The photo influencers are tricking photographers to go to camera trade shows. It's quite amazing where we find ourselves.

Looking at all the wonderful photographs of of June Goodall. And knowing that I had the chance to photograph one night on a corporate assignment. It was a bar at one in the morning with no lighting on af all and they banned me from using flash. Fun being a jobbing photographer isn't it?

Fuck it, I'm watching Hackers.

Just marvelling at basic photographers who somehow have massive followings on Youtube and 1000s of paid members on Patreon. I swear to God, either the devil exists and people are selling their souls for success or Grays Sports Almanac exists... This fucking place

A short essay about friendship, photography, death and loss. open.substack.com/pub/synchrom...

I met an old friend who went to art college the same time as me 25 years ago. I was surprised to find he is a fan of Elon Musk, thought that it was good Trump had got rid of Stephen Colbert as Colbert was an 'asshole' and that Charlie Kirk was a moderate. 21st century England ladies and gents...

JA Mortram’s harsh, bleak portrait of life on the UK’s fringes www.huckmag.com/article/ja-m...

In memory of my cool friend Stefan, the original man on a sofa with chickens. His funeral is on Wednesday and he was my first and only muse. Every photographer have that one friend.... youtu.be/xwN5twHM33k

I'm on Substack! First post up! It's got it all: * Rik Mayall * Fighting at poetry recitals * Spelling substack.com/@synchromancy

Just had a shitty comment on my last video by a 20 year old alt-right YouTuber! Yep, Gen Z fascists! They exist now. What a world.

Bro?

How Slutty Little Glasses can restore the Liberal Democracies.... in five minutes. ;) youtu.be/M9NQvAyKQVQ

I saw some phony LUT grifting pro gamer / photographer post an advert on IG and it made me a little sick So I ripped off his layout and did it myself! I kept the text in the 2nd slide pretty much exactly the same 😘 I wonder what are the chances they'll see it? www.instagram.com/p/DOskFglDBF...

Delighted to inform you that Alan Moore is on tonight's BBC Front Row, discussing The Great When, psycho-geography, comics, fascism and the trouble with superheroes... 715pm Radio 4 or link after.. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

I used to think that people who ignored my emails were my betters, that I had no business to email them. But now after 25 years, when I know they know who I am, it shows me how weak they are.

At the far right 'Unite The Kingdom' protest today in London...

Trying to help a photojournalist friend whose in hard times. He's doing day labouring for money, but of course, he's photographing it on their phone! Amazing work. I said I'd look for some photo grants for him and can't find any he ticks the boxes for. Anyone know of anything?

Goddamn, the internet is weird. @garbageday.bsky.social www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-ki...

I'm doing an online talk for Open College of the Arts tonight Been a while since I did my "artist talk" so it's going to be fun Didn't end up buying more slutty little glasses after my eye test today, so the old ones will do P.s I do talks / workshops for Universities still. Tell your friends.

Logging into Facebook after a long time away to invite old friends to a friends funeral. This is the future of Facebook.

Todays Photo Project Review... Ozzy Vs Vikings! youtu.be/qaIoaElf1WQ

Dear Canon, why is it so hard to find the clog LUTs for editing video shot on your camera. Are you sadists? wtf is wrong with you? Every article leads to this page? www.usa.canon.com/support/p/eo... Where is it?

If someone works for a company for 25 years. And then they start getting sick and the company lays them off because of sick leave. And then they die at 44 a few weeks after being made redundant. Is there anything legally that can be done?

This is lovely. I totally forgot about the side quests!

@damonmakespictures.bsky.social I can't check my messages on blues sky it won't accept my credit card as proof I'm an adult! Email me? It's on my website edwardthompson.co.uk

Hey Sadists... Please stop emailing 'pay day offers' to freelancers. We see you. We feckin see you.

Pictures On My Mind viewers send in their mini photo projects! youtu.be/0VKOR7KSuVw?...

In honour of my friend Lewis Bush leaving Instagram this is what I would have just posted to him as a DM if he was still on there.

Gorge your faces on five new (ish) photo books and zines! youtu.be/7-e3gVZWg6o

Well ... yes. You just need to watch the film.

Perhaps, one day, schoolkids will study this squalid little chapter in British terror-panic history. When they do, I hope these two headlines from today are printed side by side, with clear annotation of which individual faced more outrage and condemnation.

Gaza’s journalists are talented, professional and dignified. That’s why Israel targets them | Nesrine Malik

I'm going to write a YouTube episode of how slutty little glasses can stop facism. My key argument is using sexiness to combat and reverse the current trend of anti-intellectualism. What do you think? Open to supporting arguments or your fave examples of slutty little glasses. I'll start

Maybe we could care less about what people do with their own genitals and more about why there are toddlers arms in plastic carrier bags in Gaza

Just being the villain in an Agatha Christie novel today... See you on a Greek beach ⛱️

BREAKING: London police arrested 150 demonstrators supporting the banned Palestine Action group.

THE GUARDIAN: ‘I must document everything’: the film about the Palestinian photographer killed by missiles in Gaza www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au... @theguardian.com ‪ ‪@julianborger.bsky.social‬ #photojournalism #journalism #photography‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

How I deal with bots....

Loving auto-AI generated replies on comments on Youtube... yep. AI still sucks:

Had a great time talking with Jim and Ed last night. Take a look if you care about why we make the work we do.

A wasteland of rubble, dust and graves: how Gaza looks from the sky

Last night me and Jim of @smalltowninertia.bsky.social chatted with @mredthompson.bsky.social about long form work and pretty much everything else. It’s long, very long, but I hope our ramblings are of interest to someone out there. Thanks for the invite Ed! youtu.be/Wv7dckaa5a8

A Threesome Photo Book chat with @smalltowninertia.bsky.social and @marcwilson.co.uk youtu.be/Wv7dckaa5a8