Long Exposure

October 23, 2008 2:50 AM

100 years of Guardian photography. Including Don McPhee and Denis Thorpe.
posted by fearfulsymmetry (5 comments total)

Awesome - but a bit non-plussing until you click the 'captions' button, as the two people narrating make rather offhand references that don't actually describe the story behind the pictures half the time.
posted by Happy Dave at 3:37 AM on October 23, 2008

Moral of the story: should have stayed in the North like Don, Guardian; we're by far the most interesting and photogenic. Ahem.
Would be interested to know who the group with rifles behind the barricade are in the Doughty photos that appear at the end of the McPhee presentation. Easter Rising?
posted by Abiezer at 5:00 AM on October 23, 2008

Ah, watching another one I see Doughty was in Dublin at the outbreak of the civil war. Click all links first, post twaddle later.
posted by Abiezer at 5:05 AM on October 23, 2008

The Powell photograph is fantastic – some strange combination of Shakespearean tragedy mixed with some 70s Vincent Price hamming. The Status of Women Commission shot is especially wry.

Thanks for these.
posted by mandal at 5:44 AM on October 23, 2008

100 years of Guardian photography, marred by a crummy Flash interface.
posted by Chinese Jet Pilot at 11:53 AM on October 23, 2008