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Today is the last day of the Jewish festival of light, Chanukah, (sometimes spelled Hannukah) which lasts 8 days and which this year coincided with Christmas. The Hebrew calendar is based on lunar cycles, so the dates of festivals vary slightly each year against the Gregorian calendar. The picture below is a scanned photograph of … Read more
In the last few months I’ve been increasingly drawn to looking at the way the sun illuminates objects, noticing light and shade. Maybe this is because I’ve been regularly life drawing and painting, in natural light when possible. There’s also a desire to seize the warmth and colour of sunlight, to balance out the grey, … Read more
A few weeks ago I visited Rome after a gap of many years. I had wanted to revisit for a while, especially after seeing contemporary films set in Rome by several of my favourite Italian directors: Nanni Moretti, Gianni di Grigorio and Paolo Sorrentino. I was immediately struck by the architecture and monumentality of Rome, but … Read more
A few days ago I printed and framed an image I’d taken this summer on a hot day in London. Here it is: When my husband saw it he asked me whether it was a painting. I realised I was pleased that the image had this ambiguity; that it could be perceived of as a … Read more
A few days ago I posted a photograph of an illusion – a found face I’d seen in a building facade in the process of demolition – on my Instagram feed, which is comprised exclusively of images taken with my mobile phone. I also took several versions of the found face with a camera – … Read more
I take a lot of pictures of building facades and over the years some of these have been because of the juxtaposition of the architecture with the personal artefacts displayed. On a recent trip to Venice my eye was drawn to what seemed a quite surreal combination of an old weather-beaten apartment and professional, ultra-modern … Read more
I came across these colourful architectural facades – unusually bright for Venice – on my visit last weekend: The next two images are windows on the city, partly obscured by curtains and shutters: And I really liked the abstract effect created by layers of torn posters, with the face at the centre still legible:
I like the current Nespresso ‘Cubanita’ themed illustrations; here is a detail of one seen yesterday in Knightsbridge with reflected architecture … And here’s a facade I took in Bermondsey a few weeks ago:
I was walking around the City of London yesterday, catching sight of The Shard from different angles and positions. Here’s an image I took of it’s partial reflection in an more geometric building: In the picture below, New York skyscrapers are reflected in a car bonnet: The next picture was taken at The Barbican earlier … Read more
I was invited to the FA Community Shield at Wembley yesterday; Acoustically it’s very dynamic and nothing like watching football on TV. Here are a few things that caught my eye … The futuristic facade with its reflections: I liked this colourful, spiky recycled lion made from reclaimed waste: The artist is Faith Bebbington Mirror … Read more