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Gregory B. Lee is an academic, author, and broadcaster. Lee is Founding Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of St Andrews. He was until July 2020, Director of the French research Institute for Transtextual and Transcultural Studies based at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 where he is currently Professeur émérite. Lee was previously Chair Professor of Chinese and Transcultural Studies and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the City University of Hong Kong. From 2007 to 2010 Lee was First Vice-President (Research) of Jean Moulin University Lyon 3. In 2010, Lee was made a Chevalier (Knight) in the French Order of Academic Palms. In 2011, he was elected Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities. .. more

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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 4d

#photography #b&w #blackandwhite #stilllife

"Something of nothing, II"

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無 = nothing, absence, not having

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1h

By 1950, Martha Holmes was named one of the top 10 women photographers in the USA.

Photographers At Work @photogsatwork.bsky.social · 1d

#BOTD Martha Holmes Waxman (February 7, 1923 - September 19, 2006) #Photojournalism #Photography

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1h

Vivian Meier took more than 150,000 photographs with a focus on the people and architecture of Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles.

Photographers At Work @photogsatwork.bsky.social · 7d

#BOTD Vivian Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) #StreetPhotography #Photography #PhotoSky

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1h

Too little, too late.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

UK expands Hong Kong visa scheme in wake of Jimmy Lai’s prison sentence

Exclusive: Home Office ruling means thousands more Hongkongers will be eligible to come to the UK over next five years

www.theguardian.com

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 8h

So much for Starmer's raising the issue with Xi Jinping on his recent China trip. Poor Jimmy Lai's conviction again underlines the incapacity of the UK government to meet its committments to safeguard #HongKong.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Jimmy Lai, Hong Kong pro-democracy figure, sentenced to 20 years in prison for national security offences

Sentencing of media tycoon is the culmination of a years-long saga that critics say represents Hong Kong’s transformation from a mostly free city to one where dissent is fiercely suppressed

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Gregory B. Lee

Photographers At Work @photogsatwork.bsky.social · 16h

#BOTD Pam Springsteen (February 8, 1962) #Photography #Photosky

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Photographers At Work @photogsatwork.bsky.social · 16h

#BOTD Sebastião Salgado (February 8, 1944) #Photography #Photography

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #blackandwhite #Colombia

Mi Mamá Tomando Café en la Cocina Después De Hacer la Comida (My Mother Drinking Coffee in the Kitchen After She Made Dinner) by Alirio Casas [child phographer]

‘The children learned to shoot, develop and print their own photographs.

via @theguardian.com

Mi Mamá Tomando Café en la Cocina Después De Hacer la Comida (My Mother Drinking Coffee in the Kitchen After She Made Dinner) by Alirio Casas
‘The children learned to shoot, develop and print their own photographs. I lent them Polaroid and Instamatic cameras and gave them assignments to photograph and write about themselves, their families, their animals and their fantasies’
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/feb/05/colombia-magic-eyes-scenes-from-an-andean-girlhood-by-wendy-ewald-from-stories-aicia-and-maria-vazquez-in-pictures

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #blackandwhite #Colombia

Dos Niñas Aprendiendo a Usar Una Cámara (Two Girls Learning to Use a Camera) by Wendy Ewald

‘A girl I befriended called Luz Marina Bautista...The child on the right side of the image covered her eye to look through the camera’s viewfinder.’

@theguardian.com

Dos Niñas Aprendiendo a Usar Una Cámara (Two Girls Learning to Use a Camera) by Wendy Ewald
Wendy Ewald: ‘A girl I befriended called Luz Marina Bautista tried to confront the impossible situations she was in and break out of poverty. As an adult, she understood that she must use it to fight against the powers that she saw lined up against her – the Catholic church and the government, which kept her family and one million people in Bogota homeless. The child on the right side of the image covered her eye to look through the camera’s viewfinder’
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/feb/05/colombia-magic-eyes-scenes-from-an-andean-girlhood-by-wendy-ewald-from-stories-aicia-and-maria-vazquez-in-pictures

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #blackandwhite #Colombia

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

‘They’d rarely seen television’: childhood magic in rural Colombia – in pictures

Wendy Ewald’s novel Magic Eyes is interspersed with photographs of the children she taught in a village outside Bogotá – and the stunning pictures she taught them to take

www.theguardian.com

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#ICE

Snow but no ICE in Italy

Milan, Italy
A demonstrator takes part in a protest against the involvement of US immigration and customs enforcement personnel in providing security for US delegations at this year’s Winter Olympics
Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters
via @theguardian.com

Milan, Italy
A demonstrator takes part in a protest against the involvement of US immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) personnel in providing security for US delegations at this year’s Winter Olympics
Photograph: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters

via @theguardian.com
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/feb/06/the-week-around-the-world-in-20-pictures

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#Greenland

Seagulls cluster around a fishing boat

Photograph: Marko Đurica/Reuters

via @theguardian.com

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2026/feb/08/no-one-owns-our-arctic-land-we-share-it-say-greenlands-inuit

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#Greenland #Inuit

"An aerial view of the Nuuk fjord. Nearly 90% of Greenland’s 57,000 population are indigenous Inuit, who have inhabited the island continuously for about 1,000 years"
Photograph: Marko Đurica/Reuters

via @theguardian.com

"An aerial view of the Nuuk fjord. Nearly 90% of Greenland’s 57,000 population are indigenous Inuit, who have inhabited the island continuously for about 1,000 years"
Photograph: Marko Đurica/Reuters
via @theguardian.com
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2026/feb/08/no-one-owns-our-arctic-land-we-share-it-say-greenlands-inuit

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #birds

'European Robin'

Erithacus rubecula

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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #birds

'Eurasian blue tit'

C. c. caeruleus

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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #birds

'Eurasian blue tit'

C. c. caeruleus

📷 © @gblee.bsky.social

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #birds

'Wood nuthatch'

Sitta europaea (S. e. caesia)

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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #landscape #France

'The Alps just after 5pm - IV'

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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #landscape #France

'The Alps just after 5pm - III'

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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #landscape #France

'The Alps just after 5pm - II'

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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #landscape #France

'The Alps just after 5pm - I'

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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 1d

#photography #landscape #France

'The Alps before sunset'

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Reposted by Gregory B. Lee

Photographers At Work @photogsatwork.bsky.social · 1d

#BOTD Martha Holmes Waxman (February 7, 1923 - September 19, 2006) #Photojournalism #Photography

利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 2d

Rashid Khalidi, Cent ans de guerre contre la #Palestine, traduction française par Khedija Maherzi, Actes Sud, 21/11/2025, 432 pages, 24,80€

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Rashid Khalidi raconte cent ans d’injustice en Palestine 03/02/2026
Lecture : 7 minutes

Rashid Khalidi raconte cent ans d’injustice en Palestine

Rashid Khalidi retrace un siècle de guerre coloniale contre la Palestine. Un livre clé pour comprendre résistance et injustice historique.

marenostrum.pm

Reposted by Gregory B. Lee

philippe-barras.bsky.social @philippe-barras.bsky.social · 2d

#ChallengePhotoADay
#Photography
#fmspad

7 février : Ce que je (re)lis...

couverture du livre d'Howard Zinn "Une histoire populaire américaine" ou figure la célèbre photo d'ouvriers du bâtiment assis sur une poutrelle métallique dans le vide. pendant leur pose avec en fond une vue de New York. En sous-titre et écrit en rouge "Du pain et des roses".

Reposted by Gregory B. Lee

Ephlam @josephlm.bsky.social · 2d

#SensoryArt #Bridges

Hohenzollernbrücke - Cologne

#photography #streetphotography #classicmono #eastcoastkin

Reposted by Gregory B. Lee

Loretta Robinson @lorettarobinson.bsky.social · 2d

Deception Pass #Bridge in Washington State on a foggy morning. It connects Whidbey Island to Fidalgo Island.

#SensoryArt #bridges #Photography #OMSystem #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #ColorADay #BWFri #Reflection

Reposted by Gregory B. Lee

Dogofthedesert @dogofthedesert.bsky.social · 2d

A male hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) racing his reflection. Photo taken at Isleta Lakes, New Mexico on February 6, 2026.

#nature #naturephotography #birds

The aesthetic key to this image is the finely and evenly rippled water. The ripples are mostly brown above (reflecting winter vegetation) and blue below (reflecting the sky). Flying just above the rippled water, the male hooded merganser has his wings in their downbeat. His head is black with a white patch, and with his hood folded back (think aerodynamic drag). The beak is black and the eye is yellow-orange. The outer parts of the wings are gray but the visible inner part of the near upperwing is patterned white, black, and gray. The breast and belly are white. Near the tail, above the midline, is a patch of brown. The tail is seen on edge so the details aren't apparent. Below the merganser, its reflection is blurred by the ripples in the pond's surface.

Reposted by Gregory B. Lee

Ludmilla @ludmillaart.bsky.social · 2d

Foggy morning. #Photography #art #artsky #EastCoastKin #naturephotography #landscapephotography #thepondstory

Fog over pond with large pine cones in the foreground.

Reposted by Gregory B. Lee

Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 3d

French authorities on Thursday charged four people, including two Chinese nationals, on suspicion of having intercepted sensitive military data for Beijing, the Paris prosecutor's office said. In full: buff.ly/IuoT3Cr

France charges 4 suspected of spying for China, prosecutor says

French authorities on Thursday charged four people, including two Chinese nationals, on suspicion of having intercepted sensitive military data for Beijing, the Paris prosecutor's office said.

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