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Saturday Poetry – The Soldier – Rupert Brooke
This weeks Saturday Poetry, matched with mobile photography/art is entitled ‘The Soldier’ by Rupert Brooke. ‘During the First World War, Brooke joined the British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and died of an infection in 1915 en route to Gallipoli. The most famous lines from his poem The Soldier are often read in remembrance of those who die far from home fighting for their country, suggesting that soldiers take a part of their home nation with them to the grave’. The Telegraph Source: The Telegraph and English Verse I have matched @Sunflowerof21 – Elaine Taylor’s image with this poem. You can view and follow her on Instagram here. To view the others…
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Periscope – ‘The Latest Darling of the Technology Industry’ – The Telegraph
Kayvon Beykpour, founder and CEO of Periscope speaks his mind with Sophie Curtis of The Telegraph. In this interview, Beykpour discusses his aspirations for the app, that Twitter purchased for around $100 million (£67m) in March 2015. Read more here.
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Stephen Fry meets up with Jony Ive and Tim Cook and laments his words to Steve Jobs
The Telegraph have published an exclusive conversation between Stephen Fry, Jony Ive and Tim Cook. It’s a poignant read and towards the end Fry reveals his regret of speaking out to Steve Jobs. Fry says, “I stood last week at the entrance to 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, the coolest address in the universe, remembering the time I had gone inside and managed to annoy Steve Jobs. For me that man was Willy Wonka and every time I went to Cupertino I was Charlie visiting the Chocolate Factory. I don’t mind saying that there was no one alive in the world I admired more and no one I wanted to rile…
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Photo Competition – Photographer of Style – Instagram competition
To celebrate this autumn’s V&A exhibition “Horst: Photographer of Style”, The Telegraph newspaper want you to take inspiration from Horst’s iconic photos, become a Horst muse or recreate the composition, light and elegance of the master photographer. Simply upload your photo to Instagram with the hashtag #MyHorstPhoto for your chance to win return tickets to Paris, exclusive bespoke framing of your winning photo and other exhibition goodies. Need some inspiration? Browse the V&A’s dedicated Horst Pinterest board, their online picture gallery or visit the exhibition from 6 September 2014. How it Works Follow @vamuseum and @telegraphtelephoto on Instagram. Take a Horst inspired photo and upload to Instagram with the hashtag…
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Tickle Your Fancy – #28
Welcome back to our twenty eighth post in our new section ‘Tickle Your Fancy’. ‘Tickle Your Fancy’ includes a round-up of five links to articles from around the internet that have specifically interested us during the course of the week. Ones that we feel are relevant to your interest in photography and art. Just to explain the title for this section ‘Tickle Your Fancy’ is an English idiom and essentially means that something appeals to you and perhaps stimulates your imagination in an enthusiastic way, we felt it would make a great title for this new section of the site. We hope you enjoy this weeks’ selections… Should Photography…
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The Telegraph Joins Up With Color iOS App For Royal Wedding Coverage
The Telegraph has joined forces with Color to bring together live eye-witness photos of the royal wedding and the celebrations going on across the country, effectively creating a snapshot of Britain on the 29th of April 2011. Color is a free iPhone application that allows people to capture and instantly share photos, video, and text. To celebrate the royal wedding, The Telegraph and Color will provide a live stream of photos taken using Color anywhere in Britain. From street parties in the Highlands to the royal procession on the Mall, all photos will be displayed as a mosaic of images on telegraph.co.uk/color and http://www.color.com/royalwedding, alongside live video coverage of…
