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Posts by Ben Roberts

When fiction blurs with reality…

4 Jan 2010 by Ben Roberts in Experience / Features Comments

I climbed the stairs from the station to the street into a world of neon and torrential rain, the streets still busy with pedestrians and food stalls…

Has the era of the “iconic image” passed?

15 Aug 2009 by Ben Roberts in Conversation Comments

Following a tweet from Magnum led me to a protest image from the 60’s by Paul Fusco. It set me to thinking about the current state of news photography….

How can I believe what I see, when the truth is a show?

31 Jul 2009 by Ben Roberts in Conversation Comments

Why would a photographer mislead his audience?

Raoul Gatepin – Hollywood Beckons

28 Jul 2009 by Ben Roberts in Tidbits Comments

A reminder from Raoul of just how complicated video can be.

Typology in the Public Domain

11 Jul 2009 by Ben Roberts in Seen Comments

Ben discovers the Lying Down Game (“the latest craze to take the north east”).

Mark Powell – Mexico XXI

3 Jun 2009 by Ben Roberts in Conversation / Don't Miss Comments

We talk to Mark Powell about his latest body of work: Mexico XXI.