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Indian Coffee House - photo by Stuart Freedman.

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Life in communist Kerala, by Stuart Freedman.

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Palaces of memory: Indian Coffee Houses, a photo series by Stuart Freedman.

For me the Indian Coffee House was somewhere to be anonymous, away from the stares and the strangeness of India. I came between assignments, nervous at first, careful of the regulars, careful of the city. The coffee house became for me an echo of the cosy fug of the English café, those greasy, Formica pavilions of post-war austerity. Rain, cigarette smoke and steamy windows. An anonymous place in a city where you could simply watch the world. - Stuart Freedman.

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Palaces of memory: Indian Coffee Houses, a photo series by Stuart Freedman.

These were the places where rock ‘n’ roll and revolution had been plotted but also where working class families might also come for a simple treat. Suddenly, I felt more at home in a strange city. When I travelled through the country, I sought them out. As a young journalist, the Coffee Houses taught me to see similarity not difference: that people were the same the world over and that was a lesson to be cherished. They distilled that sense of faded optimism: of both post-war and post-Independence respectively. - Stuart Freedman.

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Come finanziare e promuovere con successo il vostro fotolibro

Come finanziare e promuovere con successo il vostro fotolibro

Fotografi ed editori esperti rivelano i loro segreti su come finanziare e promuovere il vostro fotolibro. Small Town Inertia © Jim Mortram La parte divertente del creare un fotolibro consiste nel decidere quali immagini inserire e come disporle nel libro. Fare questa operazione correttamente è cruciale nella riuscita del vostro fotolibro. Ugualmente importante è, comunque, reperire i fondi per…

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Photography and narrative: What is involved in telling a story? - David Campbell

In telling visual stories about the world, photography is narrating the world. What is narrative and how does it operate?

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Guest lecturer Stuart Freedman

A couple of weeks ago now we had a guest lecturer come into uni. His name?  Stuart Freedman. This man is a wonderful creature from a far away land of coffee addicts, black cabs, cockney slang and starless skies, and its called London (or Landaaan, depending on where you're from).

Stuart has worked for many well known magazines such as Life, National Geographic and Time. Doing this has meant he has had to travel to a ton of places including Afghanistan, Haiti, Rwanda as well as other countries. 

It was incredible to have him come to Swansea and speak to us about all his travelling stories and the way he works. There was one thing I enjoyed most about his visit though; his attitude. When I was in college I fell in love with a certain part of photography and that was the way it was able to grab someone's heart and mind and take it over with emotion just by showing other peoples stories and how they live. Whether that emotion was shock and anger or calmness and a happy bliss, I find a good photo can always fill me with a feeling like no other. However, when I came to uni I think I got so caught up in life and drinking that my mind turned into what I can only describe as a whirlpool of shit, which meant I forgot why I was really here.

Stuart Freedman's talk reminded me exactly why I am in uni and what it is that I love within photojournalism. So I thank you Mr Freedman, for being inspirational as fuck and making me want to go out and explore this world more. If I was wearing a top hat right now id give you a hat tip, but instead I will just raise my glass of orange squash and send you a smile.