“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.” – Charles Dickens

On Friday 16th March in Shanghai, Alfred Dunhill will host ‘Trafalgar’ a global event presenting the House collection to 1000 guests.

‘Trafalgar’ the 2012 global Brand presentation. Following in the footsteps of ‘Momentary’ New York, 2010 and ‘Home’ London, 2011.

Trafalgar is the 3rd annual exhibition in the form of installation and unique presentation, which will showcase the elegance of the brand. Replicating the correlation of Bristish nature and style, combining all four seasons of the year as if composed over a single day. Hosted in Shanghai, creative energy and vivacity which drives our ambition for it to be showcased as a principal destination for Fashion and Luxury.

In today’s global culture of instant information and ubiquitous technology, of pace, of speed, of immediacy and convenience the modern developing environment. But with the knowledge that was formed over generations, what he wears and how he wears it speaks of someone in sync with the rhythm of a grander, more harmonious force – that of nature.

More info at: www.facebook.com/AlfredDunhill

KONY 2012 has been becoming more and more viral over the last week. This led me to look into what they are doing and get more information about the whole situation.

This site was brought to my attention: www.visiblechildren.tumblr.com

It bring about some interesting points as follows:

"Invisible Children has been condemned time and time again. As a registered not-for-profit, its finances are public. Last year, the organization spent $8,676,614. Only 32% went to direct services (page 6), with much of the rest going to staff salaries, travel and transport, and film production. This is far from ideal, and Charity Navigator rates their accountability 2/4 stars because they haven’t had their finances externally audited. But it goes way deeper than that."

"The group is in favour of direct military intervention, and their money supports the Ugandan government’s army and various other military forces. Here’s a photo of the founders of Invisible Children posing with weapons and personnel of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army. Both the Ugandan army and Sudan People’s Liberation Army are riddled with accusations of rape and looting, but Invisible Children defends them,arguing that the Ugandan army is “better equipped than that of any of the other affected countries”, although Kony is no longer active in Uganda andhasn’t been since 2006 by their own admission. These books each refer to the rape and sexual assault that are perennial issues with the UPDF, the military group Invisible Children is defending."

"If you want to write to your Member of Parliament or your Senator or the President or the Prime Minister, by all means, go ahead. If you want to post about Joseph Kony’s crimes on Facebook, go ahead. But let’s keep it about Joseph Kony, not KONY 2012."

There will always be 2 sides to this and logically looking at it Joseph Kony would never have got the publicity needed to bring about a change that KNOY 2012 is bringing. It does seem like a necessary evil to spend money on viral advertising but the main thing that bothers me is the misallocated money and where a lot is not accounted for though direct services that Invisible Children are carrying out, thus making them a profit organisation.

"Military intervention may or may not be the right idea, but people supporting KONY 2012 probably don’t realize they’re supporting the Ugandan military who are themselves raping and looting away. If people know this and still support Invisible Children because they feel it’s the best solution based on their knowledge and research, I have no issue with that. But I don’t think most people are in that position, and that’s a problem."

The other more important point is the supporting of the Ugandan military who are condemned for the very similar reasons as Kony is. The whole situation with the military action is that it seems to be a lesser of 2 evils.

I don't have a better answer to the problem and i am in no way condemning KONY 2012 i was just intrigued by the situation.

If you have anything to add or i have missed something feel free to get in contact.

This is the latest Invisible Children film, watch and decide for yourself.

___Modisch Short___

This is a short for a friends magazine... the full clip will be up shorty

Modisch can be found at: modischmagazine.blogspot.com

___Arthur Fellig aka WEEGEE___

I came across this guy today literally as i post this... Arthur Fellig aka WEEGEE as famous back in the 1950's. He has a talent for getting to crime scenes first so much so that that someone said "Your like a weegie board, you can predict when a crime is going to be committed" thus his name. But in truth he lived behind a police station in a shack with a police radio!

WeeGee: Their First Murder Oct 1946

Their first murder is one of his most famous, its the moment the crime was just committed and the crowd seems to be in a strange ecstasy and joy.

I recommend you have a look for his work its fascinating.

___Tyler The Creator___

Now this is something im not normally that into but this guy has caught my eye. This dark video was first shown to me by my friend james and it had already racked up 100000 views in the first day. The way he has gone about producing his music and his videos is pretty special just because he is still down to earth. Im just waiting to see if he practices what he preaches over the next few years and for me that will make of break him.

Tyler The Creator can be found at: www.oddfuture.com

___End Hunting Co.___

I have not updated for a while but thats due to getting my new camera (Canon 550D) and just messing around with it a lot. I went over to End Hunting today with james and took a few shots in our 20 min stay and knocked this short together in 20 mins at home so its a little rough.

So this is just this is a short seeing what i can do with what i have... much more to come!

Thanks to the guys at End and End Hunting Co. for letting me film.

End and End Hunting Co. can be found at: www.endclothing.co.uk

___Panoramic___

Since one of my resent interviews i have been really interested in Tin Type photography so for me its always nice to come across old photography... BUT its even better when you come across some that you have not seem the likes of before! These photos are from the Library of Congress archives and are spectacular.

Personally i have never come across many panoramic photographs that are not army or school photographs so this set are a lovely change of pace.

The photos are not done justice here so please visit: www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/11/16/panoramic/

___Underground Coal Fire___

This was brought to my attention a year back by Vice Tv (www.vbs.tv) and i cant seem to find the link now but its incredible. The long short of it is that a coal fire started underground years back in and abandoned mine (not sure how long im trying to find out more) and has not stopped burning. This has lead to the ground shifting and making most places unsafe to live anymore. In the coal fires wake it has left full towns abandoned. The following film/photography illustrates the strange beauty of the disaster.

___The Mast Brothers Chocolate___

Now here is something increasingly rare to find. No not a pair of brothers with big beards… but to men willing to put there love of work before the profitability of there company. The brothers are based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in an incredible little shop that sets the standard for how things should be done. Beneath the bravado of the two brothers there is an amazing lust for quality and legitimacy.

The Mast Brothers

The brothers go out of their way to keep their work in house with customised bean grinders and tiny roasting machines. Their work is well renowned throughout America, by selling large amounts to equally prestigious pastry chefs and restaurants in tern this self perpetuates what they are trying to achieve.

Asides from the delicious chocolate they produce the thing that interested me the most was how they packaged there chocolate. They hand print and hand wrap all of their chocolate with hand printed heavy butcher like paper.

I have not tried any of there chocolates but I am working on it, if you have please contact me via the tabs at the top of this page.

The Mast Brothers Chocolate can be found at: www.mastbrotherschocolate.com