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Edward Thompson
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British Photographer on an Arthurian Quest. Subscribe to my Youtube show 'Pictures On My Mind'. www.edwardthompson.co.uk Can't check Bluesky DM's email me.
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Hey everyone! I'm a pro photographer who is all about documentary #photography and I run a super niche YouTube show from my Victorian cellar!
youtube.com/@picturesonm...
Quest Prints are online now!

Thanks to everyone who nabbed some prints so far!

edwardthompson.co.uk/Print-Sales-1

The sales will go into further Questing and eventually I'll have enough to make my next photo book!
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Something interesting has happened. I can't watch any Youtube videos while logged into my Youtube Channel. They are all black with text saying Video Unavailable.

So what does this mean?

Can I post a Youtube video?

If i do I can't even check to see what it looks like when I've posted it, ha!
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Lovely to get Black Friday deals from Amazon where they remind me of all the mad shit I bought trying to help mum with her Parkinsons.

Thanks for the lovely memories.
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Hey cool photo kids!

Let me tell you a story about 'Print Drops'...

open.substack.com/pub/synchrom...
November 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I tried to make a cool reel to promote the coming photo print sale... it didn't land at all! ha!

I think maaaybe I used too much Excalibur footage.

But come on, you can never have enough Excalibur!

(such a shame the lead actor playing Arthur was so crap!)

youtube.com/shorts/xZQ5w...
A Photo Quest Begins.... PRINT DROP 25/11/25
YouTube video by Pictures On My Mind
youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I'm releasing some fine art prints to keep the ol' Arthurian Quest rolling!

The print release will be on Tuesday 25th November, some time in the evening, on my website here:

edwardthompson.co.uk/Print-Sales

A range of prices and editions, really, something for everyone.
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I might create an alter-ego for my photography who was an ex-City trader... I think galleries like seeing that in photographers biographies as, well, it certainly seems to happen a lot in Photoland!
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My unscripted response to great protest photography.

I'd like to see the Photo Youtubers who write their scripts with A.I do this ;)

youtu.be/q9ZxTb9JiGc
Why I LOVE this photograph by Phillip Cheung
YouTube video by Pictures On My Mind
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
One for the retro gamers

open.substack.com/pub/synchrom...
Up Vs Down, Not Left Vs Right
Enter debug mode with A,B,C + START
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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The miserable bastard who did this just got a trillion dollar pay day. There's no karma, there's no cosmic justice. There's just horrible people who more often than not never gave any consequences for their actions in life.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Do I try to email a photo editor who hasn't replied to me in 13 years?

I gotta, right?

Like the ghost of Christmas past I find a certain delight in still existing, even without their patronage.
woody from toy story is peeking out from behind a cardboard box that says i 'm back
ALT: woody from toy story is peeking out from behind a cardboard box that says i 'm back
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Oh, go on then. It has been 3 weeks since I posted anything. youtu.be/gzNzL7HQknw
Lightroom Change Could Cost You Competition Wins
YouTube video by Pictures On My Mind
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Adobe Lightrooms new AI 'Assisted Culling'... yep, it sounds as bad as it is!

Would you let the AI decide which photographs from your widest edit are the keepers?
November 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
He must be a billionaire.
November 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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"The collapse of the institutions where young people learn to make and critique art stands to greatly benefit companies like OpenAI, which, in the absence of human artists and critics, can both make the stuff and tell us it’s good." lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities | Los Angeles Review of Books
Rachele Dini discusses OpenAI’s “A Machine-Shaped Hand” and an academic sector in crisis.
lareviewofbooks.org
November 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Forgot to delete my Twitter account. Done!

I'd recommend you do it too.

There was a lot of data on my account from 2011 to last year.
October 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
They are playing Nirvana / In Bloom in a very busy Greggs
October 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Do any photography magazines pay people for the unhinged and politely Gonzo stuff I've been writing on Substack?

synchromancy.substack.com

I want to be paid so I can use (waste) more time on my Photo YouTube 'loss leading' channel.

BJP?
AP?
DP?
DVLA?
PetaPixel?
Aperture?
October 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's 2029.

Reform have won the General Election in the U.K.

A song is released to celebrate.

It is a Gabba version of 'Land of Hope and Glory'.

Everyone learns to love it.
October 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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This ‘they want us dead’ 🦋💙🦋
October 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Just had an email from a photo gallery hustling for portfolio reviews. They didn't say they cost anything in the email so I hit them back as if they were free.

I'll let you know what happens.
October 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM