PHOTOGRAPHY
In the 1920s my paternal grandparents left Iran for Palestine before settling in the UK in 1928. Here’s a photograph from that era showing my grandparents all dressed up. David Aminoff, who I knew as BOBO is in a top hat and is holding a cane and his wife Dvora aka BIBI is wearing a fur coat … Read more
I went to see the Sonia Delaunay exhibition at the Tate Modern and have to say that for me it was the most enjoyable exhibition I’d seen for a while. I especially like her early work which features in the first few rooms as the exhibition is chronological. I seem to be particularly drawn to … Read more
Years ago – probably the late 1990s I was working at the BBC and I caught sight of Omara Portundo in the ladies loos at Bush House. I asked if I could take her picture and she kindly obliged. Her grace, glamour and style are evident – almost a surreal juxtaposition with the utilitarian, dull … Read more
The other day on the underground I saw a woman changing out of her high heels and into her flats: I asked her if I could take a picture and explained that this was part of an ongoing series of images; however in the past it was women getting dressed up for a night … Read more
I was in choir practice today standing on Sandra’s oriental rug in my Liberty print trainers … this was the view looking down:
I was walking down Oxford Street today when something caught my eye; an M&S small carrier bag tossed on the pavement that looked like someone modelling a lime green hooded boiler suit from the back. Is is just me or can you see it?
I’ve been taking pictures of the choir I sing with, The London Lucumi Choir for several years now. Many of these albums are on Facebook, the most comprehensive of which is the album choir people Here’s a new picture of Charlene at yesterday’s rehearsal. Her dress caught my eye, as did the stained glass of the … Read more
Here’s a picture of a cyclist I took recently: And here are a couple of pictures from 2011 of a fabulous Soho regular whose fingers are adorned with multiple skull rings. I believe she goes by the name Garbo Garbo:
When I was in New Orleans recently I came across a wordless sticker in the street that referenced the iconic 17th Century painting by Vermeer The girl with the Pearl Earring. In the last few years the original image has entered popular culture after Tracy Chevalier’s 1999 novel about the painting was adapted into a … Read more
I was in New Orleans recently where I saw a young guy walking with his T shirt pulled up over his head, so it looked as if his head was on back to front. I like the surreal effect: Here’s another image from New Orleans at an outdoor jazz festival. This time a face stares … Read more