PHOTOGRAPHY
It’s been a few months since my last post on London’s Afro Cuban Music Night and I’ve wanted to do a piece highlighting images of dance. The following three photographs allude to dance using fragmentation – parts of the body to suggest the whole. The dancer is an Italian called Cesare. In the photo below … Read more
London’s Afro Cuban Music Night is something I look forward to. Currently taking place the first Monday of each month. I find myself multi-tasking; singing, dancing and taking photographs. Here are a few of my favourite images from the last couple of months. In the first few images hands are a central theme; whether clapping … Read more
The first Tuesday of every month is firmly placed in my diary. This is because it means it’s time for London’s Afro Cuban Music Night. The organisers describe the event as a night of drum, song and dance from bata and Orisha music to rumba and as an informal gathering where musicians who know the traditions … Read more
There’s an exhibition on at the moment at The Photographer’s Gallery in London called Primrose: Early Colour Photography in Russia. Here’s an image from the exhibition. I particularly like the theme – it’s a still of a rumba dance from a 1928 film called Albidum by Alexander Rodchenko. The print is silver gelatin with added … Read more
I was at a restaurant last night and was struck by the elegance of my waitress, who had floral face paint on one side of her face. Turns out she is a ballet dancer and had been rehearsing for the Notting Hill Carnival before her shift. I also like the interplay of the dots … Read more
Jen and I both turned up in Japanese toe socks for our Afro Cuban dance class yesterday;
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
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.
I’m decluttering and today tackled the bottom section of what was euphemistically called the art cupboard (it also contained a lot of junk)… and found this painting rolled up at the back . I can’t remember when I painted it … I think around 20 years ago. I know one theme was the representation of … Read more