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[Peter B]

Found this over on APUG, but I thought you'd all want to see it. The official photographer for the forthcoming election has been appointed and:

Election battle-buses, village greens, polling stations and shopping centres will provide the backdrop to many of the shots, taken using a traditional 5in by 4in plate camera.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8577497.stm

[joolsb]

Check out the video link. It gets better - he's using an Ebony!

Obviously a man of exquisitely good taste.

[Peter B]

And he's on a Blog as well! http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/photoblog/20 ... artis.html

[Paul Mitchell]

Will be interesting to see if he'll get arrested along the way... especially if he decides to stand on top of his camper van in Parliament Square!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/photoblog/20 ... artis.html

[Peter B]

An update on this old thread to say that there is a slideshow of some of the work on the BBC website at the link below.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11207198

[Patrick Dixon]

He missed Farage's plane crash then ...