Focus on Photos

Excellent presentation from the Cultural Learning Alliance:

Why study arts? Artsmark Celebration event, Tuesday 11 February 2014

We are very proud to reveal our new look website which showcases some wonderful photos taken by children during our competitions! Take a look and let us know what you think - we are looking forward to hearing from you!
http://focusonphotos.co.uk

Focus on Photos Photography Competitions for Schools

As I am off to see the tower with my son in a couple of weeks I am excited to see this old picture from National Geographic's archives!

Objects are dropped from the Leaning Tower of Pisa in this image from November 1974. (Photo by Luis Marden, National Geographic)

Explore more photos from National Geographic's archives on FOUND: http://natgeofound.tumblr.com/

Beautiful pictures by Bernado Cesare - polarised light photomicrography - He says "My main subjects are small pieces of stones, even the most ordinary, that are sliced down to a 0.03-mm thickness and looked through with polarized light."

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Ocean Jasper Lovers:

A new selection of images has been uploaded at:
http://bernardo-cesare.artistwebsites.com/art/all/ocean+jasper/all

Wandering River Photography and Videography is often in my neck of the woods and captures some of the beauty I see every day.

After a second visit to Bawdsey, I feel compelled to calibrate the spot as 'spiffing'... The sky is enormous, the sound of the sea so invigorating and the old groynes, even in their broken-down state look like sentinels..

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Here at Focus on Photos we are getting excited for the launch of our new look website. The new site showcases loads of fantastic pics by kids from our competitions! Watch this space!

Forty-Fifth Anniversary of 'Earthrise' Image Forty-five years ago, in December of 1968, the Apollo 8 crew flew from the Earth to the Moon and back again. Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders were launched atop a Saturn V rocket on Dec. 21, circled the Moon ten times in their command module, and returned to Earth on Dec. 27. The Apoll...

Give up your camera/smartphone to your kids for a little while over this holiday season and then send their best/most original/funniest pics to [email protected]. Our favourites will be featured on our fb page and will win the photographers a Focus on Photos Badge!

The National Campaign for the Arts (NCA) wants to start a debate about the "whole way the arts are funded" and has some stats to get that conversation started.

Arts Index 2013: download your copy From cultural participation to philanthropic giving, our NCA arts health check offers a mixed picture, says Samuel West

Christmas themed photos - get your kids to send in their Christmas/holiday themed photos. Send them to [email protected]. All our favourites will be featured on our fb page and will receive a FOCUS badge!

Daily photo prize to be launched by Instagram along with an online virtual gallery - sounds interesting!

First Instagramers Gallery opens in Miami MIAMI, Dec 14 — The first-ever Instagramers Gallery has opened its doors in Miami, in a move the social media site hopes to repeat in strategic cities all over the world. Located in the city’s art district, the site displays photography in

"though the ... photo can be viewed for decades, the moment in which it was made remains a ghost—an apparition that quickly vanishes into the past. But such is the beauty of photography, the quest to preserve a moment in time and to tell a story with each frame."

Brian Skerry Finds the "Afghan Girl" Dolphin I often think of my work as a collection of moments in the sea. The wildlife photographs I make are the result of firing the shutter at a precise instant when an animal is captured in a blend of li...