London Daily Photo: Handout

London Daily Photo: Handout
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Daily Photo: Citied

London Daily Photo: Citied
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Daily Photo: Fresh Air - Now Available Indoors

London Daily Photo: Fresh Air - Now Available Indoors
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Daily Photo: Ye Olde Parking Shoppe

London Daily Photo: Ye Olde Parking Shoppe
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Daily Photo: Thames

London Daily Photo: Thames
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Daily Photo: Bankside

London Daily Photo: Bankside
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Daily Photo: Oxford Street

London Daily Photo: Oxford Street
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Daily Photo: Message

London Daily Photo: Message
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Daily Photo: touch e

London Daily Photo: touch e
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Daily Photo: Smell Gas?

London Daily Photo: Smell Gas?
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Daily Photo: Prospects

London Daily Photo: Prospects
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Chris Osburn Graffiti Photography Exhibition at West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds

Still feeling the love from Leeds! The West Yorkshire Playhouse will be exhibiting some of my London street art photographs from May 26 to June 8. I'd really like to thank Alex Croft of the WY Playhouse (for the opportunity) and to Terry Jones of Leeds College of Art and Design (for the hook up with Alex). My photos will be on display as an accompaniment to Tag ... just writing my name, an "original piece of Hip Hop theatre using break dance, bodypopping, rap-poetry, larger-than-life graffiti sculptures and videoanimation, TAG tells the story of a young obsessive graffiti writer in search of acceptance."

I'd also like to thank the artists whose artwork is highlighted in my photos for this exhibition:

Banksy, Cyclops, Dan Witz, Sickboy and Sweet Toof.

If you happen to be in Leeds while my pics are up and the performance is on, check 'em out!

London Daily Photo: Diverted Traffic

London Daily Photo: Diverted Traffic
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Food 2.0: Nom, Nom, Nom was Brilliant!

Okay. If you’ve been around me lately, you know I’ve been in a bit of tizzy prepping for an upcoming sojourn (humongous barrels of thanks must be placed at the feet of my lovely Emiana for all the work she’s put into planning and orchestrating our trip!). Sadly, last minute obligations mean that I ain’t got no time to blog about just how awesome it was to participate in yesterday’s Food 2.0: Nom, Nom, Nom. But, I’d feel like a lowly heel if I didn’t say something about how much fun the event was. It totally rocked and everybody was super cool and all the food I tasted was delish!



What was Food 2.0: Nom, Nom, Nom? It was a cooking competition organised by the logistic superstar and networking goddess Annie Mole, in partnership with the very smiley and kind folks at TrustedPlaces.com and innovative lead sponsor SpinVox at the mega-impressive Cookery School (so super helpful and teeming with knowledge and practical advice) near Oxford Circus. The best of London’s online fooderati were pitted against each other for some truly inspired cooking … and all for a good cause (Action Against Hunger and Justgiving)!



That’s about all the time I have to post about Nom, but I did manage to upload a gazillion photos to Flickr from yesterday. There’s plenty more blog posts, etc about the event and I suspect a review will appear on Londonist soon as well.

Thanks for a wonderful day,
Chris

London Daily Photo: TCR

London Daily Photo: TCR
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Health Nut: Keenwah (Londonist)

Health Nut: Keenwah
by Chris Osburn, Food & Drink Editor
Londonist
May 19, 2008










Keenwah, a whole food salad company, prides itself on preparing “fresh, wholefood and natural quinoa salads,” which are “unusual, extremely healthy and really delicious.” And, Londonist is quite keen to spread the good news about their wholesome yumminess.

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London Daily Photo: What's Coming?

London Daily Photo: What's Coming?
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Daily Photo: You are Ghosts to Me

London Daily Photo: You are Ghosts to Me
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Two for One Glasses of Cava (Londonist)

Two for One Glasses of Cava
by Chris Osburn, Food & Drink Editor
Londonist
May 15, 2008

... running until 15 June, a rather impressive list of London gastropubs (along with some help from Spain’s Institut del Cava) will offer buy one/get one free glasses of Cava. Sounds like a brilliant opportunity to give this Spanish bubbly a try or to indulge in an extra glass or three if you’re already a fan ...

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London Daily Photo: Lunch!

London Daily Photo: Lunch!
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy's New World Wine Tasting with Qype

Quaffing with Qype
from Rob
Qype Blog
15.05.2008

Yesterday evening a small group of us (Guernican, Timinator, Annie Mole, Tiki Chris and Shiny Gemma, plus myself and Andrew) went to the rather posh 19th-century venue, Il Bottaccio on Grosvenor Place to take part in a showcase of half-a-dozen wine producers.

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Having a wine
by Tim
The Plummet Onions
15 May 2008

LVMH (the group that contains luxury brands like Moët Hennessy and Louis Vuitton) held a showcase of some of their New World wine producers in the swanky 19th-century event venue Il Bottaccio in Belgravia. It’s a really nice old building, well-suited for an event associated with luxury.

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Wine Tasting with Qype
by Chris Osburn
Tiki Chris Presents ...
Thursday, May 15, 2008

I could run through all the wines but, um I think Rob and Tim have already done brilliant jobs summing the night up on their blogs. As Tim points out in his Plumment Onions post, Aussie vintners Green Point had a winner of a reserve Shiraz accompanied by a gorgeously scrummy spoon of goat cheese foam with honey and cracked black pepper. The Malbec offered by Argentine Terrazas de los Andes was worth keeping in mind for the future as well. However, my faves were from Cloudy Bay, a winery from Marlborough, New Zealand. I especially enjoyed their Te Koko and am very appreciative that they allowed me a taste of their (hush hush) under the table bottle of Pinot Gris.

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Click here for a Flickr set of photos from the event.

London Daily Photo: Gopher

London Daily Photo: Gopher
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Alas, Wherever Will I Store my Wine? (Londonist)

Alas, Wherever Will I Store my Wine?
by Chris Osburn, Food & Drink Editor
Londonist
May 14, 2008









The Big Yellow Self Storage Company has just opened the UK’s first wine self storage facility in Fulham, near the Chelsea Harbour Club. In addition to its four floors of self storage, the facility has 1,200 temperature and humidity controlled wine cellars. Prices start at £7.50 per week for an 18 case cellar. 36 and 54 case cellars are also available as well as “full height rooms” with capacity for 500 cases or more.

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Food 2.0: Nom, Nom, Nom (Londonist)

Preview: Nom, Nom, Nom: Londonist Cooks!
by Chris Osburn, Food & Drink Editor
Londonist
May 14, 2008

On Sunday, Londonist will participate in Food 2.0: Nom, Nom, Nom ... Without giving too much away, Londonist plans to prepare a meal (you have been warned) that’s a tribute to our beloved city’s diverse and cosmopolitan character.

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London Daily Photo: Save Energy

London Daily Photo: Save Energy
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Preview: Martini Month at 5th View (Londonist)

Preview: Martini Month at 5th View (Waterstone’s Piccadilly)
by Chris Osburn, Food & Drink Editor
Londonist
May 13, 2008








A forthcoming publication of a new James Bond novel by Sebastian Faulks marks Ian Fleming’s 100th birthday and presents the perfect opportunity for 5th View ... to celebrate the occasion with a new martini menu. From 19 May to 30 June, 5th View will be shaking, not stirring, four classic and four contemporary new martinis. Spies for Londonist were able to obtain a top secret copy of the menu and have reported back that ...

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London Daily Photo: These Days

London Daily Photo: These Days
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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How was the Chris Osburn Graffiti/Photography Talk at Leeds College of Art & Design

Last week's talk at Leeds College of Art & Design went well. I even got a few chuckles. There was small audience in attendance (thankfully!) but they seemed really into graf - and my photos! My talk served as a bit of a prelude for the upcoming Burning Candy exhibition at the college (as a ton of my photos are BC-related) and I'm super honoured to have played a small part. The folks up at Leeds are in for a treat and recommend anybody who can pop into the college to see the Burning Candy installation to do so!

Burning Candy
Sweet Toof, Cyclops, Tek 33
Leeds College of Art & Design
presented by Sartorial Contemporary Art
May 19 – June 27

For more about the upcoming Burning Candy exhibition at Leeds College of Art & Design visit:

http://www.leeds-art.ac.uk/home/news-events/exhibitions/
http://sartorialart.com/burning_candy_pr.html

London Daily Photo: Park

London Daily Photo: Park
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Gourmet Grazing with Tio Pepe (Londonist)

Gourmet Grazing with Tio Pepe
by Chris Osburn, Food & Drink Editor
Londonist
May 12, 2008

Dear Uncle Pepe,

Thank you so much for sending your Gourmet Grazing Box! It arrived just in time for this past sunny weekend, resulting in a couple of brilliant picnics as well as a few notably yummy nibble sessions. In fact, there were so many goodies in the box that some morsels are still left to sift through ...

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London Daily Photo: Sunday Morning

London Daily Photo: Sunday Morning
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Miranda Donovan at Lazarides Gallery (Juxtapoz)

Photos: Miranda Donovan's "Lost World of Innocence"
Words and photos by Chris Osburn
Juxtapoz
Friday, 09 May 2008











With her first solo exhibition in the UK opening at Soho's Lazarides Gallery, the young British painter Miranda Donovan is off to a fantastic start! ... Lost World of Innocence features more than twenty paintings and raises issues about the effects urbanity on communities in light of the current global phenomenon of urban expansion.

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London Daily Photo: May 10th - 11th 1941

London Daily Photo: May 10th - 11th 1941
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Comparing London/New York Police Body Count

London versus New York in this brilliant post by Emiana, whom it's nice to see blogging again!

Body Count
by Emiana
Emiana
Friday, May 09, 2008

I cannot help but wonder what are the differences in culture, police training, gun laws and other factors that create such a staggering difference in statistics between two fairly similar cities? An old crim law professor of mine always said to look at the body count before anything else. I'm looking and and there's work to be done.

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London Daily Photo: Traitors' Gate

London Daily Photo: Traitors' Gate
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Daily Photo: Shoreditch High Street

London Daily Photo: Shoreditch High Street
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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London Daily Photo: Untitled

London Daily Photo: Untitled
Photography by Anna Krsikova © 2008
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London Daily Photo: Untitled

London Daily Photo: Untitled
Photography by Anna Krsikova © 2008
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London Daily Photo: Untitled

London Daily Photo: Untitled
Photography by Anna Krsikova © 2008
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London Daily Photo: Another Blessed Sunday

London Daily Photo: Another Blessed Sunday
Photography by Anna Krsikova © 2008
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Ron English & Adam Neate in London (Juxtapoz)

Photos: Ron English & Adam Neate in London
Words and photos by Chris Osburn
Juxtapoz
Saturday, 03 May 2008


Maybe not the first two artists you'd think to exhibit in the same space together, but a double billing of Britain's beloved Adam Neate and America's legendary Ron English at Elms Lesters Painting Rooms in London is nothing short of eye candy wonder.

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London Daily Photo: Universal

London Daily Photo: Universal
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Boris Johnson is Mayor of London

Elections 2008
Boris Johnson has won the race to become the next mayor of London - ending Ken Livingstone's eight-year reign at City Hall.
BBC News
Page last updated at 08:27 GMT, Saturday, 3 May 2008 09:27 UK

The Conservative candidate won with 1,168,738 first and second preference votes, compared with Mr Livingstone's 1,028,966 on a record turnout of 45%.

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Boris Wins!
By M@
Londonist
May 2, 2008

So, as a buoyant BJ sucks the glass testicle from Ken's lap, will London find itself in a sticky mess, or stand proud for a new era?

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London Daily Photo: Stash

London Daily Photo: Stash
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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Chris Osburn Graffiti/Photography Talk at Leeds College of Art & Design

If anybody's in Leeds on Thursday (May 8), I'll be at the College of Art and Design giving a free talk with lots of pretty pictures of mostly London graffiti.

Chris Osburn Talk
1pm, Thursday 8th May
Studio Theatre, Blenheim Walk
Leeds College of Art and Design


Chris Osburn is an American freelance photojournalist and filmmaker living and working in London. As a foreign correspondent for publications such as Juxtapoz and Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, Chris covers England's burgeoning graffiti scene from the frontline, often accompanying notorious street artists on their outings.

A list of the renowned artists which Chris has photographed in action includes Sweet Toof, Cyclops, Sickboy and Dan Witz. He has interviewed significant contemporary urban artists such as Paul Insect, David Choe and Invader and has extensively photographed the works of numerous legendary artists, including Jef Aerosol, Adam Neate, and Banksy.

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Chris Osburn at Leeds College
by Katie Zuppann

Juxtapoz
Friday, 02 May 2008

Our buddy Chris Osburn will be chatting about graffiti and the London street art scene at the Leeds College of Art & Design on May 8th ... If you’re in the UK, make sure to stop by Leeds and have a bit of Osburn knowledge whispered into your ear.

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London Daily Photo: Movement

London Daily Photo: Movement
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2008
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