Marianne Dissard
@mariannedissard.com
•photographer•author•chanteuse of desert noir art rock ditties•left her home in Tucson Arizona for a dreamboat in England•drifted to Leadhills Scotland•MA Art&Politics Goldsmiths '27
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Marianne Dissard
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· Apr 19
`SOS Country’ new 2025 documentary series. American landscapes from Amtrak long-haul trains. Limited-edition postcards for sale (links in bio). #photography #documentaryphotography #leica #photographer
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October 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Starving for "fearless independent journalism" on arts
'n' politics? Check out what this collective of ex- @theguardian.com /Observer journalists are cooking up at @thenerve.news : www.thenerve.news/about-us
'n' politics? Check out what this collective of ex- @theguardian.com /Observer journalists are cooking up at @thenerve.news : www.thenerve.news/about-us
'SOS Country’ 2025-2026 photo documentary series. American landscapes from Amtrak long-haul trains. US-Mexico border wall, approaching El Paso, Texas on Sunset Limited Amtrak route eastbound to New Orleans. 2025.01 #photography #documentaryphotography #leica #photographer
September 8, 2025 at 5:50 AM
'SOS Country’ 2025-2026 photo documentary series. American landscapes from Amtrak long-haul trains. US-Mexico border wall, approaching El Paso, Texas on Sunset Limited Amtrak route eastbound to New Orleans. 2025.01 #photography #documentaryphotography #leica #photographer
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It's #BandcampFriday once again! The perfect time to spend a couple of quid on our weird music.
lunatraktors.bandcamp.com
lunatraktors.bandcamp.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
It's #BandcampFriday once again! The perfect time to spend a couple of quid on our weird music.
lunatraktors.bandcamp.com
lunatraktors.bandcamp.com
Always happy to visit my rock farmers pals, The Inspector Cluzo, in their organic French farm: corn, wheat, grey Gascon geese and hens, Landes turkeys, trad. sheep. Learn about their agro-ecology and their 11th album recorded in Nashville by maestro Vance Powell theinspectorcluzo.com/en/lou-casse...
August 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Always happy to visit my rock farmers pals, The Inspector Cluzo, in their organic French farm: corn, wheat, grey Gascon geese and hens, Landes turkeys, trad. sheep. Learn about their agro-ecology and their 11th album recorded in Nashville by maestro Vance Powell theinspectorcluzo.com/en/lou-casse...
I'm going back to school! Starting next month at Goldsmiths in London, Master degree in Art & Politics over two years. Fun heady times ahead... What spoil! What luxury! Excited. www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-art-po...
MA Art & Politics
The MA Art & Politics degree at Goldsmiths, University of London explores connections between art and politics and art's potential in times of crisis.
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August 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'm going back to school! Starting next month at Goldsmiths in London, Master degree in Art & Politics over two years. Fun heady times ahead... What spoil! What luxury! Excited. www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-art-po...
Celebrating the release of 'I Do Know Some Things', much-anticipated new book by titan of American poetry, Tucsonan
@richard-siken.bsky.social (& remembering our lil' 2014 collab': my music, his magic= youtu.be/3xZALSxaLVM?... ). Order Richard's masterpiece www.coppercanyonpress.org uk.bookshop.org
@richard-siken.bsky.social (& remembering our lil' 2014 collab': my music, his magic= youtu.be/3xZALSxaLVM?... ). Order Richard's masterpiece www.coppercanyonpress.org uk.bookshop.org
Richard Siken - The Way The Light Reflects (music Marianne Dissard)
YouTube video by Marianne Dissard
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August 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Celebrating the release of 'I Do Know Some Things', much-anticipated new book by titan of American poetry, Tucsonan
@richard-siken.bsky.social (& remembering our lil' 2014 collab': my music, his magic= youtu.be/3xZALSxaLVM?... ). Order Richard's masterpiece www.coppercanyonpress.org uk.bookshop.org
@richard-siken.bsky.social (& remembering our lil' 2014 collab': my music, his magic= youtu.be/3xZALSxaLVM?... ). Order Richard's masterpiece www.coppercanyonpress.org uk.bookshop.org
Back in them salad days... Music video 'The One and Only' from my album 'L'abandon'. A song about Tucson featuring Ed Keeylocko's Cowtown Keeylocko, Day of the Dead Procession, train tracks across Southern Arizona... Album here: mariannedissard.bandcamp.com/album/laband...
youtu.be/jbHcICO-1o0?...
youtu.be/jbHcICO-1o0?...
Official Music Video - 'The One And Only' - Marianne Dissard - Album "L'Abandon" (2011)
YouTube video by Marianne Dissard
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July 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Back in them salad days... Music video 'The One and Only' from my album 'L'abandon'. A song about Tucson featuring Ed Keeylocko's Cowtown Keeylocko, Day of the Dead Procession, train tracks across Southern Arizona... Album here: mariannedissard.bandcamp.com/album/laband...
youtu.be/jbHcICO-1o0?...
youtu.be/jbHcICO-1o0?...
Reposted by Marianne Dissard
Next week the UK government is moving to ban Palestine Action under anti-terror laws.
5 things that could put you at risk of a terrorism charge ⬇️ 🧵
5 things that could put you at risk of a terrorism charge ⬇️ 🧵
June 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Next week the UK government is moving to ban Palestine Action under anti-terror laws.
5 things that could put you at risk of a terrorism charge ⬇️ 🧵
5 things that could put you at risk of a terrorism charge ⬇️ 🧵
#glasgow, don't sleep on this fantastic rare #livemusic show! This Monday at Stereo. Minneapolis-born Istanbul-based hip-hop artist with eight critically-acclaimed albums, community leader, outspoken social justice messager #BrotherAli www.stereocafebar.com/events/2025-... @thelistuk.bsky.social
Brother Ali at Stereo, Glasgow on 23 Jun 2025
Brother Ali at Stereo, Glasgow
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June 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
#glasgow, don't sleep on this fantastic rare #livemusic show! This Monday at Stereo. Minneapolis-born Istanbul-based hip-hop artist with eight critically-acclaimed albums, community leader, outspoken social justice messager #BrotherAli www.stereocafebar.com/events/2025-... @thelistuk.bsky.social
Selfie (2021) from 'On a Good Day You Can See France' documentary series made between Oct. 2020-May 2021, aka 'The Year Christmas Was Cancelled'. Available in two sizes FujiFlex limited-edition C-type prints. #Ramsgate harbour, looking back to Jacob's Ladder. #photography #documentaryphotography
June 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Selfie (2021) from 'On a Good Day You Can See France' documentary series made between Oct. 2020-May 2021, aka 'The Year Christmas Was Cancelled'. Available in two sizes FujiFlex limited-edition C-type prints. #Ramsgate harbour, looking back to Jacob's Ladder. #photography #documentaryphotography
Back in them salad days... My third Tucson studio album 'The Cat. Not Me', composed by Sergio Mendoza (Calexico), featuring Thøger Lund (Giant Sand), Mickey Raphael (Willie Nelson). Joe Mabbott mixed in Minneapolis. UK maestro John Dent mastered mariannedissard.bandcamp.com/album/the-ca... #musicsky
June 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Back in them salad days... My third Tucson studio album 'The Cat. Not Me', composed by Sergio Mendoza (Calexico), featuring Thøger Lund (Giant Sand), Mickey Raphael (Willie Nelson). Joe Mabbott mixed in Minneapolis. UK maestro John Dent mastered mariannedissard.bandcamp.com/album/the-ca... #musicsky
Back in them salad days... 1989 Managua, Nicaragua. Shot on slide film. I traveled from the 10th anniversary celebration of the Sandinista revolution in the capital city to the border with Honduras and a small village twinned with Tucson, Arizona. #photography #nicaragua #documentaryphotography
June 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Back in them salad days... 1989 Managua, Nicaragua. Shot on slide film. I traveled from the 10th anniversary celebration of the Sandinista revolution in the capital city to the border with Honduras and a small village twinned with Tucson, Arizona. #photography #nicaragua #documentaryphotography
`SOS COUNTRY' (2025). New documentary series of American landscapes made exclusively from long-haul Amtrak trains. Photobook/exhibition in-progress but *very* limited-edition postcards already available to buy mariannedissard.bandcamp.com/merch/set-of...
#photography #documentaryphotography #leica
#photography #documentaryphotography #leica
June 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
`SOS COUNTRY' (2025). New documentary series of American landscapes made exclusively from long-haul Amtrak trains. Photobook/exhibition in-progress but *very* limited-edition postcards already available to buy mariannedissard.bandcamp.com/merch/set-of...
#photography #documentaryphotography #leica
#photography #documentaryphotography #leica
`SOS COUNTRY' (2025). New documentary series of American landscapes made exclusively from long-haul trains on 4-month Amtrak journey. Work-in-progress but very limited-edition postcards are avail. (link in bio). Funded in part by @creativescots.bsky.social #photography #documentaryphotography #leica
June 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
`SOS COUNTRY' (2025). New documentary series of American landscapes made exclusively from long-haul trains on 4-month Amtrak journey. Work-in-progress but very limited-edition postcards are avail. (link in bio). Funded in part by @creativescots.bsky.social #photography #documentaryphotography #leica
Back in them salad days... My first #Tucson album, produced & composed by Joey Burns #calexico featuring John Convertino, Naïm Amor, Rob Burger, Mickey Raphael (Willie Nelson), Sammy Decoster. French desert Americana? Buy signed CD or cassette: mariannedissard.bandcamp.com/album/lentre... #musicsky
June 2, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Back in them salad days... My first #Tucson album, produced & composed by Joey Burns #calexico featuring John Convertino, Naïm Amor, Rob Burger, Mickey Raphael (Willie Nelson), Sammy Decoster. French desert Americana? Buy signed CD or cassette: mariannedissard.bandcamp.com/album/lentre... #musicsky
Recent #photography series Knightsbridge, London (2022-2023) #monochrom Leica w/ 50mm lens. Series used as background projection material for my touring stage production 'Souvenir of England' + 2023 public street installation Ramsgate Festival of Sound. Photobook next www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MNg...
May 21, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Recent #photography series Knightsbridge, London (2022-2023) #monochrom Leica w/ 50mm lens. Series used as background projection material for my touring stage production 'Souvenir of England' + 2023 public street installation Ramsgate Festival of Sound. Photobook next www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MNg...
2023 covers album Rappel*le mariannedissard.bandcamp.com/album/rappel... Phil Ochs Janis Ian Steely Dan Ritchie Valens Bobbie Gentry Townes Van Zandt War Adriano Celentano Carly Simon Recorded in Tucson/UK w/ Terry Edwards @naimamor.bsky.social @raphaelmann.bsky.social Matt Mitchell #musicsky #music
May 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
2023 covers album Rappel*le mariannedissard.bandcamp.com/album/rappel... Phil Ochs Janis Ian Steely Dan Ritchie Valens Bobbie Gentry Townes Van Zandt War Adriano Celentano Carly Simon Recorded in Tucson/UK w/ Terry Edwards @naimamor.bsky.social @raphaelmann.bsky.social Matt Mitchell #musicsky #music
Back in them salad days... For my 2015 Best Of CD compilation album 'Cibola Gold', I asked Garry Winogrand's heirs if they'd let me use a favorite 1964 photograph Winogrand made at White Sands, New Mexico. Here are three mockups I designed. Final pick is the two children playing in dune #photography
May 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Back in them salad days... For my 2015 Best Of CD compilation album 'Cibola Gold', I asked Garry Winogrand's heirs if they'd let me use a favorite 1964 photograph Winogrand made at White Sands, New Mexico. Here are three mockups I designed. Final pick is the two children playing in dune #photography
Back in them salad days... My second studio album, L'abandon (2010), recorded in my then-hometown of Tucson, Arizona. I wrote lyrics, Christian Ravaglioli music, BK-One co-produced. W/ Thøger Lund (Giant Sand) Luke Doucet Arthur Vint mariannedissard.bandcamp.com/album/laband... #musicsky #desertnoir
May 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Back in them salad days... My second studio album, L'abandon (2010), recorded in my then-hometown of Tucson, Arizona. I wrote lyrics, Christian Ravaglioli music, BK-One co-produced. W/ Thøger Lund (Giant Sand) Luke Doucet Arthur Vint mariannedissard.bandcamp.com/album/laband... #musicsky #desertnoir
`SOS Country’ 2025 documentary photography series. American landscapes from long-haul Amtrak trains. Limited-edition preview postcards for sale now: mariannedissard.bandcamp.com/merch/set-of... #photography #documentaryphotography #leica #photographer #amtrak #chicago #leicamonochrom
May 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
`SOS Country’ 2025 documentary photography series. American landscapes from long-haul Amtrak trains. Limited-edition preview postcards for sale now: mariannedissard.bandcamp.com/merch/set-of... #photography #documentaryphotography #leica #photographer #amtrak #chicago #leicamonochrom
Deep-cut 2022 track recorded w/ Andy Alston (Del Amitri) the year I moved to Glasgow. soundcloud.com/andy-alston/... "The auld alliance between France & Scotland rarely sounded so achingly addictive"(G.Paterson). Portrait of Andy by me at James Kirk's wedding.
#delamitri #glasgow #music #photography
#delamitri #glasgow #music #photography
May 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Deep-cut 2022 track recorded w/ Andy Alston (Del Amitri) the year I moved to Glasgow. soundcloud.com/andy-alston/... "The auld alliance between France & Scotland rarely sounded so achingly addictive"(G.Paterson). Portrait of Andy by me at James Kirk's wedding.
#delamitri #glasgow #music #photography
#delamitri #glasgow #music #photography
Back in them salad days... My 2019 memoir 'Not Me'. Improbably funny, brutally honest. "Keen observations, wit, and pathos", says Mitch Cullin (A Slight Trick of the Mind + Tideland) BUY HERE : www.mariannedissard.com/books/memoir... #memoir #booksky #writerscommunity #eatingdisorder #mentalhealth
May 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Back in them salad days... My 2019 memoir 'Not Me'. Improbably funny, brutally honest. "Keen observations, wit, and pathos", says Mitch Cullin (A Slight Trick of the Mind + Tideland) BUY HERE : www.mariannedissard.com/books/memoir... #memoir #booksky #writerscommunity #eatingdisorder #mentalhealth
Just out! Podcast interview by Neil Saint (2RRR Sydney, AU) about my stage production 'Souvenir of England' and its soundtrack album w/ @raphaelmann.bsky.social Listen here:
www.mixcloud.com/FrenchSpurs1... Inspired by Joanna Hogg's 2019 'The Souvenir, Pt.1', w/ #photography of Knightsbridge by me.
www.mixcloud.com/FrenchSpurs1... Inspired by Joanna Hogg's 2019 'The Souvenir, Pt.1', w/ #photography of Knightsbridge by me.
R1187 - Souvenir Of England Featuring Marianne Dissard & Raphael Mann
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May 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Just out! Podcast interview by Neil Saint (2RRR Sydney, AU) about my stage production 'Souvenir of England' and its soundtrack album w/ @raphaelmann.bsky.social Listen here:
www.mixcloud.com/FrenchSpurs1... Inspired by Joanna Hogg's 2019 'The Souvenir, Pt.1', w/ #photography of Knightsbridge by me.
www.mixcloud.com/FrenchSpurs1... Inspired by Joanna Hogg's 2019 'The Souvenir, Pt.1', w/ #photography of Knightsbridge by me.
‘Doris’ Ramsgate, England 2021. Named for her uncanny resemblance to Boris. Street series ‘On a Good Day You Can See France’ : touring exhibition, site-specific installation, photobook, limited-edition C-type prints w/ part funding from Creative Scotland #streetphotography #photography #ramsgate
May 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
‘Doris’ Ramsgate, England 2021. Named for her uncanny resemblance to Boris. Street series ‘On a Good Day You Can See France’ : touring exhibition, site-specific installation, photobook, limited-edition C-type prints w/ part funding from Creative Scotland #streetphotography #photography #ramsgate
Back in them salad days… Drunken Bees, 1994 #GiantSand documentary directed by yours truly. Featuring Howe Gelb, soon-to-become #Calexico Joey Burns & John Convertino, Victoria Williams, Rainer... #Tucson #blueskymusic #americana #desertrock time capsule! mariannedissard.bandcamp.com/merch/drunke...
April 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Back in them salad days… Drunken Bees, 1994 #GiantSand documentary directed by yours truly. Featuring Howe Gelb, soon-to-become #Calexico Joey Burns & John Convertino, Victoria Williams, Rainer... #Tucson #blueskymusic #americana #desertrock time capsule! mariannedissard.bandcamp.com/merch/drunke...