PHOTOGRAPHY
I’ve updated my project entitled Behind the Scenes with The London Lucumi Choir. The London Lucumi Choir, directed by Daniela Rosselson, is now in its 13th year. The choir and was originally conceived and co-created by Daniela together with percussionist Dave Pattman and singer Martha Galarraga of the Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba in late 2006. … Read more
I was at the Feria de Londres today, a yearly Spanish Festival at London’s Southbank with a focus on Flamenco dance, music and street food from Andalucia. One of the dancers that caught my attention was visibly pregnant, her flamenco dress outlining the contours of her body. I thought she looked great: Another pregnant dancer- … Read more
I thought I’d bring together different photographs I’d taken involving scooters. Some of these are abstract compositions and others are more documentary in nature. The most recent pictures were taken just yesterday when I was having a lazy Sunday meander in London’s Soho. Walking down Carnaby Street, I saw embellished scooters outside the Lambretta shop … Read more
Over the weekend The London Lucumi Choir travelled to Nottingham to record tracks for our upcoming 4th album. We’ve recorded at the Paper Stone Studios before and had a positive experience. The acoustics suit our music which are sequences of Afro Cuban spiritual song and percussion and the engineer is calm and understands the production … Read more
I went to the Brexit March yesterday which was a rally for a People’s Vote calling for another EU referendum. I went on my own, but with the intention of hooking up with some musician friends who were meeting with other samba school percussionists near the Apollo statue in Hyde Park. Compared to most of … Read more
Today I read in the paper that Tower Records in Tokyo, Japan was opening a dedicated a vinyl-only shop inside its flagship store in Shibuya. I have been intending to do a post on record stores and vinyl for some time, and to link some of the disparate images I have on this theme. Here’s … Read more
I like to think that my style is authentic and individual to me, yet I know I probably also fit into a certain algorithm, targeted at mature women artists like myself who are into fashion and who also express themselves though the way they look. It made me laugh when Lily Tomlin’s character in the … Read more
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
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
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.