MORGANA IN A BATH OF MILK!

•  Morgana In A Bath Of Milk! – (or The Things we do to Models!) Last month Ian Brierley had Sarah dunking her head in a bucket of water at the Summer Show, and Katie Green was there, telling us about a forthcoming assignment involving baked beans! On the day she got off lightly – Jon Gray shot her beautifully using the new Bowens Ringflash Pro , without covering her in foodstuffs! A previous

BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY!

• Bridges of Madison County! – Featured Photographer, Christopher Hartford Madison County and its covered bridges both exist. Real-life photographer Christopher Hartford has been there and photographed them. (You'll remember they were originally shot by a fictional National Geographic tog, played on film by Clint Eastwood.) Chris Hartford's equally real-life wife, Louise, brought his portfolio

HELP START A MEET-UP FOR INDY PHOTO LABS!

• Help Start A Meet-Up for Independent Photo Labs! – THE PLOT to organize a sociable get-together for independent photo labs some time this year has THICKENED! Neil Taylor of the UK's minilabhelp forum has now launched a new web site specially to organize and promote the idea. If you think it's a good idea and would like to attend, speak up and say so. Get along to the new

GOVERNMENT RELENTS ON PHOTOGRAPHY!

•  Government Relents on Photography! – The Government has moved on from the brush-off that Home Secretary, Jaqui Smith gave the NUJ over the union's concerns about police surveillance of photojournalists. She had appeared to wash her hands of the matter, but now Lord Bassam of Brighton has said the Home Office will meet the NUJ and will contact the Association of Chief Police Officers with a

WERE YOU THERE?

•  Were You There? Summer Show On WebTV! – Were you interviewed at the www. photomart .co.uk SUMMER SHOW? PhotographyTV's latest episode features this event, and includes many of the delegates who were there. Were you one of them? Take a look and see! Did you photograph the WonderBra model? – photographer Jon Gray's world-class model at the Summer Show, Katie Green, has since gone on to win

MARTIN PARR WINS PHOTO ESPANA

•  Martin Parr Wins Photo Espana, Gets Honourary Doctorate! – Britain's Martin Parr (Magnum), one of our most highly regarded living photographers, has been awarded an Honourary Doctorate by his alma mater, Manchester Met. He has also just won the Baume et Mercier Award at Photo Espana. Another British winner at Photo Espana this year was Olivia Arthur (who is one of just two new photographers

PARINITA SALIAN LEAVING PHOTOWEEK!

•  Parinita Salian Leaving PhotoWeek! – Staff Journalist, Parinita Salian, is to leave PhotoWeek! at the end of the month to become a writer on DPReview. Pari was an invaluable provider of multi-media reporting to PhotoWeek! - working on our DVD productions as well as online video and writing. Her knowledge of photographic equipment and studio lighting was widely appreciated. She is joining one