PHOTOGRAPHY
This woman was changing into heels on Friday night on the corner of Frith Street. it almost looks like two different people but it’s one woman, different shoes: Here’s a photo I took a few years back of a friend of mine changing from her work clothes to her salsa dancing outfit:
Saw this today; also noticed that the Latin text to the right of the figure says “perdidi diem” which translates as “I have lost the day”.
I am partial to interesting tights as some of my friends and family know … this evening I managed to snap this woman as she was getting off a Northern Line train; she was donning a rather fetching pair of Paris skyline tights:
Jen and I both turned up in Japanese toe socks for our Afro Cuban dance class yesterday;
saw this the other day … i’ve taken several variations of it – here’s the black and white version:
Here’s a picture I took a couple of days ago of some construction work near Soho Square. I like the mix of the old church and the building work; seeing history juxtaposed with the new is very typical of London. The multiple grids, angled lines and the splashes of colour all contribute to an abstract … Read more
This was one of a group of mannequins in a shop window in Brixton market; it was the lashes that made me settle on this one. I like the ambiguity of this image – it could be almost be a pastel or watercolour, or a faded picture of a 60s fashion model:
The other day I came across the controversial image of the Angel of the North sculpture with the baguette projected onto it as part of a supermarket advertising campaign. I found the image striking, surreal and sacrilegious… I must have been thinking about it as I came across one of my “objet trouvé” compositions also … Read more
Today’s choir rehearsal was at The Place dance studios in Euston in preparation for our gig at Brixton East this coming Thursday as part of the Survival Guides Festival. Here are a couple of photos of Daniela Rosselson de Armas, director of the choir and my long-time friend: Here are some shots of “Waafrique” aka … Read more
I came across these reflected facades whilst walking in Soho yesterday. The effect reminded me a bit of batik – as if the buildings had exotic fabric projected onto them: