The United Nations of Photography is a meeting place for people who wish to share opinions, for those who are engaged with building the new lens-based storytelling landscape. It is a home for the inquisitive, the informed and the passionate. It was founded and is curated/edited by Dr Grant Scott.

“For sure, if it’s any good, if it’s HAPPENING Grant Scott has his fingerprints on it, and the UNP helps facilitate it. A constant gardener. Loved. NEEDED!” Jim Mortram. UK

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11 responses to “About”

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    Olive Gallimore

    Thank you for the informative podcasts. Please let me know the music used on the podcast. Many thanks

    1. My pleasure. It was written and played by Laura Ritchie for our film Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jay

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  5. […] My intention with photography has always been to generate some form of income from it and there are various organisational frameworks I’m using to explore potential revenue streams of which this site is a part. Underlying this though, is a deeper question, apart from the obvious financial answer, why am I doing this? This prompted some thinking and I’m still working it out. Luckily, I found a podcast that asks this question, at the United Nations of Photography  […]

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  7. Thank you! Already a reference! Mindfulness in a period that our ‘photographic life’ tends to be automatically and standardized thinking, marketing´s overwhelming, and dictatorship of trend (and fees) impers… keep the good work Grant Scott!!

    1. Thank you for the feedback and I will try!

  8. Dear Photographers,
    I have noted with interest the piece concerning the photographer Raymond Moore who I met casually on several occasions during his visits to Pembrokeshire.
    He spent much time at Martin’s Haven and on Skomer Island and I (as a historian of the island and former warden) would be most interested to learn if Raymond’s photographs from those days are safely deposited and whether they can be viewed.
    Thank you David Saunders

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