My name is Ian Talbot and I am a Fine Art Photographer living in North East London. This is a scrapbook of my experiments, works-in-progress, blind alleys I slip down and the snippets of research and thinking that both precede and run concurrently with them. My Website:  Objectively Speaking :: The Fine Art Photography of Ian TalbotTumblr (3.0; @iantalbot)http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqh76gY6PA1qzs4nco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/195748148http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/195748148Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:39:52 +0100<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqh60wQkNr1qzs4nco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/195735746http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/195735746Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:14:56 +0100<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/cSLatxv2Jq3imfnyug9UvRqYo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Weasels Ripped My Flesh</p>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/144780781http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/144780781Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:16:59 +0100<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/1nLV5wacPmd0y3yw49i4LZgDo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><i>Stunningly beautiful image.</i></p> <p><a href="http://dkellyphotography.tumblr.com/post/96812401/d-kelly-the-speaker">dkellyphotography</a>:</p> <blockquote><i>d kelly the speaker</i></blockquote>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/97171151http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/97171151Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:18:17 +0100<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/LgoZ2eCiKlz5b9vmViaJUR0po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://plasticarmy.tumblr.com/post/93561010/chema-madoz-via-wine-woman-and-song">plasticarmy</a>:</p> <blockquote> <a href="http://www.chemamadoz.com/ingles/gallery2.htm">chema madoz</a> via <a href="http://wine-women-song.blogspot.com/2009/04/chema-madoz.html">wine, woman and song</a> </blockquote>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/93744987http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/93744987Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:23:54 +0100<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/cSLatxv2Jlvs9y7q6RGS5CS2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>New South Wales Police Photo</b></p>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/92857990http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/92857990Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:46:13 +0100<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/cSLatxv2Jlvs8hhuUTywFdWvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>New South Wales Police Photo</b></p>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/92857836http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/92857836Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:45:05 +0100<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/cSLatxv2Jlvs6s3xR8DyjbKXo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>New South Wales Police Photo</b></p>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/92857679http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/92857679Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:43:00 +0100<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/DB40BxhfPlmx6p7sNg2dCNCKo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://materdolorosa.tumblr.com/post/90853444/the-rifai-rifayyah-sufi-order-also-known-as">materdolorosa</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“The Rifai/Rifayyah Sufi order (also known as howling dervishes) stressed poverty, abstinence, and self-mortification. It also performed the ritual prayer essential to all Sufi orders in a distinct manner: members link arms to form a circle and throw the upper parts of their bodies back and forth until ecstasy is achieved. Then the mystics fall on a dangerous object, such as sword or snake, though such extremes, as well as thaumaturgical practices, probably appeared under Mongol influence during their 13th-century occupation of Iraq and have always been rejected by orthodox Islam.”</p> <p>another source: “The Rifa’iyyah (or “Howling Dervishes”) do not have any distinctive doctrines. Their distinctive identity derives from the extreme methods they employ to attain a mystical awareness of God. Rifa’i ritual gatherings are accompanied by the beating of drums and dancing, and by the accomplishment of extraordinary feats of endurance while in a state of ecstasy. Examples of such feats are dancing in fires and eating the flames until they are extinguished, placing a heated iron in the mouth, and piercing the cheeks and other parts of the body without any apparent loss of blood or wounding. Such practices are viewed with great suspicion by mainstream Muslim scholars on the grounds that they are inconsistent with Islamic law and the example of the Prophet.”</p> </blockquote>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/90897209http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/90897209Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:29:46 +0100<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/NHiyvisSZllq87dwx6dqroexo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The twins are looking well.</p> <p><a href="http://plasticarmy.tumblr.com/post/90660770/via-drkennedyjones">plasticarmy</a>:</p> <blockquote>(via <a href="http://drkennedyjones.tumblr.com/">drkennedyjones</a>)</blockquote>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/90674131http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/90674131Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:53:11 +0000<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/ODFCJRWYGlg7anezROzAX1deo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://uncertaintimes.tumblr.com/post/89389226/rileydog-body-building-children-c-kurt">uncertaintimes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <a href="http://rileydog.tumblr.com/post/89362673/body-building-children-c-kurt-stallaert">rileydog</a>: Body Building Children | © Kurt Stallaert</blockquote>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/89390345http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/89390345Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:49:29 +0000<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/cSLatxv2Jlg88u63ZDCcq5v8o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Skin 02 from “Figuring Jasper”</b></p> <p>© Ian Talbot 2009</p>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/89369381http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/89369381Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:28:57 +0000<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3nrGKWMaX-4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3nrGKWMaX-4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://uncertaintimes.tumblr.com/post/89050351/man-ray-le-retour-a-la-raison-1923-accidental">uncertaintimes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Man Ray - Le Retour A La Raison (1923)</p> <p><a href="http://accidentalmysteries.blogspot.com/2009/03/surrealist-film-from-1923.html">accidental mysteries</a></p> </blockquote>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/89050683http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/89050683Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:16:50 +0000<p>An antiessentialist notion… The meaning of something derives from the way it is used.</p>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/88771578http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/88771578Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:00:03 +0000<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/cSLatxv2Jl7qpger2uFuYU2uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cover of programme for Folies Bergere 1950.</p>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/87596235http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/87596235Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:55:49 +0000<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/S8TDvkP09l4eix7gnb5Dm8KRo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://travellinglight.tumblr.com/post/86903931/vladimir-nabokov-chasing-butterflies-ithaca-new">travellinglight</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Vladimir Nabokov chasing butterflies</p> <p>Ithaca, New York, September 1958</p> <p>(photos by Carl Mydans)</p> </blockquote>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/86904588http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/86904588Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:25:24 +0000<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/1wzSUVSktl3opfjfs1tFxQlNo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://travellinglight.tumblr.com/post/86821032/minorjive-thesmarttart-littleorphanammo-sven">travellinglight</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://minorjive.net/post/86733622/thesmarttart-littleorphanammo-sven">minorjive</a>:<a href="http://thesmarttart.tumblr.com/post/86729637">thesmarttart</a>:<a href="http://littleorphanammo.tumblr.com/post/86721217/sven-scholz-2008-dresden">littleorphanammo</a>:</p> <p>sven scholz/2008/Dresden</p> </blockquote>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/86889227http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/86889227Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:21:34 +0000<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/aHyNHMV3ll0xcocbIS4GCGiHo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://travellinglight.tumblr.com/post/86520502/via-i12bent-ren-magritte-je-ne-vois-pas-la">travellinglight</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://i12bent.tumblr.com/post/86225871/ren-magritte-je-ne-vois-pas-la-femme-cach-e">i12bent</a>)</p> <p>René Magritte, <i>Je ne vois pas la [femme] cachée dans la forêt,</i> 1929, Photomontage, in: La Révolution Surréaliste No. 12 (15. Dec. 1929)</p> </blockquote>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/86630995http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/86630995Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:50:27 +0000<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/S8TDvkP09kymvcbvO8qIhfpBo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://travellinglight.tumblr.com/post/85761839/jasper-johns-skin-with-ohara-poem-1963-1965">travellinglight</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h4> <b>Jasper Johns</b><br/><i><a href="http://journal.utarts.com/articles.php?id=11&type=paper">Skin with O’Hara Poem</a></i><br/>1963/1965<br/>National Gallery of Art</h4> <p><b><br/>the clouds go soft<br/>               change color and so many kinds<br/>puff up, disperse<br/>          sink into the sea<br/>the heavens go out of kilter<br/>          an insane remark greets<br/>                     the monkey on the moon<br/>in a season of wit<br/>          it is all demolished<br/>or made fragrant<br/>     sputnik is only the word for “traveling companion”<br/>here on earth<br/>     at 16 you weight 145 pounds and at 36<br/>   the shirts change, and less procession<br/>       but they are all neck 14 sleeve 33     <br/>       and holes appear and are filled<br/>the same holes            anonymous<br/>  no more conversion; no more conversation<br/>the sand inevitably seeks the eye<br/>                     and it is the same eye<br/></b></p> </blockquote>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/85774411http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/85774411Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:21:17 +0000<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/cSLatxv2Jkxp13yq0jrKNRVMo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Joel-Peter Witkin: <i>Guernica Variations</i></b></p>http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/85535371http://iantalbot.tumblr.com/post/85535371Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:11:12 +0000