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Tuol Sleng Photographs: Escaping the Archive

When Duch, the director of Tuol Sleng (or S-21) prison died at the age of 77 in September last year, Youk Change, the director of the…

Apr 22, 2021

Tuol Sleng Photographs: Escaping the Archive

Apr 22, 2021

Li Zhensheng and the Cultural Revolution

(Original post from January, 2019. Li Zhensheng died in New York, June 2020)

Jun 26, 2020

Li Zhensheng and the Cultural Revolution

Jun 26, 2020

Patrick Hutchinson rescues a man from a beating

Patrick Hutchinson by Dylan Martinez

Jun 26, 2020

Patrick Hutchinson rescues a man from a beating

Jun 26, 2020

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Witness

Photography in the Time of Brexit: The Curious Case of Mark Duffy

When former Houses of Parliament photographer Mark Duffy heard a knock on the door at 8am on Wednesday 12th of February, he thought it was…

Mar 17, 2020

Photography in the Time of Brexit: The Curious Case of Mark Duffy

Mar 17, 2020

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Witness

The Good, the Bad, The Dead and the Ugly

Watch a mob-film like Goodfellas and you will see representations of organised-crime lifestyles that are glamorous, sexy and altogether…

Dec 30, 2019

The Good, the Bad, The Dead and the Ugly

Dec 30, 2019

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Witness

Why photograph when every picture has already been made?

In the age of smartphones and social media, there is the idea that all pictures look alike. The algorithms make them look alike. Tourist…

Oct 31, 2019

Why photograph when every picture has already been made?

Oct 31, 2019

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Witness

Is there such a thing as an activist photographer?

The idea of the photographer as activist is an appealing one. It means that photographs really matter, that they can lead to changes in…

Aug 28, 2019

Is there such a thing as an activist photographer?

Aug 28, 2019

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Witness

Empathy, Charity, Emotional Narratives, and Cash

The Good, the Bad, and the somewhere-in-the-middle

Jul 31, 2019

Empathy, Charity, Emotional Narratives, and Cash

Jul 31, 2019

Faces of the dead

I submitted my latest article for Witness at the end of last week. I write about a few things including the picture of Oscar and Valeria…

Jul 12, 2019

Faces of the dead

Jul 12, 2019

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Vantage

Why are they scared of cameras?

There’s the idea that photography is not to be trusted, that the naive idea that there is a connection between reality and the image is…

Jul 4, 2019

Why are they scared of cameras?

Jul 4, 2019

colin pantall

colin pantall

Colin Pantall is a photographer, writer and teacher based in Bath, in the UK. His photographic work looks at domesticity, fatherhood and family history.

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