guardian again today 28 September 2024
- Photography Turns 200 Years Old Today 17 September 2024
- “That’s the new law. The one where you can lose everything” – The section 60 police powers to evict Traveller roadside camps – two years on 13 September 2024
- BBC Report : Free ‘grassroots’ festival returns to Nottingham 7 September 2024
- Tour of Britain Cycling Competition, Stage 4, through Hucknall 6 September 2024
- Nottingham celebrates opening of Green Heart – a brand-new space for community and nature in heart of the city 4 September 2024
- Nottingham Green Festival Report on NottsTV 3 September 2024
- Tash at the Broadway Gallery Exhibition 29 August 2024
- Green Festival Show @Broadway Gallery, Exhibition Walkthrough 28 August 2024
- Broadway Listing : Introducing the Nottingham Green Festival and its history 23 August 2024
- Broadway Gallery Exhibition : A show introducing the Nottingham Green Festival and its history 22 August 2024
- Green Festival, Broadway Gallery Edit. 60mins 22 August 2024
- Nottingham Carnival 2024 [180x edit] 21 August 2024
- Report : Under the Rainbow | Documents and Artefacts from Five Decades of LGBTQ+ Struggle and Liberation 18 August 2024
- Under the Rainbow : Documents and Artefacts From Five Decades of LGBTQ+ Struggle and Liberation 25 July 2024
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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Surveillance of Nottingham City Centre
Since there have been a number of ‘CCTV events in Nottingham recently [reports on the Notts newswire and features], I thought I’d take this opportunity to show you some of my more recent work on the subject, describing some of … Continue reading
An exchange of opinions on Climate Change
A power station engineer had written to me, after I had made these are the postings: Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station Still Steams Ahead http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/12/414383.html Nottingham’s part of 48 hours of nationwide action against E.ON http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/11/413951.html thus prompted this exchange: Subject: Ratcliffe … Continue reading
Those Kingsnorth police injuries in full: six insect bites and a toothache
• Kent force admits no officers hurt by protests • £5.9m police operation ‘colossal waste of money’ When climate camp protesters descended on the site of the Kingsnorth power station for a week-long summer demonstration, the scale of the police … Continue reading
Happy Solstice to all!!
I don’t really do christmas. I think the idea is so bankrupt. All hail the lord god of shopping and greed etc…….. A slightly older idea is that of paying some attention to the seasons and celestial events. With this … Continue reading
Demos continue [December] at Heckler & Koch weapons HQ in Nottingham
Demos continue [December] at Heckler & Koch weapons HQ in Nottingham http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/12/414750.html In spite of the cold, raining and windy conditions, at 4pm on Monday 8th December, people had gathered at the gates to the UK headquarters of Heckler & … Continue reading
Freekuency Festival
free festival that has been happening for last 6 years the Free-kuency-Fesival what happens in june for the summer solstice in portugal. Any djs, live acts shows ECT Please contact: freekuencyfestival@hotmail.com or tol3sam@hotmail.com Any one with ideas or any help … Continue reading
Stop the War Activist Graffiti on Recruitment Office: Appeal to Nottingham Crown Court
On Thursday 23rd October, I attended the Nottingham Crown Court to hear the appeal against conviction of Henry Twigger. On the 6th April 2008, Henry had initially painted graffiti on the Army Careers Office at the Victoria Centre, in Milton … Continue reading
Chase Neighbourhood Centre Project Closing
On visiting this afternoon, we asked staff about the rumours that we had heard about closure. It turns out it had been an intense week at the Chase Neighbourhood Centre in St.Anns. Much of the good works being conducted there … Continue reading
Press Freedom: “Collateral Damage” // Current
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Freedom of Information Act Enquires of Police Restriction on Photography
After the Gen Sec of the NUJ, Jeremy dear wrote to the Home Sec …. and she replied saying policeman could restrict photography under some circumstances, I made freedom of information act enquiries of all uk police forces. I have … Continue reading
Home Sec announces new s.44 guidance to police
In a written answer to Conservative Shadow Attorney General Domininc Grieve, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith yesterday [14th October 2008] stated that new guidance would be issued to police in November regarding s.44 searches of photographers:- Terrorism: Stop and Search Mr. … Continue reading
Riseup Radio [and general audio help] Skillshare Notes
Riseup Radio is a community based podcast from Nottingham, UK. Reports on stuff that didn’t make other local media, music from local artists and bands and chatting about stuff that matters. We’re currently working on a monthly show, downloadable from … Continue reading
‘Collected’ Indymedia Postings
Sorry for the lack of postings lately, so much to do, so little time 🙂 But you’ll see have still been active on stuff Please check out my ‘Collected’ Indymedia Postings at: http://tinyurl.com/ynttvo
Stopped under S.44 of the Terrorism Act 2000
Photographer, Terence Eden gets stopped and searched under s44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 at Waterloo station, and makes a movie of this ‘security theatre’ whilst it’s happening.Terence Eden gets stopped and searched under s44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 … Continue reading
Glastonbury 2008 : The Pictures
I have just uploaded a large ‘best edit’ set of pictures of the Glastonbury Festival 2008 The set can be seen on my Flickr Pages at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tash/sets/72157606887128689
Portugal ‘Rave’ Video
My son Sam, living out in Portugal, has posted a video on YouTube. It shows something of the event they held, earlier in the summer. Love the police idea of a warning 🙂 “please go home , you can be … Continue reading
Living With Anarchists :: Assorted Enviro Protests on Current TV
An outsider’s view of the daily life of a group of hardcore environmental protesters. Curious about direct political action, and eager to discover the personalities behind the banners, the filmmakers set up home among the trees. They follow a protest … Continue reading
A Returning gnome to the garden after some world travelling
When Murphy the garden gnome disappeared from Eve Stuart-Kelso’s garden in Gloucester, she feared she might never see him again. But seven months later he was back, complete with a photo album detailing his extraordinary global odyssey. Steve Knibbs reports. … Continue reading
World’s smallest campaigners scale Kingsnorth smokestack
E.ON’s replica of the Kingsnorth coal-fired power station has been occupied by one inch tall climate change campaigners. The drama unfolded at the Legoland park in Windsor – sponsored by E.ON – where the Lego Kingsnorth is given pride of … Continue reading
A Moral Question for all Photographers
THE SITUATION: There is chaos all around you caused by a hurricane with severe flooding. This is a flood of biblical proportions. You are a photo-journalist working for a major newspaper and you’re caught in the middle of this epic … Continue reading