Excellent with rice
a photoblog by Jem Atherton
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Self-portraits
To be honest I much prefer being behind the lens to being in front of it. Having a camera pointed at me makes me uncomfortable and awkward. But every now and then I decide to try a self-portrait. The...
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Montrose beach
From the first time that I drove into Chicago back in April 2003 Lake Michigan has captivated me; and on that visit Jan and I stumbled upon Montrose Point, a place that has since become a particular...
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I don't do people…
Yesterday Jan and I visited the Art Institute of Chicago to catch their excellent exhibit, 'Looking after Louis Sullivan: Photographs, Drawings, and Fragments', before it closed. This exhibit included...
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Brian Cox: Why we need the explorers
"When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn't plan to revolutionise all medicine by discovering the world's first antibiotic" — Alexander Fleming
I'm a British expat, currently living in Chicago. During my working days I am a research scientist, on evenings and weekends I'm an amateur photographer and historian.
