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“15 July 1993: The Queen fires a rifle during a visit to...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:39:00 +0100

“15 July 1993: The Queen fires a rifle during a visit to the National Shooting Centre at Bisley, Surrey”, from The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: 60 years in 60 photographs at the Telegraph. Photograph: Rex Features.

This image has been doing the rounds without attribution, but Simon turned up a source giving credit. (Thanks!)

Lightness of Being: A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II with her...

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:14:05 +0000

Lightness of Being: A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II with her eyes closed, by Chris Levine.

I may have seen this in London, but it really struck me when I saw it at the Danziger Gallery’s New Photographers exhibition in January. The room was mainly dedicated to the holographic portrait, but this was also displayed prominently.

I imagine most of the American visitors saw these works with an element of detachment, in the way that I can’t fully participate in the 4th of July or President’s Day. For me, though, this woman - whether I like it or not - is an embodiment of my home country, and there was something powerful about both the hologram and this image, with both the image of the monarch in full regalia, but also at rest, and with the years showing on her face.

The Guardian also has a short video featuring the photographer talking about the process, and showing some of the different angles of the source images for the hologram. Worth a look. Levine’s work features in The Queen: Art and Image, opening at the National Portrait Gallery in May after touring from Edinburgh.

“Picture of the decade - Dalek hiding ready to attack the...

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:52:06 +0000

“Picture of the decade - Dalek hiding ready to attack the Queen on visit to BBC studios.” (via, via)

Photograph: Getty Images (photographer uncredited).

Content is Queen by Sergio Albiac on Flickr: Generative video...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:18:00 +0000

Content is Queen by Sergio Albiac on Flickr:

Generative video painting. See the video at: vimeo.com/24065726

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Pomp and Circuitry: a Reuters photo I saw on the...

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:33:00 +0000

Pomp and Circuitry: a Reuters photo I saw on the Telegraph’s story, “Record 10m televisions sold in UK in 2009”.

Sporting ‘anonymous’ headscarf, Queen catches the...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:17:00 +0000

Sporting ‘anonymous’ headscarf, Queen catches the 10.45 to Kings Lynn. I love this photo, if only for the fact it looks a bit like a stamp.

Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty, in the Times.