tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52830674810847594742009-04-27T14:07:38.161+01:00Martin Phelpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828019102089053319mail@uncertainworld.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283067481084759474.post-68336333792766298402008-11-25T13:27:00.003Z2008-11-25T13:35:08.443Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0481sm-787703.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0481sm-787676.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>With the colder weather coming, this blog has now migrated to warmer climes - <a href="http://martinphelps.com/blog">www.martinphelps.com/blog</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>see you there....</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5283067481084759474-6833633379276629840?l=www.uncertainworld.com'/></div>Martin Phelpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828019102089053319mail@uncertainworld.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283067481084759474.post-26686779381644925442008-11-16T12:38:00.003Z2008-11-16T13:14:59.088Z<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" id="soundslider" align="middle" height="333" width="400"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://uncertainworld.com/lodgerslides/soundslider.swf?size=1"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="menu" value="false"><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"><embed src="http://uncertainworld.com/lodgerslides/soundslider.swf?size=1" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" name="soundslider" menu="false" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="333" width="400"></embed><br /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5283067481084759474-2668677938164492544?l=www.uncertainworld.com'/></div>Martin Phelpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828019102089053319mail@uncertainworld.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283067481084759474.post-18723040386154394862008-11-01T16:10:00.002Z2008-11-01T16:18:33.136Z<div><br /></div><div>So the Lodger shoe shops are finally open for business///</div><div><br /></div><div>This one, in Mayfair, ....</div><div><br /></div><div><div><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3172/2992360806_018a9b0784.jpg?v=0" alt="shop outside sm.jpg by you." title="" width="332" height="500" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>... and this one at <a href="http://www.lodgerfootwear.com/">www.lodgerfootwear.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Congratulations to Nathan and his team for pulling it all together. </div><div>Read all about it in his blog : <a href="http://www.gentlemanscorner.com/">www.gentlemanscorner.com</a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5283067481084759474-1872304038615439486?l=www.uncertainworld.com'/></div>Martin Phelpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828019102089053319mail@uncertainworld.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283067481084759474.post-20607835929440543502008-11-01T11:27:00.003Z2008-11-01T11:59:54.675ZPewsey Carnival 2008 - Somewhat more subdued than in previous years as the thought police have finally taken control. No alcohol in the procession? WTF?? I'm sure people have been getting drunk and going out in procession for generations. It's got that feel of a big blowout after harvest, a chance for everyone to go mad with relief at the end of September after working themselves into the ground 18 hours a day getting the crops in, to lose their grip, dress up and drink reindeer urine or something, to cop off with that someone you haven't been brave enough to speak to all summer, and generally have a party. Only now the fuel for all the fun, incendiary booze, has been removed from the equation by the local powers-that-be, the police force and the insurers, in the hope of removing all possibility of injury and of restoring the carnival to the mythical status of "family-friendly" event. And suddenly the magic all but disappears. Or at least the edge. <div><br /></div><div>Oh well, here's some pictures.....</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/2874078800_9a5e619a07.jpg?v=0" alt="b0505.jpg by you." title="" width="400" height="400" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" /></div><div>pcso on the prowl for illicit booze</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3215/2873214299_f4ace0ccb9.jpg?v=0" alt="b0353.jpg by you." title="" width="500" height="332" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3154/2868406371_b5a21990fc.jpg?v=0" alt="b0160.jpg by you." title="" width="332" height="500" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/2869252728_7a5980c5a0.jpg?v=0" alt="b0497.jpg by you." title="" width="500" height="332" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3264/2868408331_7db5247a89.jpg?v=0" alt="b0219.jpg by you." title="" width="500" height="332" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" /></div><div><br /></div><div>and some more.... </div><div><a href="ttp://www.flickr.com/photos/uncertainworld/sets/72157607363163036">2008 Pewsey Carnival on flickr</a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uncertainworld/sets/72157602131092021/">2007 Pewsey Carnival on flickr</a></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uncertainworld/sets/72157594302133580/">2006 Pewsey Carnival on flickr</a></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uncertainworld/sets/72157594431892555/">2005 Pewsey Carnival on flickr</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5283067481084759474-2060783592944054350?l=www.uncertainworld.com'/></div>Martin Phelpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828019102089053319mail@uncertainworld.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283067481084759474.post-71523780174474175472008-11-01T11:19:00.004Z2008-11-01T12:08:13.101ZI put this one together in the hope of attracting a few clients from the food and farming industries. Most of the work on the site was done for Eastbrook Farm Organics, The Soil Association, The Land Trust, and various magazines and newspapers. <div><br /></div><div><div><div><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3285/2990917229_8d4385beb6.jpg" /><br /></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Take a look....</div><div>www.martinphelps.com/farming</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5283067481084759474-7152378017447417547?l=www.uncertainworld.com'/></div>Martin Phelpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828019102089053319mail@uncertainworld.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283067481084759474.post-23871443931270510432008-08-26T08:06:00.003+01:002008-11-01T16:02:16.177Z<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0325-779169.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0433sm-779227.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0433sm-779207.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0398sm-750017.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0398sm-750008.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5283067481084759474-2387144393127051043?l=www.uncertainworld.com'/></div>Martin Phelpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828019102089053319mail@uncertainworld.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283067481084759474.post-29564045082392637302008-08-25T09:57:00.003+01:002008-08-25T10:14:16.841+01:00I first met Phil Hossack, owner of Skypower and GoBallooning a couple of months ago whilst photographing for an article for a local magazine. He'd just been awarded the freedom of the City of London, which allows him to drive sheep through Trafalgar Square and get drunk and disorderly without fear of arrest. Since then I've flown with him twice (sober and without sheep) in tiny baskets high above Wiltshire and Northamptonshire, and once in one of his big "ride" balloons with 14 happy customers. <br /><br /><div><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3014/2665485732_f6e8c71b9e_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="b0210.jpg" class="pc_img" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/2665486308_c331e506d1.jpg?v=0" alt="b0286.jpg by you." title="" width="332" height="500" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5283067481084759474-2956404508239263730?l=www.uncertainworld.com'/></div>Martin Phelpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828019102089053319mail@uncertainworld.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283067481084759474.post-73082988124054393202008-03-20T13:03:00.004Z2008-03-21T10:38:18.051Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/2268110951_dd7a9133be-744080.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/2268110951_dd7a9133be-744058.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/2268895518_b2f9265383-744156.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/2268895518_b2f9265383-744133.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>Again, it's taking me a while to get round to posting stuff. </div><div>This time it's February, and I'm on a trip to Naples to photograph a shoe factory.</div><div>It all ended in tears when I was arrested by four policemen with sub-machineguns on the steps of my Sleazyjet flight back into Stansted. Tears of laughter, that is. It was over the disputed ownership of a tuna sandwich. The cops looked disappointed when they found out.  </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2261/2268111005_82e0168cdc.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="334" height="500" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2273/2268103613_3d24d6fd8e.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="332" height="500" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2311/2268895208_dc8160f445.jpg?v=0" alt="" width="334" height="500" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I think the little fiat is scared - there's a puddle leaking out from under the bonnet...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5283067481084759474-7308298812405439320?l=www.uncertainworld.com'/></div>Martin Phelpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828019102089053319mail@uncertainworld.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283067481084759474.post-2024064361413736862008-02-25T22:10:00.004Z2008-11-01T16:20:47.928Z<div>More photos at <a href="http://www.martinphelps.com">www.martinphelps.com</a> - click on the "5" in the projects section. </div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0624sm-784950.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0624sm-784945.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5283067481084759474-202406436141373686?l=www.uncertainworld.com'/></div>Martin Phelpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828019102089053319mail@uncertainworld.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283067481084759474.post-63126803328173908832007-11-14T22:00:00.001Z2008-11-01T12:32:50.780Z<a href="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0680sm-719501.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0680sm-719496.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Today I picked up a copy of the Band of Gypsys - Live at the Filmore East. Music I've known since the age of about 14. Some of it half forgotten, viscerally remembered. If I had to offer an explanation of why I don't work in a bank, this is it. Was there ever a sound that bypassed the brain so effectively and went straight for the solar plexus? Is there any anti-Iraq "war" music that has this kind of impact? Tell me if you know of anything.... I'll make a list.<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg6wGDLZCB0">Youtube link - Machine Gun</a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5283067481084759474-6312680332817390883?l=www.uncertainworld.com'/></div>Martin Phelpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828019102089053319mail@uncertainworld.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283067481084759474.post-52804778449933570112007-11-12T21:50:00.000Z2007-11-12T22:35:48.554Z<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" id="soundslider" align="middle" height="333" width="400"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="movie" value="http://uncertainworld.com/bells/soundslider.swf?size=1"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="menu" value="false"><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"><embed src="http://uncertainworld.com/bells/soundslider.swf?size=1" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" name="soundslider" menu="false" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle" height="333" width="400"></embed><br /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5283067481084759474-5280477844993357011?l=www.uncertainworld.com'/></div>Martin Phelpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828019102089053319mail@uncertainworld.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283067481084759474.post-10689145086951919712007-11-12T13:07:00.000Z2007-11-12T22:38:39.399Z<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0380sm-778846.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0405sm-713115.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0464sm-713166.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0464sm-713163.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5283067481084759474-1068914508695191971?l=www.uncertainworld.com'/></div>Martin Phelpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828019102089053319mail@uncertainworld.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283067481084759474.post-91255746589857054412007-11-09T08:47:00.002Z2008-11-01T15:51:48.124ZA few more bits...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0009sm-710823.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0009sm-710817.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0047sm-716419.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0047sm-716415.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0089sm-712349.jpg"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0528sm-716461.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0528sm-716458.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0089sm-712349.jpg"><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0089sm-712349.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0089sm-712345.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5283067481084759474-9125574658985705441?l=www.uncertainworld.com'/></div>Martin Phelpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828019102089053319mail@uncertainworld.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283067481084759474.post-55552860545486645882007-11-07T13:31:00.002Z2007-11-09T08:53:59.823ZTuesday 6th November -<br /><br />Ok, I'm back in the swing of working after my extended holiday.<br />Today's list :<br />Feature on Corsham Arts Centre for Wiltshire Life Magazine; Alex Crockett and Ryan Clifford for Wiltshire Gazette and Herald; Packshots for Eastbrook Farm.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0092sm-757083.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0728sm-788287.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0809sm-792401.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.uncertainworld.com/uploaded_images/b0809sm-792376.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5283067481084759474-5555286054548664588?l=www.uncertainworld.com'/></div>Martin Phelpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828019102089053319mail@uncertainworld.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283067481084759474.post-2773336645585229742007-10-28T08:54:00.001Z2007-11-07T13:31:15.297Z.....are <a href="http://web.mac.com/uncertainworld/iWeb/uncertainworld/Thailand/Thailand.html">here</a>-<br /><br />...because I've had a bit of a change of heart with regard to blogging software.<br />Move over iweb, the far less cumbersome and ponderous blogger is here to stay.<br />I think.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5283067481084759474-277333664558522974?l=www.uncertainworld.com'/></div>Martin Phelpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828019102089053319mail@uncertainworld.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283067481084759474.post-7536328469409479512007-10-28T08:44:00.001Z2007-10-28T19:48:28.393Zin an uncertainworld...<br /><br />In the days after september 11th 2001, there was a lot of talk of the "uncertain world" we had just arrived at.<br /> <br />The words stuck in my mind.<br /> <br /> <br />Werner Heisenberg, in his work on the nature of the electron, first postulated the Principle of Uncertainty in 1927. It offers proof that the more you know about the position of something, the less you can be sure of it's velocity, or where it's headed, and the more you know of it's velocity the less sure you can be of it's position.<br /> <br />Jacob Bronowski, in his text for the tv series "The Ascent of Man", says :<br /> <br />"The Principle of Uncertainty...fixed once and for all the realisation that all knowledge is limited. It is an irony of history that at the very time when this was being worked out there should rise, under Hitler in Germany and other tyrants elsewhere, a counter-conception : a principle of monstrous certainty. When the future looks back to the 1930s it will think of them as a crucial confrontation of culture against the throwback to the despots' belief that they have absolute certainty."<br /> <br />This "monstrous certainty" seems to be alive and well in the 21st century. Talk of an epoch-defining battle between good (us) and evil (them) pervades on all sides, the pernicious doctrine of "you're either with us or against us" seems more and more accepted, and the willingness to listen to the views of others and have one's opinion changed is seen as a weakness rather than a strength. No-one possesses all the answers, no side has a monopoly on truth.<br /> <br />Raise a glass to the Uncertainworld.<br /> <br />...or in the words of John Cage,<br />"Let us admit once and for all that the lines we draw are not straight -<br />Let us say Yes to our presence here together in chaos"<br /><br /><br /><br />By the way, my photo site is at www.martinphelps.com<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5283067481084759474-753632846940947951?l=www.uncertainworld.com'/></div>Martin Phelpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06828019102089053319mail@uncertainworld.com0