terry_rory Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 I am guessing that this is because my keyboard is set to English UK rather than English US. I am interested in learning how you guys get the accented characters to resolve here in PN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewlamb Posted July 8, 2006 Author Share Posted July 8, 2006 "I only ever met one black Brit photographer, a lovely guy by the name of Ilkey Mehmet (from a black Turkish immigrant background) who for a while was a staff photographer for The Telegraph. ' I remember Ilkey from years ago. I haven't seen him in quite some time, which is no surprise if he's packed it all in. I recall he used to get a lot of racial abuse from a British photographer of Asian descent, someone else you've probably come across. I cover just a few shows at London Fashion Week and there are a number of black British photographers who regularly turn up. That's the only time I work along aside with press photographers. By the way, 'Rock 'N' Roll' at the Royal Court is sensational. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewlamb Posted July 8, 2006 Author Share Posted July 8, 2006 "What's depressing about the Britpack is that those who work for the broadsheets (with a few honorable exceptions) are every bit as boneheaded as their tabloid brethren." Agree 100%. It's almost a code of honour for broadsheet snappers to be as oafish as their tabloid counterparts. When I first discovered this, many moons ago, I found it deeply depressing. Me being naive, I s'pose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris c hann Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 "I remember Ilkey from years ago. I haven't seen him in quite some time, which is no surprise if he's packed it all in. I recall he used to get a lot of racial abuse from a British photographer of Asian descent, someone else you've probably come across." I never got to know many British press photographers when I was in the UK - the only Brits I was remotely friendly with were John Sturrock of Network and John Arthur (whatever happened to him?) who was doing a lot of work for Time in the late 80s. Most of the stories I was assigned to were longterm and didn't put me into contact with the pack (other than some late Thatcher era political stories). Besides, as an outsider you were totally invisible to them. But I think I did come across the guy you're referring to, though I guessed (possibly wrongly) that he was a Ugandan Asian - did he have a moustache and a dirty Barbour jacket? He was really mouthy and seemed permanently stationed at Downing Street. Anyway, I'm off to bed now. Nighty, night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 "Easy one Pete. It is from what you told us in one of those Leica Forum... "tell us about yourself" threads. You gave your age." IT dept is keeping a data base? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewlamb Posted July 9, 2006 Author Share Posted July 9, 2006 "But I think I did come across the guy you're referring to, though I guessed (possibly wrongly) that he was a Ugandan Asian - did he have a moustache and a dirty Barbour jacket? He was really mouthy and seemed permanently stationed at Downing Street." Nope, not him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_rory Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_rory Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 My response was to Eric~ and his reference to my 'database'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_rory Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 PN needs a chatroom (it used to have one). The way that some thread or other develops into a sort of informal chatroom - usually at weekends - indicates the demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesrani Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 The chat room idea is a good one. It would be simple to set it up with skype chat or msn messenger. If anyone's interested, contact me off-forum for my skype or msn id. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_rory Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 I have e-mailed you Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bds1 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 I think you'll find the brit press pack quite different now. the BPPA (http://www.thebppa.com) are doing an excellent job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_rory Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 And they have a link to your site on that page. Excellent site too. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris c hann Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 "I think you'll find the brit press pack quite different now" Even the Welsh ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bds1 Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 haha Im welsh y'know... And even Mr Touhig is a lovely man! (if you catch him on the right day) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris c hann Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Is "Mr Touhig" a hungry looking, wiry, little guy with a deadpan wit who was in Afghanistan in 2003 for the evil Getty corporation? I thought he was superpessimistic because he feared he might die at any moment, now I discover it was simply because he had to go home to Wales...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris c hann Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 What happened to Sion? I haven't seen him or his byline for a long time. Is he still a photographer or has he joined the mass exodus out of the industry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_rory Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Read his blog... http://sionphoto.blogs.com/ Check his site... http://www.sionphoto.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris c hann Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Thanks Trevor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesrani Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Boris, isn't it about time you told us who _you_ are? You're obviously not the usual Sunday snapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 "Boris, isn't it about time you told us who _you_ are?" please don't, B. I prefer my imagination... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike dixon Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 I'm afraid that, if he told us, he'd have to kill us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boris c hann Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 I am Boris C Han, scourge of the Celtic fringe and notorious yokel trafficker. I know a lot of photographers because they act as my eyes and ears around the globe in my never ending search for naive and easily exploitable country folk. Top marks to Trevor for detecting my predatory edge, I'd had his thatched yurt under surveillance for a while but in the end concluded that he and his tribe were simply not compliant enough to be saleable. Oh, and I came across the intense Welshman in 2001 not 2003 - too much good living at the expense of others addles the brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewlamb Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 Boris was also one of the more colourful background artistes in the movie, 'Fame'. He's wearing the pink leotard, dancing on top of a yellow cab next to Guy, when the kids' crazy exuberance gets the better of them (again!) and they pour into the streets throwing their limbs around with gay abandon. Great scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_sullivan Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 well, actually, I do want to know who Boris is.....so, tell away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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