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AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantOctober 6, 2016

Which City of London?

I am probably going to be doing quite a few posts about this topic in the next few months and maybe even years. I have been since the beginning of the year working on a project to photograph the City of London. I discovered that Martin Parr, has been doing the same thing over the past …

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Posted in City of London, Documentary, Economics, Inspiration, Photography

AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantSeptember 16, 2016

Uses of Twitter

Twitter and I how I use it. Twitter is one social media platform that I use a lot. I like it brevity, the shortness of the message. I also like that I can use it as a way of making a list of web pages to refer to, with a note. I have for a while now used Twitter …

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Posted in Economics, Marketing, Process

AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantNovember 16, 2015

Making photography pay

I recently had bit of a light bulb moment in relation to who to approach with regards to making money, when doing my photography. I have for a long time been interested in the way capitalism works and live in London, whereas I know that the City of London, is one of the centres for global capitalism, …

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Posted in Economics, Marketing, Photography Talk, photographyworkshopslondon.com, Website

AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantNovember 14, 2015

Politics and Photgraphy

Here is a thought that for me won’t go away. If I follow my thoughts on politics, I end up on the left of contemporary debates by political parties, which is were I believe most people end up being. Yet, if we listen to the media talk and look at what has happened in both UK …

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Posted in Documentary, Economics, Inspiration, Politics, Random thoughtsTagged Development of ideas as a photographer, photography and ethics

AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantOctober 13, 2014
China Street Photography By Michael Wayne Plant

Economics of capitalism

When does it all fall apart again? We don’t know as it takes a spark somewhere to stop the wheels of capitalism from spinning. Why are we surprised when the economy does it what it regularly does and go into a crisis our current form of capitalism has seen a few of these crisis over the …

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Posted in EconomicsTagged Economics of capitalism

AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantAugust 5, 2014

Marco del Pra’s Atterwasch

Marco del Pra’s Atterwasch story at atterwasch.net “atterwasch. is a documentary about the German village of Atterwasch which is under pressure to make way for a brown coal open-cast mine, despite the fact that the village exemplifies Germany’s acclaimed energy transition. This multimedia documentary focuses on the uncertainty Atterwasch’s residents were confronted with over a one-year period …

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Posted in Documentary, Economics, Inspiration, Photographers, PhotographyTagged Atterwasch, documentary photography, Marco del Pra

AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantJuly 25, 2014

The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class with Elizabeth Warren

The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class with Elizabeth Warren on YouTube. A very interesting if long video of the crisis that is confronting the middle class within American and by extension our society as it struggles to reconcile the problems of lowering incomes, increasing debt and rising housing costs. On top of that it also …

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Posted in Economics, Politics

AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantJuly 6, 2014

growing inequality will have little impact on policy decisions

“.. criticisms of growing inequality will have little impact on policy decisions until they are embraced by the masses, the working class, those that capitalism cruelly exploits and who are so easily dismissed by politicians and academics. At that point the working class will finally stand up and collectively declare enough is enough.” Ann Robertson and Bill  Leumer. Above is …

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Posted in Economics

AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantJune 2, 2014

Low pay in Photojournalism

Do not become a photojournalist if you want to earn lots of money. this add for a course gives an idea of what the college thinks a photojournalist will earn coming out of this course. Scary really, as the average wage in the Uk is closer to £25-000 per year and this would definitely put you …

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Posted in EconomicsTagged low wages, photojournalism

AuthorbyMichael Wayne PlantJanuary 27, 2014

Why its Kicking of Everywhere review

Why its Kicking of Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions by Paul Mason.  I have just finished reading this book from cover to cover and often these days I do not do that as I have got to the point that I seem to know what is being said from reading other sources (books). The subject area …

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Posted in Economics, PoliticsTagged Paul Mason, Why It's Kicking of Everywhere

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