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The view from Craig Gibbon can only be described as other Worldly. This description requires some explanation as this panorama shows an impressive view but nothing that you couldn't find anywhere else in Scotland. Technically, that's true but my description comes from the experience of the day.
Despite having beautiful blue skies, there was a biting wind that ripped through the air. The path we followed into the hills to reach this viewpoint was largely samey due to the hills in this area having no trees or distinctive peaks to speak of, although the more prominent peaks of Schiehallion and Ben Lawers can be seen from the path. We were essentially trudging through a Scottish desert where sand is replaced with brown heather.
Even though the walk was enjoyable and the views great, it never felt like a particularly spectacular walk until we reached the last 100m of the hike. After a colour palette of only orange and brown, we entered a small patch of woodland and at the highest point of that woodland, this is the view we were treated to.
The trees sheltered us from the wind and thanks to the colours granted by the woodland and the patchwork landscape of Strathmore, it felt like we'd arrived at a small piece of paradise. We'd hiked for five miles to reach this spot and it delivered a scene that is truly spectacular and compared to what had come previously, it felt like we'd stepped into another World. All we had to do was walk those five miles back to the car...
I’m heading off to the Foresight Conference and then a pilgrimage to the Venter Institute. (This photo by Ronnie Antik is from TED earlier this year.)
Full disclosure: in all of my prior writing and blogging about Craig Venter (from TED, our life sciences conference and elsewhere), we had no economic ties to him, and working with him was just a dream. He now has a company called Synthetic Genomics, which I am very excited about, and we just became investors, and I joined the Board.
For the curious or those as equally excitable as I, here is a summary of that earlier blogging:
Craig Venter set sail around the world to shotgun sequence the millions of viruses and bacteria in every spoonful of sea water. From the first five ocean samples, this team grew the number of known genes on the planet by 10x and the number of genes involved in solar energy conversion by 100x. The ocean microorganisms have evolved over a longer period of time and have pathways that are more efficient than photosynthesis.
Another discovery: every 200 miles across the open ocean, the microbial genes are up to 85% different. The oceans are not homogenous masses. They consist of myriad uncharted regions of ecological diversity… and the world’s largest digital database.
From the collection of digital genomes, we are learning to decode and reprogram the information systems of biology. Like computer hackers, we can leverage a prior library of evolved code, assemblers and subsystems. Many of the radical applications lie outside of medicine.
At the Venter Institute, Craig Venter and Hamilton Smith are leading the Minimal Genome Project. They take the Mycoplasma genitalium from the human urogenital tract, and strip out 200 unnecessary genes, thereby creating the simplest synthetic organism that can self-replicate (at about 300 genes). They plan to layer new functionality on to this artificial genome – to make a solar cell or to generate hydrogen from water using the sun’s energy for photonic hydrolysis – by splicing cassettes of novel genes discovered in the oceans for energy conversion from sunlight.
Venter explains: “Creating a new life form is a means of understanding the genome and understanding the gene sets. We don’t have enough scientists on the planet, enough money, and enough time using traditional methods to understand the millions of genes we are uncovering. So we have to develop new approaches… to understand empirically what the different genes do in developing living systems.”
The limiting factor is our understanding of these complex systems, but our pace of learning has been compounding exponentially. We will learn more about genetics and the origins of disease in the next 10 years than we have in all of human history. And for the minimal genome microbes, the possibility of understanding the entire proteome and metabolic pathways seems tantalizingly close to achievable. These simpler organisms have a simple “one gene : one protein” mapping, and lack many of the nested loops of feedback that make the human genome so rich (and humbling… When burned on a CD, the human genome is smaller than Microsoft Office).
Much of our future context will be defined by the accelerating proliferation of information technology – as it innervates society and begins to subsume matter into code. It is a period of exponential growth in the learning/experimentation/feedback cycle where the power of biotech, infotech and nanotech compounds the advances in each formerly discrete domain.
And it should be a wonderful time for explorers like Craig Venter – sailing through the frontiers of the unknown – and for the curious, in an era that will feel like an innovation Renaissance.
Meet Craig. Nice guy but definitely not the brightest. That whole "Where's yer ball?" joke he did got stale pretty quick...
5Dm2 + 28-70L, AB1600 on each side, snooted speedlite to BG.
Craig made it look a bit harder than it should have been, he spun out a few times but once he got a good running start at it, it was to the top.
Four views fo Craig Coch dam, thought to be the most attractive of the Elan Valley dams, it is the highest and often referred to as the top dam.
Part of the impressive run of dams set within the Elan Valley. A perfect overnight stop given its Dark Sky Park status. As expected, the area is dependant on high water levels to see it at its best.
Craig’s of Cumbernauld ADL Enviro200 MMC YX72OJT is seen here heading out of Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station working the 72 to Kirkintilloch.
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Craig Owens Solo Show @ Mojoes | September 2nd | Joliet, Illinois
So, this day was full of fun and excitement. Craig Owens has always been one of my favorite musicians and the two hour drive with friends to Joliet, Wisconsin was well worth it. Us four males didn't piss before we left, so when we got to Joliet we were struggling to find a place to pee. We walk into the building next to the venue and take an elevator up. We suddenly hear someone singing and we realize it's Craig Owens doing soundcheck, which was pretty awesome. A girl named Ashleigh, whose girlfriend is being produced by Craig and is being dubbed "The voice of our generation" let us use the bathroom backstage, so my piss basically collided with Craigs piss, or whatever. It was cool and then during his last song Craig just got into the middle of the crowd and they held him up while he sang his heart out and I got this nice shot. Fuck yeah, Craig Owens.
Just a self portrait but i wanted to test out a different post processing style.
SB-26 through umbrella high camera left at 1/8th power.
Craig is a "Super Tusker" elephant, a sub-breed where the tusks almost reach the ground and can weigh over 100 lbs (45 kg). Unfortunately, super tuskers are also prime targets for poachers and trophy hunters who have hunted these magnificent animals nearly to extinction. Today, the most optimistic size estimates for thier global population is less than 30 living elephants. Most now live in areas that are protected against poaching and hunting, but some areas still do allow these creatures to be killed. Of course, elephants know nothing of regional or national borders, so even the ones that live in protected areas do sometimes wander into dangerous ones and end up being killed there. Unless humanity can find a way to end trophy hunting of these animals and any kind of poaching, the future of the super tusker appears bleak.
Craig made it look a bit harder than it should have been, he spun out a few times but once he got a good running start at it, it was to the top.
Spotted this trio while photographing a sunset over the hills of Stoke-On-Trent yesterday. I think a gift print will be making its way to you sir!
April 7th, 2011 - Mojoes - Joliet, IL
Caught a good moment in terrible settings. I shoot in all manual, always. I'm so mad about this.
A northbound Canadian National manifest freight breaks out of the gloom by the Amtrak station in Rantoul, IL. February 27, 2021
YX72 OMD is an AD E20D/AD Enviro200 MMC new to Craigs of Cumbernauld in Octiber 2022.
It is seen here in Glasgow operating SPT supported service 72 (Kirkintilloch-Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station).
If you got to the image I posted on July 12, 2011, you will find the original of what you see above. I sent this image to Craig Atkinson, Man of 100000 Faces, and this reappeared in most mail box two days ago. Faces and more Faces. So Many Faces. It may cause an identity fusion.
This is a shot of a good pal of mine Craig McDonald. We had not long set off on what would prove to be a marathon hike and climb when Craig turned around to me and tried to scare me by saying that he had caught the second most deadly snake in Montana. He then went on to advise that apart from the Western Rattlesnake there are no poisonous snakes in the state. This garter snake had the last laugh as it peed on Craig when he picked it up to show me.
Craig from Kickstart garage built this off road XS650 and got it all tied up and took it out for a shoot. kickstart-garage.com/
We met via Twitter at Bandra Bandstand ..and we became good friends .
Craig feels for his friends when I was to walk from Delhi to Ajmer he sent me ankle knee braces as he knows my legs are accident prone .
I still have the ankle brace I have never used it though I returned the other items to Craig asking him to give it to some deserving person.
When I returned I had a leg injury and it took 2 months to heal thanks to Nizam bhai bonesetter of Bandra SV road .
I have shot with a lot of American photographers but Craig is humane no arrogance no bias just love for humam beings and this quality is the integral part of his street story and documentation.
And I am proud that Craig is shooting my city vigorously rapturously my wife when Craig comes home will make a parcel for him and his wife Alokananda music whiz of Bollywood .
Craig when he came to know I was unwell for last 3 days sent me lunch hot sweet corn chicken soup dessert ..
Craig and I shoot Bandra Chimbai and during festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi I invite him I also invited him to shoot Chhath Puja at Juhu Beach.
Craig is a great photographer seeped in the art of street photography , he is a great teacher too and in my life I have never seen a photographer so madly in love with Mumbai.
Everybody on the street knows him..he is polite humble endearing with the people he shoots ..he shoots alone and most of all he enjoys his adventures with the camera.
I am indeed lucky I have a friend like Craig ..
There is another friend Deepak Amembal Magic eye we are part of a Trinity that Deepak has named 3 Clickers.
If you are a serious photographer you want to talk photography dream photography breathe photography and I mean strictly street photography than follow Craig Boehman
You will get to learn a lot from him.