{"id":15047,"date":"2024-07-06T09:37:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T07:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/06\/the-collie-was-trying-to-herd-the-lamb-but-failing-mark-aitkens-best-phone-picture\/"},"modified":"2024-07-06T09:37:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T07:37:38","slug":"the-collie-was-trying-to-herd-the-lamb-but-failing-mark-aitkens-best-phone-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/06\/the-collie-was-trying-to-herd-the-lamb-but-failing-mark-aitkens-best-phone-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The collie was trying to herd the lamb \u2013 but failing\u2019: Mark Aitken\u2019s best phone picture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New Zealand-born photographer was planning to take a portrait of a farm owner when two animals caught his eye<\/p>\n<p>For the last two years, Mark Aitken has been working on a photo series in Lapland. \u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0called <a href=\"https:\/\/tsoeg.org\/associates\/mark-aitken\/\">Presence of Absence<\/a>,\u201d he says, \u201cand it explores the liminal and sometimes uncanny boundaries between life and death experienced by people living in this extreme climate and\u00a0landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aitken, who was born in New Zealand, raised in South Africa and has lived in London for years, took this photo in spring of this year, on a\u00a0sheep farm. \u201cKukkola is a borderland hamlet in Finnish Lapland on the River Tornio, near Sweden. The farm has been running for 20 years and this lamb is one of about 100 born in March and April,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/article\/2024\/jul\/06\/mark-aitken-best-phone-picture\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/74ed2c82fa4265e7ff4e8a25d5f09cb8d2d16fee\/0_270_3343_2006\/master\/3343.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=f51a66914ee42f0a3975dcbbeabfce77\" title=\"\u2018The collie was trying to herd the lamb \u2013 but failing\u2019: Mark Aitken\u2019s best phone picture\" \/>The New Zealand-born photographer was planning to take a portrait of a farm owner when two animals caught his eye<br \/>\nFor the last two years, Mark Aitken has been working on a photo series in Lapland. \u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0called Presence of Absence,\u201d he says, \u201cand it explores the liminal and sometimes uncanny boundaries between life and death experienced by people living in this extreme climate and\u00a0landscape.\u201d<br \/>\nAitken, who was born in New Zealand, raised in South Africa and has lived in London for years, took this photo in spring of this year, on a\u00a0sheep farm. \u201cKukkola is a borderland hamlet in Finnish Lapland on the River Tornio, near Sweden. The farm has been running for 20 years and this lamb is one of about 100 born in March and April,\u201d he says. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Zealand-born photographer was planning to take a portrait of a farm owner when two animals caught his eye For the last two years, Mark Aitken has been working on a photo series in Lapland. \u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0called Presence of Absence,\u201d he says, \u201cand it explores the liminal and sometimes uncanny boundaries between life and death &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/06\/the-collie-was-trying-to-herd-the-lamb-but-failing-mark-aitkens-best-phone-picture\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018The collie was trying to herd the lamb \u2013 but failing\u2019: Mark Aitken\u2019s best phone picture<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15047"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}