invited guest: Tread

Photographs are a form of reference. Where you were, who was there,
what you were doing. But on occasion, as art, photographs transcend
mere reference and like a great song, can make that moment "something
more." That "something more" is the ongoing motivation within my work.



I am but a self-taught photographer and self-proclaimed smart-ass. When not
wasting film in musty, archaic, plastic toy cameras, long sleepless nights are
spent watching bad movies with titles like "The World’s Greatest Sinner" and
"Blood Feast." These bad movies and their zero budget cinematography, no
doubt, have influenced my work in some way, but so has fellow Kentuckian
Ralph Eugene Meatyard.



Black & White and Color photography, captured non-digitally, printed
traditionally using (gasp) silver and paper. Themes in obvious dichotomy.
Intimacy vs. Isolation. Love vs. Indifference. Here vs. There. I want to
convey a "southern-ness" in my work without using a sledgehammer.
I am preaching that "The South" isn't a cliche' ridden also-ran of a culture,
more than any other place on earth it is full of subtle beauty, wonderful
characters and strange wonder. I am the South, my children are,
we all are...or should be.



Tread was edumacated at the University of Kentucky. He can't find his
BS Degree in Computer Science from back when Fortran meant something...
or did it ever really? He barely eeks by as a graphic designer and marketing
dork in the healthcare world. No, I will not shoot your wedding.





web: www.gotreadgo.com
blog: http://gotreadgo.blogtog.com
email: tread[at]gotreadgo.com

Pictures and text by Tread
invited by ulf fågelhammar

Martin Parr preview

New Brighton, Merseyside, from "The Last Resort"©Martin Parr

Opening 1 September at Kulturhuset, Stockholm. Pictures by Martin Parr,
1971-2000. Stay tune to the F Blog for more about this event.

Lukewarm foresummer nights

Lukewarm foresummer nights... You know the kind, the one that warms the
soul, but sends the cold shivering down your body, making your nose run.
Picture and text by Morgan Malaska

Prins Eugen's Eks

Your country is so beautiful, my gratitude to you all. And to Prins Eugen, too, of course. And whoever came up with painting the fence that way . . .

Universal declaration in 366 languages

Some of the postings lately on the F blog, not least by Arek Gola,
have made me think of an important document; The Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.

On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations
adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
the full text of which appears in the following pages. Following this
historic act the Assembly called upon all Member countries to
publicize the text of the Declaration and "to cause it to be
disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools
and other educational institutions, without distinction based on the
political status of countries or territories."

Here are three of the articles in English and Article 1 in Spanish,
Polish, Portugese and Swedish.

Article 1
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act
towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Article 2
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in
this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race,
colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national
or social origin, property, birth or other status.

Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political,
jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to
which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust,
non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

Article 19
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression;
this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference
and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through
any media and regardless of frontiers.

Article 1 (Spanish,Polish,Portugese, Swedish)

Todos los seres humanos nacen libres e iguales en dignidad
y derechos y, dotados como están de razón y conciencia,
deben comportarse fraternalmente los unos con los otros.

Wszyscy ludzie rodzą się wolni i równi pod względem swej
godności i swych praw. Są oni obdarzeni rozumem i sumieniem
i powinni postępować wobec innych w duchu braterstwa.

Todos os seres humanos nascem livres e iguais em dignidade
e em direitos. Dotados de razão e de consciência, devem agir
uns para com os outros em espírito de fraternidade.

Alla människor är födda fria och lika i värde och rättigheter.
De har utrustats med förnuft och samvete och bör handla
gentemot varandra i en anda av gemenskap.

For more languages see www.unhchr.ch

-urbano