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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
Tag Archives: Tash
I asked Gemini AI, to produced an ‘Artist Statement’ for me.
For an artist statement for Alan Lodge (often known as “Tash”), the tone needs to be a blend of documentary grit, social activism, and a deep-seated respect for alternative lifestyles. His work isn’t just about taking pictures; it’s about bearing … Continue reading
So sorry for the radio silence of late ….
So sorry for the radio silence of late, but world has been turned a little upsidedown 🙁Had been in hospital for just over 2 months, QMC then a rehab unit after a spinal operation. At home how since week before … Continue reading
Compare & Contrast
What a pair, me with spinal stuff and David S with gammy foot.
Finally got home from hospital
Finally got home from hospital and my spine op. Been away for a couple of months but glad to be home again. Normal service is still some way away. All feeling so fragile still. But doing my best
Discharged from Linden Lodge
Finally discharged from Linden Lodge at the City Hospital to home YAY!! Will now have some continued physiotherapy at home. Getting a little better every day ….. but ohhhh so slowly.
WALKING!
This is my first walk since the spinal operation. Once around the ‘circuit’, here at Linden Lodge, City Hospital. I didn’t know if i was going to be able to walk, so emotional and I burst into tears when finished. … Continue reading
Testing my fingers on a camera.
Testing my fingers on a camera for the first time since the op. My index finger still need some work. Wasn’t in the right place for the shutter button!
Transferred from QMC to Linden Lodge
Transferred from the Queens Medical Centre QMC to Linden Lodge at the City Hospital, Nottingham for rehab
Neck Brace … a fashion accessory
All producing a beard…. that reminded me of the Man in the Iron Mask !!
Admitted to QMC with a degenerative cervical myelopathy
Collapsed and both my hands stopped working. Operation and lots of rehab to follow.
Interview with Stewart Lee for BBC Radio 4 : Artworks What Happened to Counter-Culture?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002hkx3 ep. 4. Culture Clash My contribution / interview on Beanfield etc at 25:00 mins More than just a cultural trend – counter-culture became a social movement so powerful it shaped institutions, businesses, politics and the attitudes and aspirations of … Continue reading
Aaron Trinder Interview with Tash, for Free Party Doc
Aaron Trinder Interview with Tash, for Free Party Doc As part of the filming for ‘Free Party: A Folk History’ we spoke to alternative lifestyle and traveller photographer Alan ‘Tash’ Lodge about his journey. From young festival goer to London … Continue reading
Mysteries of Stonehenge Channel 4 – Free Festival Extract
Mysteries of Stonehenge Channel 4 – Free Festival Extract #stonehenge#beanfield#photography#policing #tash
Left Lion : Smokescreen DiY Sound Systems
House and proud: a retrospective of Smokescreen Soundsystem
Words: Vita FitzSimons, Left Lion Photos: Matt Smith, Alan Tash Lodge, Gary Pfeiffer, Nick Clague @kush1969, Henry Ratcliffe Tuesday 19 November 2024 Being home to two of the UK’s greatest underground house soundsystems, DiY and Smokescreen, Nottingham has been spoilt for quality deep … Continue reading
Castlemorton Picture : Guardian online
Castlemorton picture in the Guardian again today
Castlemorton Common rave, 1992 By Alan ‘Tash’ Lodge This snapshot of gurning ravers was taken at the largest illegal rave in UK history. Alan “Tash” Lodge had been attending free festivals since the 70s. On a sunny bank holiday weekend in … Continue reading
Tour of Britain Cycling Competition, Stage 4, through Hucknall
Tour of Britain Cycling Competition, Stage 4, through Hucknall Insta360 Ace Pro – 4K Video 3840 x2160 #hucknall #tourofbritain #cycling #race #insta360 #acepro #4k
