Jocelyn Allen

Don’t argue with strangers… and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis Feeling overwhelmed by divisive opinions, endless rows and unreliable facts? Here’s how to weather the data storm

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'Eighteen Moments of Spring' a photobook by Maria Quigley From a Cold War TV series to 800 hours of Russian TV, a story of how repetition and nostalgia turn images into memory.

Two weeks to go to back Maria Quigley's 'Eighteen Moments of Spring' photobook on @kickstarter.com

I love her video for it!

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"When photographer @leticiavalverdes.bsky.social began exposing the impact of mercury poisoning on Brazil’s Indigenous Munduruku people, she had little idea the project would come full circle."

Important work. Wish I could see it in Belém, Brazil.

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RPS International Photography Exhibition 166 » Saatchi Gallery Saatchi Gallery » RPS International Photography Exhibition 166 5 August - 20 September, Galleries 1 & 2 » The Royal Photographic Society's 166th International Photography Exhibition (IPE) – the world’...

Now open! The Royal Photographic Society's International Photography Exhibition 166.

Featuring 113 prints from 51 artists. Happy to have one of my photos included :)

5 August–20 September, 10-6, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

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Thanks again to the judges!

‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly

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Supporting Families from Gaza to Rebuild Their Lives EMERGENCY APPEAL - DONATE URGENTLY

"Here are what things cost nowadays in Gaza:

A bag of vegetables costs around $120
A bag of flour, 25kg, is around $500
A kilo of coffee is about $200
A kilo of lentils is $20-$22
A pack of nappies is $100

A tent is anywhere between $400 to $800 depending on the size"

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Dreamt I was on a TV show (like a board game version of The Traitors).

For making it to the top 5 I got access to some freebies.

I asked for a spa session. The PR lady said she knew a guy who gives massages with fridges. A great photo op!

& I told Robbie Williams that his mouth is like a tunnel 🤷‍♀️

Starting to introduce my kids to Disney films that I haven't watched since I was a child with a small video collection.

Yesterday we watched Sleeping Beauty.

L (3): Why is she [Maleficent] so unhappy? Maybe she needs a friend.

What's your favourite Disney film from your childhood?

‘These are traps set for the people’: the story of a mother shot dead searching for food in Gaza A family is reeling from the killing of a woman who walked for hours to an Israeli-backed distribution point with her son and daughter

What kind of world is this...

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Jordanna Kalman - Index 2014-2024 Know yourself not your role, it’s hellishly hard. – Shere Hite When feminist scholar Shere Hite applied for a doctoral program at Columbia University, she wanted to study with acclaimed scholar…

I love Jordanna's work.

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Every night in Ukraine for over 1000 days.

If you're in Charlotte, North Carolina between now and 6th June, stop by Goodyear Arts and see MOTHER curated by @amynherman.bsky.social.

I'm grateful to be showing an amalgamation of my motherhood work amongst such a great list of artists ❤️

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HELLO BLUE SKY

Fowl play: flying duck caught in Swiss speed trap believed to be repeat offender. Image shows mallard snapped at 52km/h in same 30km/h zone as a duck on the same day seven years ago.

Photo of the year.

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YouTube video by TheBugglesVEVO The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star (Official Music Video)

Parenting win this morning: I introduced my kids to Video Killed The Radio Star by The Buggles. B (4) loved it 👍
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Parenting fail this morning: Getting papped by B with her kid digital camera while I was on the toilet. Time for a photography ethics lesson 😴

Mother. May 16 - June 16. Goodyear Arts. Curated by Amy Herman.

Featuring works from: Jocelyn Allen, April Dauscha, Lauren Frances Evans, Niki Grangruth, Maya Gurantz, Janna Ireland, Madina Joldybek, Justine Kurland, Reneesha McCoy, Abigail Ruth, Grace Stott, Amber Toplisek, Andi Gáldi Vinkó.

Opening reception May 16, 6-9pm with reading and performances from: Amy Bagwell + Xavia-Margrith Miles, Kadey Ballard, Joy Davis. A special thanks to the sponsors and private donors who helped make this exhibition possible: Resident Culture, Atelier4, El-Co Colour Labs.

I’m delighted to be showing work in MOTHER at Goodyear Arts in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA from 16th May to 6th June.

Thanks to @amynherman.bsky.social for the invitation, and I’m pleased to see my name amongst such a great list of artists.

Let me know if you can visit the show :)

YouTube video by iamsunnystream Jill Sobule - Supermodel (official video)

Supermodel came to mind as soon as I heard the news. It was on one of my many high school/college mix CDs that were crashing around in my backpack. RIP Jill Sobule.

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YouTube video by nii Tori Amos - Love Song

Interesting. I hadn't heard it, but just listened. I imagined it'd be more like her cover of Lovesong/I guess more like Fiona's: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_87q...

YouTube video by Release - Topic Heart of Gold

Currently listening to Fiona Apple's cover of Neil Young's Heart of Gold on repeat...

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Jocelyn Allen's Newsletter

Planning to send out my latest newsletter next week: news about a couple of upcoming exhibitions, what I've been up to since my September newsletter (whoops), what I've been listening to/reading to avoid being on social media too much.

Sign up here if you'd like to: mailchi.mp/f0f68b83e4be...

Ta!

Journalist Haya Mortaja has tragically passed away after her heart failed from the terror of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, leaving behind her daughters, Sham and Mariam.

Israel has killed hundreds of children in Gaza in the past week.

The cover of Managing Expectations by Minnie Driver - a red background with white headers, quotes in black and white, and a photo in the middle of Minnie when she was younger.

This week I listened to the audiobook of Minnie Driver's Managing Expectations.

Highly recommend. Well told/written. Some funny stories where I laughed out loud. Loved her different voices.

This morning I started listening to Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me by Whoopi Goldberg.

Letting go of IVF Fertility treatment is physically and emotionally arduous, with no guarantees. Jessa Fairbrother describes her decision not to have IVF and the complexity of living with that choice.

Letting go of IVF.

Words and artworks by Jessa Fairbrother ❤️

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Thanks to @sourcephoto.bsky.social for including my MA photo project (Covering The Carpet) in their Body Language theme, collated from work in their Graduate Photography Online archive.

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I graduated in 2014 😱

No longer emerging, not mid-career. What am I?

Screenshot of CanvasRebel's website with a large portrait where I am looking straight at the camera, and my daughters have one hand each on my face. Below it says 'Meet Jocelyn Allen'.

Recently, I answered a few questions for CanvasRebel:
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One of the cover's of Marina Abramović's Walk Through Walls.

Last week, I finished listening to Marina Abramović's Walk Through Walls. Would recommend 👍

Started listening to Minnie Driver's Managing Expectations today, and I'm currently reading Abi Morgan's This Is Not a Pity Memoir.

What's your favourite memoir/autobiography?

Israeli forces are opening fire on innocent civilians who were recently ordered to evacuate their homes in the Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah.

YouTube video by Андрей Шушков Metronomy - LIVE Pont du Gard 2014 France (Full Show HD)

Finding this new parenting era of no one napping odd, but I'm enjoying them enjoying music.

We put this on sometimes. I felt a little proud to hear my 4-year-old sing along with Radio Ladio and Love Letters: youtu.be/0qOmV9jLaKE?...