Leighton Cooke

Choix moi - Marche Chômeurs à Paris Stalingrad 6 July

2013-07-04T15:30:00.001+01:00

Federation_MNCP

Off The Mixer: KI-TEK Soundsystem Presents D&B Edition @ OT301 Amsterdam

2013-07-04T15:26:00.001+01:00

Ciao bella!! See you in Paris

2013-07-03T22:11:00.001+01:00

Jean Moulin, Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko, Edward Snowden @Federation_MNCP Stand up for your rights!

2013-06-28T13:10:00.001+01:00

Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights! Marche Chômeurs on the road to Toulouse

#marchechomeurs2013 take back the streets from the #NSA

2013-06-27T17:35:00.000+01:00

So now we know. We had our suspicions all along. Thanks to Ed and Glenn, they know that we know. The NSA is reading the metdata of my ISP, which is like reading my brain. The NSA is my secret lover, my abuser, my constant companion. The NSA and Silicon Valley are joined at the hip. So now we know. It was a lovely scam while it lasted. Now we can see that this cloud does not have a silver lining. So let's get back on the streets and march for our rights, in the name that great South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela. Join our freedom party in Paris at place Stalingrad on July 6.marchechomeurs2013.org @Federation_MNCP

Zalie - Miss Twitter

2013-06-26T11:35:00.001+01:00

Zalie - Miss Twitter, originally uploaded by Leighton Cooke.

In Carcassonne on the MNCP marche chômeurs to Paris.
@Federation_MNCP

Chômeurs la la la song

2013-06-25T17:00:00.000+01:00

La, la, la! marchechomeurs2013.org

MNCP party place Stalingrad Paris July 6

2013-06-25T16:47:00.002+01:00

Off to Paris for the chômeurs party. It has been a while since I have been in the city of light, so I am curious to see how it has changed. marchechomeurs2013.org

French Full Monty Putain custom sound system

2013-04-08T13:05:00.000+01:00

Testing new sleeping bag in the VauDe bivi

2013-01-30T10:23:00.002+00:00

As the weather improves, I am getting ready for the road. My long distance bicycle trips have usually been in the summer, so this will be the first time that I set off in February. Last night I tested the new sleeping bag with my VauDe bivi. Also tried out the ThermaRest Z-Lite, which was comfortable enough on the hard balcony floor, so it should be OK on the road. Slept right through till 8.30am on a dry night with a steady breeze. First though, a beer break to whet the appetite: The lighting in the bivi video below was provided by a budget Petzl headlamp in need of some new batteries, so it's a bit of a dark movie. If all goes to plan, I should be heading for France in about ten days time.

Westerkerk, Jordaan, Amsterdam

2013-01-27T13:16:00.000+00:00

Westerkerk from the Jordaan by Bettie Klomp...#Amsterdam flic.kr/p/2oYgST
— Leighton Cooke (@leightoncooke) January 27, 2013

One of my favourite streets in the Jordaan. I used to hang out in Cafe De Tuin in the old days. You can visit Bettie's gallery at:
Atelier Galilea,

1ste Leliedwarstraat 4,
Jordaan,
Amsterdam

This is not an Ashton pipe

2013-01-25T20:39:00.000+00:00

As Magritte would agree, it's a photo of a pipe. This Ashton Pebble Grain LX used to belong to my good friend Clauss. It has hardly been used. I don't smoke anymore, but maybe I should light up a pipe of good English tobacco every now and again, just for the memory. Wonder how much it would be worth at the moment?
Ashton/Pipedia

Green Tara at Palbu, Amsterdam

2013-01-25T13:42:00.002+00:00

Green Tara at Palbu, #Amsterdam #Tibet flic.kr/p/HKC43
— Leighton Cooke (@leightoncooke) January 25, 2013

Taken in 2007 in the Palbu Tibetan art store in the center of Amsterdam.

Mama, the purple cow by Susanne Boger

2013-01-24T08:27:00.000+00:00

Mama, the purple cow by Susanne Bogerflic.kr/p/5Kmg9w
— Leighton Cooke (@leightoncooke) January 24, 2013

Susanne is based at OT301 in Amsterdam. This was part of a series of photos I did in 2008.

Small Fellbach coppice in the snow

2013-01-23T12:47:00.001+00:00

Seen on my way to the organic store for some Bauernbrot.

A Leica in the hand uses a lot of film

2009-03-26T11:47:00.001+00:00

A Leica in the hand uses a lot of film, originally uploaded by Cookiemouse.

Met a Russian photographer who was doing a photoshoot for an exhibition, using the Leica M7 with a 35mm lens and Ilford film.

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Puneeta vs Susi

2009-02-11T20:14:00.001+00:00

The Wind of Sarayu

Silver statue fragment

2008-12-19T19:33:00.001+00:00

Silver statue fragment, originally uploaded by Susanne Boger.

Photo by Leighton Cooke
Part of a series of designs by Susanne Boger

Leighton's Ray Bans

2008-11-19T20:31:00.002+00:00

Cookiemouse Ray Ban's, originally uploaded by Cookiemouse.

Today the weather was rather mixed, so I only needed my trademark Ray Ban's for part of the afternoon.

Manjushri

2008-11-18T17:00:00.001+00:00

Manjushri, originally uploaded by Cookiemouse.

The other day I passed by the Palbu Tibetan craft store in the center of Amsterdam, where I saw this beautiful thangka of Manjushri, the Mahayana Buddhist bodhisattva of wisdom.

Giovanni Sollima plays biennale cello

2008-11-14T16:34:00.008+00:00

Giovanni Sollima plays biennale cello, originally uploaded by Cookiemouse.

This new cello was built during the Amsterdam Cello Biennale.
Giovanni Sollima played "Terra Aria" to try out the instrument for the first time.
It would be varnished at a later date.

Amsterdam photographer Danielle back to back

2008-11-13T18:11:00.002+00:00

Amsterdam photographers back to back, originally uploaded by Cookiemouse.

Amsterdam photographer Danielle Cornelissen also likes to be a photomodel as well as a photowoman. She has a great sense of humor as this spontaneous street shot shows.

Marshall McLuhan understanding blogging

2008-11-07T15:24:00.002+00:00

Marshall McLuhan understanding blogging, originally uploaded by Cookiemouse.

The universe decided to give me the Marshall McLuhan classic "Understanding Media" yesterday. We are starting a blogging workshop in OBA this coming Sunday, starting at 3pm. This is one picture option for the flyer.

Amsterdam Cello Biennale

2008-11-04T19:02:00.003+00:00

A short animated slideshow of some of the photos I made recently at the Amsterdam Cello Biennale.

Cookie Mouse winks again!

2008-10-29T19:33:00.002+00:00

Cookie Mouse winks again!, originally uploaded by Cookiemouse.

The little winking Cookie mouse has had a makeover, boosting the color a bit and cropping the right and bottom edges.