On a glass, through a glass …
I took a photo of this glass candle holder the other day at my local pub; I was drawn to the faces and found the image a bit ambiguous and surreal: Here are some other images I’ve taken shot through glass:
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the eyes have it …
Here are some photos I’ve taken that combine graffiti or advertising imagery with an outdoor natural setting. The faces all have striking blue or green eyes. The first two images were shot in Ibiza: A surreal distortion – I think I saw this in London’s Westbourne Grove during carnival: The photo below was taken … Read more
Abstract with carnations and reflected trees
I took a few variations of this image on Sunday morning, seen in a pub window near Soho:
dolls and babies
Yesterday at choir practice with The London Lucumi Choir I came across this doll resting on the piano keys. As with mannequins I’m intrigued by the slightly surreal, human quality some dolls possess. Whilst going through my photos I remembered this magical doll-like baby I’d encountered at a WOMAD music festival:
People in trees
Here’s a picture I’ve scanned of my mum in a tree, taken before I was born. I’m not sure who took this picture, possibly the late Sam Roubini: Here are some pictures I’ve taken of people in trees. All of these were shot on Hampstead Heath:
Which Way?
I took this abstract the other day; I was drawn to the blue arrow but also liked the painterly splatters, the reflected facades and the streak of text: Here are some other pictures I’ve taken featuring arrows and directions: So on average, it seems like we’re supposed to be going right … But don’t … Read more
scrapbooks and collecting images
There’s a small but interesting exhibition on at the moment at London’s ICA called “Paperwork: A Brief History of Artists’ Scrapbooks” which got me thinking about the various ways in which I collect images, potentially for inspiration but sometimes just to ponder and absorb or surround myself with. Here’s an example from the exhibition which … Read more
Portraits over the weekend
Here’s a picture I took of Jen during a break at an afro-cuban dance class on Saturday; I love the majestic shape of her hair in profile. And here’s a picture of Dave, one of the percussionists at choir rehearsal today.
hairy women: moustaches and graffiti
(L.H.O.O.Q by Duchamp -source Wikimedia Commons) Back in 1919, artist Marcel Duchamp re-presented Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa by pencilling-in a moustache and goatee. He placed the initials LHOOQ beneath, which when pronounced sound like “elle a chaud au cul”, literally translated as “she is hot in the ass” apparently suggesting sexual restlessness and “fire … Read more