Facades in New York

Here are a selection of images taken during my most recent visit to New York in late December 2018 and early January 2019. ย The focus is on facades and architecture. The first two photographs combine decorative metalwork and reflections:   The next two also feature reflections and have a more abstract geometric quality:   A … Read more

Layers Of Time in New Orleans

I was in New Orleans over the new year. Standing on a sidewalk watching a brass band parade, I noticed a weathered telegraph pole and was struck by the multitude of staples combined with fragments of former flyers and posters, embellished with graffiti:     The next image was taken in a different location and … Read more

#MeToo: Street Art & Other Visuals

A few months ago I came across an article inThe Guardian newspaper which featured the photograph below by Mukesh Gupta of some street art in Jammu, India, protesting rape. I took a screenshot of the image as it really resonated with me, particularly the representation of the silencing – the hand over the mouth of … Read more

Leafy Walls and Abstract Photography

Yesterday was a glorious autumnal day in London and I decided to walk through Hampstead Heath and then get the tube from Belsize Park. On my way to the station I saw a red fringed throw hanging out a window, reminiscent of red flag on May Day. The throw was framed by green ivy which … Read more

2nd Anniversary of the Changing Views project

It’s coming up to the 2nd anniversary of my Changing Views project. I started regularly photographing the view from my kitchen window in mid October 2016. This was the view this morning: Click here to see the Changing Views project.

Conga Drums and Nostalgia

A few weeks ago I took some photos of musician Daniel Marruzzo at London’s Afro Cuban Music Night. He is about to play a conga drum and the lighting gives the whole image a red glow: The conga drum looks red but isn’t. From time to time I miss my old red conga drum. A … Read more

street abstracts: torn and folded

Over the years I have photographed many torn posters and adverts, peeling walls and glue glyphs. I like the layers, textures and fragmented altered imagery. Recently I was waiting at a bus stop in Kentish Town standing by a billboard and took a few versions of the photograph below. The wind was blowing and folded … Read more

The London Mastaba and Reflections

The other day I went to see the floating sculpture The London Mastaba, created by husband and wife artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude and which is situated temporarily on London’s Serpentine Lake. It was a gloriously sunny day and this was my first sighting of it: As I approached I noticed the lake’s surface had a … Read more

Motivational Graffiti and Rosh Hashana

This evening heralds the start of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana. As Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman writes in the Jerusalem Post: Rosh Hashana is an opportunity for change. It is “not just the beginning of the Hebrew Calendar; it is also the symbol for renewal. This is when we begin to scrutinise ourselves and … Read more

Woman at a dressing table

The images in this post have been selected around the themes of sitting at a dressing table, looking into a mirror and applying makeup. Firstly here are a couple of portraits I took of my mother from a project I did at college in the late 80s: In the next photo I appear in the … Read more