e3alan

Onetime pro photographer, now into local history and communications. Based in East London.

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East End of London walk Sunday

It's going to be warm and sunny for the Mile End walk tomorrow: http://alanswalks.uk/event/east-end-walk-11am-sun-11th-sept/

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I’m sorting out some walks on the South Downs near Brighton.

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Pop-up exhibition of East London photos near the top of Brick Lane until 11th Sept 2015

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At the bottom of this list you can see how long ago your Canon lens was designed.

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Canon 50 meg EOS rumoured.

No harm in this - film was only ever good for about 12 megapixels at best. The problem is that many of the main manufacturers lenses were designed a long while ago and are not up 50 megapixels. 

http://www.canonrumors.com/2014/12/high-megapixel-camera-coming-in-2015-cr3/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+canonrumors%2Frss+%28Canon+Rumors%29

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Constructing Worlds: Photography Architecture on the Modern Age

My review of the great exhibition of photos on in the Barbican Art Gallery, London. The only downside is that the tickets are expensive.

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Photographer, Barry Pitman, with Sue in The Crown, Kemptown. Sue took part in the original 1979 pram race which Barry photographed. The photos are now on display until 2nd Nov 2014 across 7 different pubs. More info here.

If you can get down to Brighton both the Photo Biennial and the Photofringe are running all October.

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Exhibition of black and white photos by Edwin Smith at RIBA, London

Great exhibition of B&W photos in Portland Place, north of Oxford Circus tube.

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Flat 130 in the Balfron Tower – in pictures

For two weeks the National Trust is opening flat 130 in the Balfron Tower, Poplar, to the public. The interior has been furnished in 1960s styl

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Trellick Tower. Andy Aderinto

Really creative

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Great paintings by Beryl Bainbridge on show in the Strand, London.

http://glipho.com/alantucker/beryl-bainbridge-paintings-in-strand-london-to-19th-oct-2014

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Trellick Tower. Andy Aderinto

Great shot.

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Trellick Tower - Boiler room.

Due to the rapid escalation of oil prices beginning in the late 1960’s and continuing into the 70’s the system housed at the top of the 320ft service tower was in operation for less than eighteen months,and was defunct by 1974.

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I remember the queues at petrol stations. It was a big political problem: https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/david-wearing/forty-years-on-effects-of-1973-74-oil-crisis-still-shape-british-foreign-po

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Top: Unknown Bottom: Kennard Phillips

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Brilliant

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Trellick Tower neighbourhood. Andy Aderinto

Brilliant.

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From Inversion/Reflection:Turning Balfron Tower Inside Out

The first 49 flats from my 3 year-long project to photograph Balfron Tower from the inside out is now available as an ebook, and will soon be available in hardback, both for a limited period only.

http://store.blurb.com/ebooks/473937-inversion-reflection

116 pages 98 colour plates £8.99

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Fascinating what everyone has done with their space.

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Steam on the Underground

The Metropolitan Railway opened in 1863 running from Farringdon, through Kings Cross and Baker Street to Paddington. It was the world’s first underground railway. In 1864 it reached Hammersmith. Bu...

A steam locomotive from 1898 will be running on the underground next Sat 9th Aug.