Tag: London
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CCTV, Two Exhibits, one town crier and of course John Bull
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEngland is a CCTV nation with more cameras per capita than any other nation. As a result there is great interest from people like Christian of documentally.com and Our Man Inside and John Perivolaris. Both of them are working on CCTV related pieces. At Parliament Square Christian demonstrated his great ability…
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Monday Night Picadilly Line People
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night’s fourty minute trip meant I got to see a lot of faces as I headed from one side to another. Some of these people would be forgotten within a few seconds whilst others would be remembered slightly longer. One girl had a disarming stare, as I headed to my first…
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Looking out of a window at traffic
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’m on the second floor of a home which looks out onto a busy road which means there’s a lot of traffic passing by but wait there’s more. Road works are taking place. Traffic must stop. Stopped traffic means hours of entertainment from the comfort of your room. So far I saw…
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No power
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSomething you hardly ever think of when you’re in economically more developed countries is electricity because it’s always there for you to use. This was not the case yesterday afternoon when coming back from an interview. Due to some roadworks or the rain (not much but apparently poor maintenance makes things…
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Walking Through A City You Are Leaving For A Bit.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring a shoot a few years ago a person was speaking about human development and how an expert from an economically more developed country wanted to teach the person from an economically less developed country about the topic. The local told the economist “you want to teach me about the economy but…