Alan Bulley
@alanbulley.bsky.social
Writer and photographer 🇨🇦🍁
MA Doc Photo 2025, University of South Wales
Contributing writer for @photoeditorial.bsky.social
IG @alanbulley
http://bio.site/alanbulleyphoto
MA Doc Photo 2025, University of South Wales
Contributing writer for @photoeditorial.bsky.social
IG @alanbulley
http://bio.site/alanbulleyphoto
Preemptive use of the Notwithstanding Clause by governments is an admission of failures. Failure to design policies and laws that can meet legislative and judicial tests and, more importantly, failure to respect the place of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the lives of Canadians.
"But the only way this creeping abuse of the Notwithstanding Clause really ends is in the court of public opinion, and with a clear and unambiguous rebuke of a government that’s trying to weaponize it." @maxfawcett.bsky.social @nationalobserver.com
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o... #ABpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o... #ABpoli
The use of the Notwithstanding Clause is out of control. It’s up to voters to stop it
The architects of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms thought the Notwithstanding Clause would only be used in exceptional circumstances. Conservative premiers seem determined to prove them wrong.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Preemptive use of the Notwithstanding Clause by governments is an admission of failures. Failure to design policies and laws that can meet legislative and judicial tests and, more importantly, failure to respect the place of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the lives of Canadians.
Issue 75 of @photoeditorial.bsky.social is now available and it's beautiful. I'm chuffed to have two articles in this issue, one on the border-related projects of Ruth Kaplan and Isabelle Hayeur, as well as one on the public Photo Walk developed by the School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa.
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Issue 75 of @photoeditorial.bsky.social is now available and it's beautiful. I'm chuffed to have two articles in this issue, one on the border-related projects of Ruth Kaplan and Isabelle Hayeur, as well as one on the public Photo Walk developed by the School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa.
Thank you @thewalrus.ca for an excellent set of reflections on Canada's sovereignty!
PREDICTION: James Moore will seek the leadership of the Conservative Party. Watch him, starting around minute 47:20, and tell me I'm wrong.
#canpoli #politics #sovereignty #Canada
PREDICTION: James Moore will seek the leadership of the Conservative Party. Watch him, starting around minute 47:20, and tell me I'm wrong.
#canpoli #politics #sovereignty #Canada
The Walrus Talks Sovereign Canada
YouTube video by The Walrus
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Thank you @thewalrus.ca for an excellent set of reflections on Canada's sovereignty!
PREDICTION: James Moore will seek the leadership of the Conservative Party. Watch him, starting around minute 47:20, and tell me I'm wrong.
#canpoli #politics #sovereignty #Canada
PREDICTION: James Moore will seek the leadership of the Conservative Party. Watch him, starting around minute 47:20, and tell me I'm wrong.
#canpoli #politics #sovereignty #Canada
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My gallery of interactive declassified spy satellite images has just crossed 600 images!
spacefromspace.com/declassified...
spacefromspace.com/declassified...
October 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
My gallery of interactive declassified spy satellite images has just crossed 600 images!
spacefromspace.com/declassified...
spacefromspace.com/declassified...
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Photo folks, you'll dig this — My Big List Of #Photography Videos. Enjoy!👋📸
My Big List of Photography Videos
Watching photographers do their thing
www.flakphoto.news
November 26, 2024 at 3:10 AM
Photo folks, you'll dig this — My Big List Of #Photography Videos. Enjoy!👋📸
I'm reviewing the book I made at the end of my MA in Doc Photo. The book contains many photographs and a contextual essay.
Photographed in and around Canada's House of Commons, my project points to the need to update our institutions to better meet the challenges now facing liberal democracies.
Photographed in and around Canada's House of Commons, my project points to the need to update our institutions to better meet the challenges now facing liberal democracies.
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I'm reviewing the book I made at the end of my MA in Doc Photo. The book contains many photographs and a contextual essay.
Photographed in and around Canada's House of Commons, my project points to the need to update our institutions to better meet the challenges now facing liberal democracies.
Photographed in and around Canada's House of Commons, my project points to the need to update our institutions to better meet the challenges now facing liberal democracies.
It's always great to receive another beautiful copy of PhotoED Magazine, even if delayed by Canada Post. But it's all the sweeter when you've got a byline in the issue!
Subscribe to Canada's last magazine dedicated to photography -- you'll be glad you did!
@photoeditorial.bsky.social
Subscribe to Canada's last magazine dedicated to photography -- you'll be glad you did!
@photoeditorial.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It's always great to receive another beautiful copy of PhotoED Magazine, even if delayed by Canada Post. But it's all the sweeter when you've got a byline in the issue!
Subscribe to Canada's last magazine dedicated to photography -- you'll be glad you did!
@photoeditorial.bsky.social
Subscribe to Canada's last magazine dedicated to photography -- you'll be glad you did!
@photoeditorial.bsky.social
The backyard says fall has arrived in the Ottawa Valley.
October 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The backyard says fall has arrived in the Ottawa Valley.
El Zein Khouri: “The problem is when people of any background are bringing their implicit biases and lack of knowledge and or understanding to the visual work they’re doing. That is how stereotypes, inaccuracies and damaging visual rhetoric are made and then globally circulated as fact...”
As World Press Photo turns 70, is it time for photojournalism to move forward from a history of harm?
The sought after award is celebrating its anniversary with an introspective exhibition—but questions remain about its value in today’s world
www.theartnewspaper.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
El Zein Khouri: “The problem is when people of any background are bringing their implicit biases and lack of knowledge and or understanding to the visual work they’re doing. That is how stereotypes, inaccuracies and damaging visual rhetoric are made and then globally circulated as fact...”
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Why the Greenlandic artist thinks photography is uniquely suited to telling the story of his homeland artreview.com/inuuteq-stor...
Feature: Inuuteq Storch – The Celestial and the Profane | ArtReview
The Greenlandic artist explains why photography is uniquely suited to telling the story of his homeland, ahead of his exhibition on 9 October at MoMA PS1, New York
artreview.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Why the Greenlandic artist thinks photography is uniquely suited to telling the story of his homeland artreview.com/inuuteq-stor...
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US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’
US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’
Usual supporters of free speech are under fire for signing on to Riyadh festival despite the government’s human rights abuses
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia: ‘They’re paying me enough to look the other way’
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The new comedy destination is… Saudi Arabia?!
This week, Nish shares some Big Feelings about the Riyadh Comedy Festival - where the likes of Jack Whitehall, Omid Djalili and Jimmy Carr are performing.
Listen or watch now.
#PodSaveTheUK #Politics #News #Trending #NishKumar
This week, Nish shares some Big Feelings about the Riyadh Comedy Festival - where the likes of Jack Whitehall, Omid Djalili and Jimmy Carr are performing.
Listen or watch now.
#PodSaveTheUK #Politics #News #Trending #NishKumar
October 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The new comedy destination is… Saudi Arabia?!
This week, Nish shares some Big Feelings about the Riyadh Comedy Festival - where the likes of Jack Whitehall, Omid Djalili and Jimmy Carr are performing.
Listen or watch now.
#PodSaveTheUK #Politics #News #Trending #NishKumar
This week, Nish shares some Big Feelings about the Riyadh Comedy Festival - where the likes of Jack Whitehall, Omid Djalili and Jimmy Carr are performing.
Listen or watch now.
#PodSaveTheUK #Politics #News #Trending #NishKumar
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Good column.
Overdue, and filled with conclusions a lot of people arrived at many, many months ago, but hey, credit where it's due.
www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson...
Overdue, and filled with conclusions a lot of people arrived at many, many months ago, but hey, credit where it's due.
www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson...
Jen Gerson: Maybe this angry panel will fix it!
Alberta tries for Round 3 of the Fair Deal panel.
www.readtheline.ca
October 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Good column.
Overdue, and filled with conclusions a lot of people arrived at many, many months ago, but hey, credit where it's due.
www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson...
Overdue, and filled with conclusions a lot of people arrived at many, many months ago, but hey, credit where it's due.
www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson...
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What do Trump and Hegseth’s inflammatory speeches to military generals signal? | Moira Donegan
What do Trump and Hegseth’s inflammatory speeches to military generals signal? | Moira Donegan
The Trump administration evidently seeks to transform the US military into a partisan tool of the president’s regime
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
What do Trump and Hegseth’s inflammatory speeches to military generals signal? | Moira Donegan
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Hey Canada, Trump brought up his whole “Canada should be the 51st State” again today, for the first time in a while, to a room full of all the top-ranked military leaders in the United States.
I’m sure that’s a coincidence. Right?
I’m sure that’s a coincidence. Right?
October 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Hey Canada, Trump brought up his whole “Canada should be the 51st State” again today, for the first time in a while, to a room full of all the top-ranked military leaders in the United States.
I’m sure that’s a coincidence. Right?
I’m sure that’s a coincidence. Right?
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Exploring the past, present, and future of Canadian sovereignty in a changing world. Join us on October 28 at Rogers presents The Walrus Talks Sovereign Canada.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walru...
Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walru...
September 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Exploring the past, present, and future of Canadian sovereignty in a changing world. Join us on October 28 at Rogers presents The Walrus Talks Sovereign Canada.
Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walru...
Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walru...
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#EpigraphyTuesday 🏺
First known mention of #Roman Londoners - Londiniensium - on late 2nd/early 3rd C AD Turkish marble tablet of Tiberinius Celeranius a trader from Beauvais.
From important Tabard Square site in #Southwark excavated by @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social
In new London Museum expected 2026
First known mention of #Roman Londoners - Londiniensium - on late 2nd/early 3rd C AD Turkish marble tablet of Tiberinius Celeranius a trader from Beauvais.
From important Tabard Square site in #Southwark excavated by @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social
In new London Museum expected 2026
![Turkish marble tablet with Latin text, translated as:
To the spirits of the Emperors and to the god Mars Camulus, Tiberinius Celeranius, Citizen of the Bellovaci, Mortix of the people of London, first...[set up this monument].
Mars was an important god of place in Rheims, near Beauvais (Bellovaci). A mortix was a position related to trading or shipping.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gxh2f6hbu7q7qoydsjply6md/bafkreib6vzgsvjt46t23eswgpjqossbddpoupcxktz2zo77jauumrffh44@jpeg)
September 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
#EpigraphyTuesday 🏺
First known mention of #Roman Londoners - Londiniensium - on late 2nd/early 3rd C AD Turkish marble tablet of Tiberinius Celeranius a trader from Beauvais.
From important Tabard Square site in #Southwark excavated by @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social
In new London Museum expected 2026
First known mention of #Roman Londoners - Londiniensium - on late 2nd/early 3rd C AD Turkish marble tablet of Tiberinius Celeranius a trader from Beauvais.
From important Tabard Square site in #Southwark excavated by @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social
In new London Museum expected 2026
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Excited to be showing a number of new framed prints at an art show this weekend, including this one titled “Homeward Dove”.
#artphotography #classicmono #bnw #montreal #leonardcohen
#artphotography #classicmono #bnw #montreal #leonardcohen
September 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Excited to be showing a number of new framed prints at an art show this weekend, including this one titled “Homeward Dove”.
#artphotography #classicmono #bnw #montreal #leonardcohen
#artphotography #classicmono #bnw #montreal #leonardcohen
"The historical archaism of British government is ingrained. [...] Debates are ill-attended and pointless. Select committees are lacking in authority. The House of Lords is virtually immune to reform."
Good to know that Canada is immune to all this. Right? Right?
Good to know that Canada is immune to all this. Right? Right?
Trump’s visit revealed a stark truth: Britain feels more than ever like a country stuck in the past | Simon Jenkins
The pageantry highlighted the fact that we have no vision for our future, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"The historical archaism of British government is ingrained. [...] Debates are ill-attended and pointless. Select committees are lacking in authority. The House of Lords is virtually immune to reform."
Good to know that Canada is immune to all this. Right? Right?
Good to know that Canada is immune to all this. Right? Right?
I'm still processing the last two weeks, which consisted of a bookmaking workshop in Cardiff, followed by my MA Doc Photo degree show in Bethnal Green, London.
I plan to rework my book ("The Ottawa Bubble," on the writing desk) as a print-on-demand item to help keep its costs... democratic.
I plan to rework my book ("The Ottawa Bubble," on the writing desk) as a print-on-demand item to help keep its costs... democratic.
September 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I'm still processing the last two weeks, which consisted of a bookmaking workshop in Cardiff, followed by my MA Doc Photo degree show in Bethnal Green, London.
I plan to rework my book ("The Ottawa Bubble," on the writing desk) as a print-on-demand item to help keep its costs... democratic.
I plan to rework my book ("The Ottawa Bubble," on the writing desk) as a print-on-demand item to help keep its costs... democratic.
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Senator Danièle Henkel: By finally opening the government procurement door for small businesses, we’re choosing a country that’s fairer, bolder and truer to its potential.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
Government procurement should reflect Canada's real wealth: its SMEs
Behind every small business, are people who take risks, innovate and create jobs in our communities. By finally opening the government procurement door for them, we’re choosing a country that’s…
www.hilltimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Senator Danièle Henkel: By finally opening the government procurement door for small businesses, we’re choosing a country that’s fairer, bolder and truer to its potential.
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
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Somberness Sunlit
Emily Carr
1938-40
Emily Carr
1938-40
September 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Somberness Sunlit
Emily Carr
1938-40
Emily Carr
1938-40
Very proud to be showing work at the Four Corners Gallery in London, along with the other members of my MA in Doc Photo cohort.
I will follow up with some posts of my own work, a project on the state of Canada's House of Commons.
I will follow up with some posts of my own work, a project on the state of Canada's House of Commons.
September 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Very proud to be showing work at the Four Corners Gallery in London, along with the other members of my MA in Doc Photo cohort.
I will follow up with some posts of my own work, a project on the state of Canada's House of Commons.
I will follow up with some posts of my own work, a project on the state of Canada's House of Commons.
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“I like risk. I couldn’t take the same pictures over and over again. If it’s not challenging, it’s probably not good.”
- Sally Mann
To me she has no equal. Without doubt she continues to be the biggest influence on me and my work. No-one else has come close.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
- Sally Mann
To me she has no equal. Without doubt she continues to be the biggest influence on me and my work. No-one else has come close.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘I never hold back’: Sally Mann on her controversial family photos and becoming a writer
The celebrated US photographer was catapulted into America’s culture wars with her photobook Immediate Family. Now she’s written a book of ‘how not-to’ advice for artists
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“I like risk. I couldn’t take the same pictures over and over again. If it’s not challenging, it’s probably not good.”
- Sally Mann
To me she has no equal. Without doubt she continues to be the biggest influence on me and my work. No-one else has come close.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
- Sally Mann
To me she has no equal. Without doubt she continues to be the biggest influence on me and my work. No-one else has come close.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...