I am a photographer, don’t forget. I write with light (Abbas, Tehran, 1977) See more at www.shanrixon.comTumblr (3.0; @shanrixon)http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F82068086&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/><p>New favourite song</p> <p>Sohn -<em> Bloodflows</em></p>http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/47225351381http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/47225351381Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:48:33 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a27b30cb6731b59097dd81cd7d7fbccc/tumblr_mkneitfzR71qd65rko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b179f02b78ac9c8dcf930cd4c849d286/tumblr_mkneitfzR71qd65rko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I visited Dungeness at the weekend - a beautiful, barren, windswept location at the edge of the world. What an intriguing place to be with vast, unforgiving landscapes on <span>one side, calming sea on the other and quirky artists living in between. I can’t wait to return.<br/></span></p> <p><span> </span></p>http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/46967202057http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/46967202057Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:01:00 +0100<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_46964940753" src="http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/46964940753/audio_player_iframe/shanrixon/tumblr_mkmgd7arub1qdawze?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fshanrixon%2F46964940753%2Ftumblr_mkmgd7arub1qdawze" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p><span>My 2nd favourite James.</span></p> <p><span><em>I Am Sold.</em></span></p>http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/46964940753http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/46964940753Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:34:00 +0100<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6p6PcFFUm5I?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I went to see James Blake sing last month at an intimate gig at the ICA. It was honestly one of the most beautiful experiences, up there as one of the best I’ve ever been to. Wow.</p>http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/46964157633http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/46964157633Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:25:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/21f57088e46bc97c9c2c08d8abe9a5dd/tumblr_mk9sdu56CP1qd65rko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My summer in Latvia was one of the best experiences I have ever had. I have so many fond memories of the International Summer School of Photography 2010, of its incredible landscapes, new friendships formed and inspiring teachers and founders. If you love photography, apply. You won’t regret it.</p> <p><a href="http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/994929081/perfect-last-day" target="_blank">http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/994929081/perfect-last-day</a></p>http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/46334804305http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/46334804305Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:34:42 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7d8a8114d312c10129d49e506cd33295/tumblr_mic3epJNEb1qd65rko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a39701c1a05d6bbfefd165ac6b77533a/tumblr_mic3epJNEb1qd65rko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Santo Domingo.</p> <p>Oaxaca, Mexico 2013.</p>http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/43258631216http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/43258631216Sat, 16 Feb 2013 22:20:00 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c1941349067595d4d92635247e0eb1a9/tumblr_mic314RD1W1qd65rko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e99754b0e6390620e1f39c263af45fde/tumblr_mic314RD1W1qd65rko3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dae21a0ce014d14c0e37a22a5923543c/tumblr_mic314RD1W1qd65rko8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7bbdeb52cd25a47fe1f6791530ad67ff/tumblr_mic314RD1W1qd65rko5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3e97989e8fc6670727d6600179f4b47b/tumblr_mic314RD1W1qd65rko7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2f758a2076853f2dcf5aa36fa92859a1/tumblr_mic314RD1W1qd65rko9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/75e2f8f321c53aac6e8b3b53dfab32d6/tumblr_mic314RD1W1qd65rko4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cd720666bc8bf9bcf0790abbc7ea1380/tumblr_mic314RD1W1qd65rko10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Favourite obscure art gallery, Oaxaca.</p> <p>Mexico 2013.</p>http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/43258037723http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/43258037723Sat, 16 Feb 2013 22:12:40 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/35c7959b891f42ad10a5a7bc9dea28b1/tumblr_mic129ImMN1qd65rko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fb8ff4cb841ac2d19506f483aa49d074/tumblr_mic129ImMN1qd65rko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b8adaa7ddffcad0364b8b9b67f50449c/tumblr_mic129ImMN1qd65rko3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/da7452bd190a351509ef6f218548a933/tumblr_mic129ImMN1qd65rko5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cbddd449fc33f0028db52618db5ed133/tumblr_mic129ImMN1qd65rko4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Tlacolula shopping list. I couldn’t stop buying things.</p> <p>Mexico 2013</p>http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/43254877975http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/43254877975Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:30:09 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/af536528beeff14e22d1164643431de9/tumblr_mic09aUozU1qd65rko8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3226f461778c0e59b287036abaf7705d/tumblr_mic09aUozU1qd65rko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/18e2fbef747d048a26218c0493b3e3c0/tumblr_mic09aUozU1qd65rko5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e81b2d69d779c06fbdc81d8352f8765c/tumblr_mic09aUozU1qd65rko3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/38c5ec3c640c822489ed622c357ec0f8/tumblr_mic09aUozU1qd65rko7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/36e5037a2e37f13bff4b7a5d330cf2f3/tumblr_mic09aUozU1qd65rko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1120ff51eef0f2c0eff6ecb7439f5109/tumblr_mic09aUozU1qd65rko9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a385175ec17044a52b28e5db1caafd8d/tumblr_mic09aUozU1qd65rko4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8e58e848cfb4d8563a232beb450f5616/tumblr_mic09aUozU1qd65rko6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>From Oaxaca with love.</p> <p><span>Mexico 2013</span></p>http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/43253601115http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/43253601115Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:12:00 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/698bcd7fa1a7a0270054d23214dc329b/tumblr_mibzf9B6Bj1qd65rko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d8755bb93019b37d2dd6abd37af57e27/tumblr_mibzf9B6Bj1qd65rko3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a80973e785b0d35ee85f3fce4158f7c0/tumblr_mibzf9B6Bj1qd65rko6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6db90a441ca5211892b8a44aca02577f/tumblr_mibzf9B6Bj1qd65rko5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Christmas revisited.</p> <p>Mexico 2012/3</p>http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/43252239689http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/43252239689Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:54:00 +0000<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-RKR3jWNC20?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>New favourite singer</p> <p>Kwabs - <em>The Wilhelm Scream (James Blake cover)</em></p>http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/43229549625http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/43229549625Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:37:58 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/63d0f902d4d082024a8a769621a613d7/tumblr_mibalhZ4E21qd65rko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Asleep in Biznaga.</p> <p>With Deo, my favourite 3 year-old. Mexico 2013.</p>http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/43219885874http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/43219885874Sat, 16 Feb 2013 11:58:29 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bb0a75b9057de620fbbb24b500fa2b71/tumblr_mibaiw1Ahb1qd65rko3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e1940b928444478a2579dbe04162a947/tumblr_mibaiw1Ahb1qd65rko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2b9b9a76d6677f7fa3615de335e37a5b/tumblr_mibaiw1Ahb1qd65rko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span>The Three Amigos.</span></p> <p><span>Layla, Deo and Leili in Oaxaca. Mexico 2013.</span></p>http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/43219841204http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/43219841204Sat, 16 Feb 2013 11:56:00 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5dc8ed0a7c0fb86f68c07c356f62af9f/tumblr_mibafmrbHo1qd65rko1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>This photo makes me happy each time I look at it. Good times ladies.</span></p> <p>Zapotitlán Salinas, Mexico 2013.</p> <p>Photo by Oliver Ogg</p>http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/43219783857http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/43219783857Sat, 16 Feb 2013 11:54:00 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9f68d53d399afe88330e776a77648ef6/tumblr_mhvfrauouY1qd65rko5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5d192c87a7041374397261297038a486/tumblr_mhvfrauouY1qd65rko3_500.jpg"/><br/> biznaga cactus zapotitlan<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1559b8bfb635c4264a8b20b97d8008ed/tumblr_mhvfrauouY1qd65rko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7c4f1c76dc80181acc8df0da2e33eab3/tumblr_mhvfrauouY1qd65rko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/70af2afab0f41b9cd9ea9ed3674d06cd/tumblr_mhvfrauouY1qd65rko4_500.jpg"/><br/> cactus<br/><br/> <p>In search of the perfect cactus. I think we found it.</p> <p>Zapotitlán Salinas, Mexico 2013</p>http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/42531347673http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/42531347673Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:28:00 +0000<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/57463725" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><span>Watch this. It’s beautiful. I love the shared experience and sense of simplicity and happiness at its purest. It made me feel very humble, I can’t quite describe it. Turn the sound on.</span></p> <p><span>Paul Octavious - </span><em><span>The event of a thread (2013)</span></em></p>http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/42530822888http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/42530822888Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:21:00 +0000<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WyaBky73b18?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Hard to watch, though beautifully shot.</p> <p><span>World Press 2013 multimedia winner: Into the Shadows</span></p> <p><span>By Pep Bonet, Line Hadsbjerg and José Bautista</span><span><br/></span></p>http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/42120921599http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/42120921599Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:37:00 +0000<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EMsTSdHIJds?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>New favourite song</p> <p>Mumford & Sons - <em>After the Storm</em></p>http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/41714206934http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/41714206934Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:44:00 +0000<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MUnStqGJ5FI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Love this</p> <p><span>Pound<br/></span><span>Dir: Evan Bernard / </span><span>United States - 2007</span></p>http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/33562285745http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/33562285745Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:46:27 +0100 http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/33490405796http://shanrixon.tumblr.com/post/33490405796Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:26:00 +0100