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PHOTO-ESSAYS
California Dreaming A Photo Essay by HENRY DILTZ In the world of rock ‘n’ roll photographers, there are none as extraordinary as Download hi-res file (11mb) here Download lo-res file (3mb) here
Smirking Allies: A Photo Essay by Al CRESPO, Words by JOE BAGEANT When a bunch of Nazis descended on Orlando for a march they were heavily outnumbered by cops. Al Crespo's photographs made author Joe Bageant wonder which of the two groups his country should fear most: a ragtag band of National Socialists (of whom there are 227 members in the nation) or the men in black kevlar. Goma: A War Rookie on A Photo Essay by RUSSELL MONK The first printed version of the original tabloid ColdType contained an 8-page photo essay by Toronto photographer Russell Monk. This photo essay was a runner up in Canada's National Magazine Awards. Internet publication is slightly delayed - by 13 years - because we lost the files.
The Miners' Strike A Photo Essay by JOHN HARRIS John Harris spent almost a year photographing Britain's miners' strike of 1984/5. In this 16-page large format photo essay he captures the battles between police and strikers and the hardships caused by the year-long strike that eventually led to the near-collapse of the country's union movement and paved the way for Margaret Thatcher's capitalist revolution.
Miami – FTAA, November 2003 Story and Pictures by AL CRESPO This 164-page e-book by acclaimed photographer Al Crespo includes photographs of events that took place during the violent protests against the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) meetings in Miami in November 2003. This special book also includes the report into the violence during the event.
Beside The Sea Story and Pictures by TONY SUTTON Welcome to Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, seaside destination for generations of holidaying Britons. Fish and chips, silly hats and cheap souvenirs; sandy beaches, sea - and sunshine, if you're lucky. For almost a century, this east coast resort has been a one-week-a-year escape for thankful refugees from the dark, dingy and often dangerous industrial mills, coal mines and factories of Nottingham and Sheffield and from the market towns and agricultural villages in the hundred-mile hinterland between industry and coast
Drum 1976-1980 An exhibition from the pages of South Africa's DRUM MAGAZINE Thirty years ago on June 16, 1976, a schoolkids' demonstration sparked a revolution that signalled the beginning of the end of apartheid in South Africa. DRUM magazine was in the forefront of the reporting of the revolution. ColdType has a special 52-page booklet that accompanies a new exhibition of pages from the magazine in the 1970s at South Africa's Grahamstown Arts Festival. At Home with Joe Bageant Photographed
by SEAN GALLAGHER New York photographer Sean Gallagher joins Joe Bageant, our favourite curmudgeon, on a trip round Joe's home town. Join them on our 18-page record of Joe's journey from his home to his favourite bars in Winchester, Virginia.
Belgium Meets the Leader FEBRUARY 20 - 22, 2005 Photographed
by HAN SOETE Upon first looking at Hans Soete’s photos taken during President Bush’s visit to Brussels, something struck me as odd. And after a few moments I realized what it was. These protesters are not enclosed inside a double-layer of razor-wire topped steel chain-link fence, otherwise known in the U.S.A. as a “Free Speech Zone.” Nor were there any of the familiar rows of police with their bug-eyed Darth Vader gas masks and 180,000 volt stun guns. Not that the contrast will be noted by my fellow Americans because if you live in an average American town you would never know Bush’s Brussels visit met with any protest at all. For example, my hometown newspaper in Winchester, Virginia ran a front page story featuring Bush looking statesman-like under a massive gold chandelier at the Concert Noble Ballroom in Brussels. The accompanying text focused on an alleged thaw in European relationships with president Bush. The other big front page photo was of happy returning GIs meeting their families again in the good old U.S. of A.
Off the Rails THE
LITTLE RAILWAY THAT Photographed
by Paul Williams Built to a narrow gauge, it was six and a half miles long, running from slate quarries outside the village of Abergynotwen to a junction with the Cambrio Railways Line at Towyn. Built primarily to carry slate, it had obtained Parliamentary assent to carry a few passengers from Abergynolwen to Towyn and back. It had two locomotives, Talyllyn and Dolgoch, and just one four-wheeled passenger carriage. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Railways sent an inspector. His recommendations stated that, as long as trains didn’t exceed 10 mph, the thing was probably safe. Talyllyn and Dolgoch started to beat up and down the tine, carrying slate and occasional passengers – more in summer. Three more carriages were obtained. Then the world and, more important, the Railway Inspectorate forgot it was there; after their first visit, they didn’t inspect the Iine again until 1951 . . .
THE FACE OF NORTHERN IRELAND Castles of the North Photographed
by Jonathan Olley, Journalists, photographers and camera crews have followed the conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland closely for many years, but attention has rarely been given to the consequences the conflict had for the urban environment. Photographer Jonathan Olley photographed the British army ’s heavily-armed observation posts and forts which define the street scene in Northern Ireland. They loom over shops, pubs and fish and chip shops like modern castles. Now that the army is withdrawing as a part of the peace process, the buildings and towers are being demolished brick by brick.
THE STRIKE THAT BROKE THE UNIONS Wapping '86 On January 24, 1986, 6,000 employees went on strike after months of protracted negotiations at the London national newspapers owned by media magnate Rupert Murdoch. The company’s management had ostensibly been seeking a labour agreement at their new plant in Wapping, but it had long since determined not to settle and instead sought to provoke a strike. Then, when industrial action was announced by the unions, dismissal notices were served on all those taking part. Nic Oatridge tells, in 20 pages of words and photographs, how Murdoch confronted and beat the unions, with the assistance of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's tough new labour laws and a police force that could hardly be described as impartial . . .
MAKING PEACE IN SOUTH AFRICA Good & Evil Photographer Jillian Edelstein attended the hearings of South Africa's Truth & Reconciliation Commission and returned with startling images of the perpetrators of the worst horrors of apartheid and their victims. Our 24-page essay is taken from her best-selling book, Truth & Lies, published by Granta in Britain, M&G in South Africa and New Press in the USA and Canada. Buy the book at http://www.amazon.com
MAKING WAR IN NORTHERN IRELAND Omagh, August 15, 1998 The
Real IRA bombing which killed 29 people at Omagh in Northern Ireland
was the last - and worst - major attack during the 30 year war between
the province's Protestants and Catholic factions. The images in this
10-page essay are the work of Ulster Herald photorapher Jackie Sloan.
AGAINST WAR IN IRAQ / 2 No to War April 5, 2003: Spring reverted to winter, but thousands of Torononians braved the elements to continue their weekly protests against the war in Iraq. TONY SUTTON's second 24-page photo-essay bears witness to the people who keep saying 'No' to Bush and Blair.
AGAINST WAR IN IRAQ / 1 Toronto Protests Against Thousands of people in Toronto joined forces with millions of others around the world on Satuday, March 15, 2003, in a final protest against the war that is expected to be declared by U.S. President George Bush and his allies against the people of Iraq. Tony Sutton's photo-essay captures the occasion. Please
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