In the podcast... The Territorial Army photo zine is released along with a few changes to future planned books. In the links we have stunning images of jazz greats in New York by Steve Schapiro, incredible images from World Cup 2026, Marilyn Monroe by Magnum photographers and the excellent new high definition digitised images by Frank Hurley of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance Expedition of 1915.

Richard Flint photography Website https://www.richardflintphoto.com

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Podcast Links

The new photo zine to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Territorial Army project

https://www.richardflintphoto.com/photography-books/photobook-territorial-army/

‘He’d lie down in front of the moving ship’: a fresh look at Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance expedition

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/jul/23/hed-lie-down-in-front-of-the-moving-ship-a-fresh-look-at-ernest-shackletons-endurance-expedition

Marilyn Monroe and Magnum

https://store.magnumphotos.com/pages/marilyn-monroe-and-magnum

Incredible images from World Cup 2026

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-59f97f17-4336-44e6-9cd5-b320e12c3d97

Steve Schapiro’s stunning images of jazz greats in New York – from Dizzy Gillespie to Elvin Jones.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/jun/04/itll-never-be-like-that-again-sonny-rollins-and-steve-schapiro-on-jazzs-golden-age-in-pictures

BONUS LINKS

Hermann Leonard Jazz Images at ICP

https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/herman-leonard

Shooting the Darkness. The photographs that defined the Troubles and what it cost the men who captured them to become photojournalists in their own home towns. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000pv77/shooting-the-darkness

In the Podcast: A couple of links to two blog posts i made about real photographs that were thought to be AI generated. Also in the main podcast links we have great images by Magnum's Raghu Rai, who died at the end of April, NASA images from moon flyby by Artemis II, Spheres of influence: the Bauhaus’s radical female photographers and a brilliantly presented photo essay by Thomas Dworzak looking at the new iron curtain along the border with Russia.For more details about the podcast and to view some of my photography go to richardflintphoto.com

Podcast Links

Spheres of influence: the Bauhaus’s radical female photographers

Border Link War - Photographs by Thomas Dworzak

Remembering Raghu Rai

Photos: NASA releases first images from moon flybyBlog Posts

https://richflintphoto.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-authenticity-war.html

https://richflintphoto.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-dogs-tale.html

In the podcast links for this belated February podgram, we have just links, but some great articles including Gordon Parks’ era-defining shots of segregation, Was it real, or AI? the tidal wave of AI photo slop engulfing coverage of the Iran war and Brad Rimmer photographs the faded glory of Western Australia’s wheatbelt halls... plus a few more links as a bonus.

Podcast Links

‘The camera is my weapon of choice’: Gordon Parks’ era-defining shots of segregation

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/mar/04/camera-weapon-gordon-parks-shots-segregation-martin-luther-king

A photo of Iran’s bombed schoolgirl graveyard went around the world. Was it real, or AI?

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/17/atrocity-ai-slop-verify-facts-iran-minab-graves

Brad Rimmer photographs the faded glory of Western Australia’s wheatbelt halls 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/gallery/2026/mar/09/brad-rimmer-photography-australia-wheatbelt

Who really took one of history’s most famous pictures? – podcast

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/mar/09/who-really-took-one-of-historys-most-famous-pictures-vietnam-war-podcast

BONUSHorizons and highways: Franco Fontana’s stunning photographic experiments

Furious row erupts over Madrid site of one of Robert Capa’s most important pictures

In the podcast,.. A small change of format for the pod, a Martin Parr exhibition starts on 6th February at the Photographer's Gallery in London and in the links we have some photography theory with John Berger, the winners of the World Sport photography awards and fantastic images by photographer Ed Kashi.

Podcast Links

Martin Parr exhibition - A Fair Day: Photographs from the West of Ireland 

https://website-tpgallery.artlogic.net/exhibitions/59-martin-parr-a-fair-day/overview/‘A front row seat to witness history’: Ed Kashi’s astonishing global images

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/jan/06/ed-kashi-astonishing-global-images-in-pictures

World Sports Photography Awards 2026 winners revealedhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2026/jan/17/world-sports-photography-awards-2026-winners-revealed-in-pictures

Tearing down our icons | Thoughts of a Bohemian blog

https://blog.melchersystem.com/tearing-down-our-icons/

Ways of Seeing TV series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgZCWewreKo&list=PL3WD7al24ZH6Z9ekfpE3q4n5TURYvYz3Thttps://www.ways-of-seeing.com/

Just a few thoughts about the recent death of the highly influential, and controversial to some, photographer Martin Parr.

Martin Parr, 1952 – 2025

https://www.1854.photography/2025/12/martin-parr-passing/

British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5m0mnvnvmo

The 1980s seaside snaps that sparked a controversy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gdx7r4w02o

In the podcast.... Some changes to the website store after a few months of database issues, some memories of The Two Towns project ten years after and discussing the upcoming book, and in the links there are two great articles from the Magnum website celebrating the life and photography of Chris Steele-Perkins who died in September of this year.

Podcast Links

Remembering Chris Steele-Perkins (1947–2025)

https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/remembering-chris-steele-perkins-1947-2025/

A Tribute to Chris

https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/a-tribute-to-chris/

So the scotland trip hits a snag... a dose of covid, flu or cold spoils the second week. The first week did have a trip to Culloden Moor Battlefield, though, and the slightly strange photo interactions by visitors.

In the podcast, the recently released photo zine 'Southerly Point' gets its own page on the website plus some hints for a photo book project in 2026.

In the links, there is excellent Vietnam war photography from the legendary Catherine Leroy, newspaper picture editors’ picks for Visa pour l’Image, northern lights over Scotland and a great collection of photography from Australia and New Zealand.Links mentioned in the Podcast

The Southerly Point photo zine website page

https://www.richardflintphoto.com/photobooks/photobook-southerly-point-the-mull-of-galloway/

One-way ticket to Vietnam: Catherine Leroy’s fearless war photography

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/aug/23/one-way-ticket-to-vietnam-catherine-leroys-fearless-war-photography-in-pictures

A deeper story: photography from Australia and New Zealandhttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/sep/02/a-deeper-story-photography-from-australia-and-new-zealand-in-pictures

Newspaper picture editors’ picks for Visa pour l’Image https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/sep/08/newspaper-picture-editors-picks-visa-pour-limage-in-pictures

In Pictures: The Northern Lights over Scotland

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czxwll89e79o

In the podcast: Southerly Point, a 44 page photozine featuring 40 images(photographer Richard Flint) of the Mull of Galloway is now available via Blurb. The new website store is opened and in the links we have Chris Killip's excellent website and the painting like photography by Joann Randles.

Podcast Links

Photographer showcases her work at French Celtic Festivalhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2p6qp1e4go

Chris Killip's excellent website

https://www.chriskillip.com/

Southerly Point photo zine on Blurb

https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/12497265-southerly-point-the-mull-of-galloway

New fine art print web store

https://www.richardflintphoto.com/shop/

BONUS LINKS

The Cloudflare blog posts

Content Independence Day: no AI crawl without compensation!
Control content use for AI training with Cloudflare’s managed robots.txt and blocking for monetized content

In the podcast: Links to the photography of two great documentary photographers who died recently - Sebastião Salgado and Nick Hedges.

Also the webstore is due for changes, website speed woes solved and the text is complete for the Southerly Point Photozine.

Podcast Links
Sebastião Salgado, photographer known for Amazon rainforest images, dies aged 81https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/23/brazil-sebastiao-salgado-death

‘I photographed the world’: the career of Sebastião Salgado – in pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2024/feb/08/i-photographed-the-world-the-art-of-sebastiao-salgado-in-pictures

Amazon in pictures: Sebastião Salgado's last frontier

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-57162597

Sebastião Salgado Gallery at ICP

https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/sebasti%C3%A3o-salgado

Nick Hedges Website

http://www.nickhedgesphotography.co.uk/

Nick Hedges obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/20/nick-hedges-obituary