Bud Parr
@budparr.me
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Between the Lens & Me: A journal of photography and it’s literature
https://www.between-the-lens.me/
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https://glass.photo/budparr
Between the Lens & Me: A journal of photography and it’s literature
https://www.between-the-lens.me/
https://letterboxd.com/budparr
https://glass.photo/budparr
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· May 18
“It takes more of a Photographer to use Less of a Camera”
On focusing a rangefinder
www.between-the-lens.me
”It takes more a photographer to use less of a camera” - I collected some thoughts and resources on manual focusing with a #rangefinder.
#photography #leica
#photography #leica
Worth your time, even though the "how to fix it" part seems quite distant!
The “Ensh*ttification” of the Internet and How to Fix It | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Worth your time, even though the "how to fix it" part seems quite distant!
Wow, some great #photography exhibits at ICP this fall, following up on the amazing Burtynsky exhibit.
www.icp.org/exhibitions
www.icp.org/exhibitions
Photography Exhibitions in NYC | ICP
www.icp.org
October 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Wow, some great #photography exhibits at ICP this fall, following up on the amazing Burtynsky exhibit.
www.icp.org/exhibitions
www.icp.org/exhibitions
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“I never prepare my self-portraits; it’s something that happens in the moment, usually when I’m in a bit of a crisis” Graciela Iturbide. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Photographer Graciela Iturbide: ‘Working with my heart is the only rule – nothing else’
The revered 83-year-old Mexican photographer talks about her groundbreaking career as she received her first ever retrospective in New York
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
“I never prepare my self-portraits; it’s something that happens in the moment, usually when I’m in a bit of a crisis” Graciela Iturbide. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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You need to see this:
“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
You need to see this:
“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
Read his books! www.ndbooks.com/author/laszl...
László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025
László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025
The author was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm
• Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’
The Nobel prize in literature for 2025 has been awarded to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, the Swedish Academy has announced.
The Academy cited the 71-year-old’s “compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Read his books! www.ndbooks.com/author/laszl...
I think out of the ashes of this horrific period we will see arise some true leaders and she may very well be one of them.
October 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I think out of the ashes of this horrific period we will see arise some true leaders and she may very well be one of them.
Reposted by Bud Parr
Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?
September 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?
I saw this exhibition and it is profound. If possible, see it in person so you can take in the scale of these images
Photography at the edge of catastrophe
www.documentjournal.com/2025/09/phot...
www.documentjournal.com/2025/09/phot...
Photography at the edge of catastrophe
Collectible but Not Consumeristic
www.documentjournal.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I saw this exhibition and it is profound. If possible, see it in person so you can take in the scale of these images
Unnoticed…
A federal judge blocked the hasty deportation of hundreds of Guatemalan children, saying the Trump admin had misleadingly presented its actions as a ‘reunification’ effort. Judge Kelly, a Trump appointee, said the govt relied on false pretexts that “crumbled like a house of cards“
A federal judge blocked the hasty deportation of hundreds of Guatemalan children, saying the Trump admin had misleadingly presented its actions as a ‘reunification’ effort. Judge Kelly, a Trump appointee, said the govt relied on false pretexts that “crumbled like a house of cards“
September 19, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unnoticed…
A federal judge blocked the hasty deportation of hundreds of Guatemalan children, saying the Trump admin had misleadingly presented its actions as a ‘reunification’ effort. Judge Kelly, a Trump appointee, said the govt relied on false pretexts that “crumbled like a house of cards“
A federal judge blocked the hasty deportation of hundreds of Guatemalan children, saying the Trump admin had misleadingly presented its actions as a ‘reunification’ effort. Judge Kelly, a Trump appointee, said the govt relied on false pretexts that “crumbled like a house of cards“
The Classroom and the Crowd is about the wonderful community Al Filreis has created for anyone to study poetry along with others and led by a smart group of students. It's a great experience and I'm looking forward to the book of Al's reflections.
cup.columbia.edu/book/the-cla...
cup.columbia.edu/book/the-cla...
The Classroom and the Crowd | Columbia University Press
For more than a decade, Al Filreis has taught a free online course about experimental poetry, known as “ModPo,” that has drawn some 435,000 students from... | CUP
cup.columbia.edu
September 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Classroom and the Crowd is about the wonderful community Al Filreis has created for anyone to study poetry along with others and led by a smart group of students. It's a great experience and I'm looking forward to the book of Al's reflections.
cup.columbia.edu/book/the-cla...
cup.columbia.edu/book/the-cla...
Reposted by Bud Parr
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
You are being monitored. Yes, you…
On social media monitoring on all of us:
On social media monitoring on all of us:
How ICE Spies On American Citizens | Incognito Mode | WIRED
YouTube video by WIRED
youtu.be
August 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
You are being monitored. Yes, you…
On social media monitoring on all of us:
On social media monitoring on all of us:
Though, these AI waters have unpredictable undercurrents!
I just deleted my Perplexity account:
I just deleted my Perplexity account:
August 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Though, these AI waters have unpredictable undercurrents!
I just deleted my Perplexity account:
I just deleted my Perplexity account:
@ghost.org publications are now connected with an open network. People can discover, follow, like and reply to your posts across Bluesky, Flipboard, Threads, Mastodon, WordPress, Ghost, and any other social web platform. Distribution is now built-in.
Ghost 6.0
Networked publishing, native analytics, and $100M earned by indie publishers
ghost.org
August 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
@ghost.org publications are now connected with an open network. People can discover, follow, like and reply to your posts across Bluesky, Flipboard, Threads, Mastodon, WordPress, Ghost, and any other social web platform. Distribution is now built-in.
Latest issue of @noemamag.com:
“As politicized cultural battles and the churning geopolitical economy further unfold, a paradigm shift of a significance similar to planetary awareness is taking place that will redefine what it means to be human.”
(Actually, hard to find a quote that captures it)
“As politicized cultural battles and the churning geopolitical economy further unfold, a paradigm shift of a significance similar to planetary awareness is taking place that will redefine what it means to be human.”
(Actually, hard to find a quote that captures it)
Introducing Noema VI: Paradigm Shifts | NOEMA
Profound transformations occurring simultaneously mark our new Age of Upheaval.
www.noemamag.com
August 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Latest issue of @noemamag.com:
“As politicized cultural battles and the churning geopolitical economy further unfold, a paradigm shift of a significance similar to planetary awareness is taking place that will redefine what it means to be human.”
(Actually, hard to find a quote that captures it)
“As politicized cultural battles and the churning geopolitical economy further unfold, a paradigm shift of a significance similar to planetary awareness is taking place that will redefine what it means to be human.”
(Actually, hard to find a quote that captures it)
@ghost.org is an excellent alternative!
This, specifically, is why I actively recommend people avoid Substack, and why I won’t pay money to subscribe to newsletters hosted there. They promote Nazis and won’t stop.
The Substack app apparently push alert promoted a Nazi newsletter to several users. Users have complained about it on Substack Notes but the company hasn’t responded. Generally push alert promos are for content a user is likely to interact with
July 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
@ghost.org is an excellent alternative!
Reposted by Bud Parr
Remember, I pointed out two years ago that Substack made a specific, deliberate choice to say "we welcome Nazis."
www.techdirt.com/2023/12/26/s...
www.techdirt.com/2023/12/26/s...
July 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Remember, I pointed out two years ago that Substack made a specific, deliberate choice to say "we welcome Nazis."
www.techdirt.com/2023/12/26/s...
www.techdirt.com/2023/12/26/s...
I increasingly get my news from AI aggregators rather than socials or directly from sources. I value their topic-based approach where you see many sources on the same headline.
www.perplexity.ai/discover
(Perplexity also is coming out with a new browser)
www.newsminimalist.com
www.perplexity.ai/discover
(Perplexity also is coming out with a new browser)
www.newsminimalist.com
Perplexity Discover
Stay informed on the biggest stories happening around the world across tech, finance, sports, entertainment and more with Perplexity Discover.
www.perplexity.ai
July 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I increasingly get my news from AI aggregators rather than socials or directly from sources. I value their topic-based approach where you see many sources on the same headline.
www.perplexity.ai/discover
(Perplexity also is coming out with a new browser)
www.newsminimalist.com
www.perplexity.ai/discover
(Perplexity also is coming out with a new browser)
www.newsminimalist.com
Open letter to Nick Cave: Nope. This AI is still in the uncanny valley, lacks cohesion and gives me the sense of a shallow tribute to your great song.
Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #332- Is changing your mind about things a sign of weakness? Sometimes, it feels that way.
The reason I have such regard for the song ‘Tupelo’, and why we've performed it at nearly every Bad Seeds concert since it was first writt...
www.theredhandfiles.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Open letter to Nick Cave: Nope. This AI is still in the uncanny valley, lacks cohesion and gives me the sense of a shallow tribute to your great song.
So 70 million people in this country are okay with this? This is what they voted for? Watch the video. It’s sickening.
As if we needed any more video evidence that ICE and local law enforcement are enjoying hurting people and that part of the incentive is "a $30,000 bonus," but here it is. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
So 70 million people in this country are okay with this? This is what they voted for? Watch the video. It’s sickening.
I love the wall of books at Brooklyn’s Center for Fiction
July 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I love the wall of books at Brooklyn’s Center for Fiction
This film should not exist, in my opinion.
Francis Ford Coppola Teases a ‘Megalopolis’ Recut to Make the Film ‘More Weird’: I ‘Can Do Anything I Want’
Francis Ford Coppola teased a 'Megalopolis' recut to make the film 'more weird.'
www.indiewire.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This film should not exist, in my opinion.
Reposted by Bud Parr
July 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It’s worthwhile to read through the poll, and read it upside down (i.e. think about the numbers of people who approve or DON’T think there’s a threat, esp Reps). Every finding is outrageous!
maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/u-s-at...
maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/u-s-at...
July 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It’s worthwhile to read through the poll, and read it upside down (i.e. think about the numbers of people who approve or DON’T think there’s a threat, esp Reps). Every finding is outrageous!
maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/u-s-at...
maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/u-s-at...
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How to Reclaim Social Media from Big Tech
www.persuasion.community/p/how-to-rec...
www.persuasion.community/p/how-to-rec...
How to Reclaim Social Media from Big Tech
“Middleware” is an idea whose time has come.
www.persuasion.community
July 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
How to Reclaim Social Media from Big Tech
www.persuasion.community/p/how-to-rec...
www.persuasion.community/p/how-to-rec...