PHOTOGRAPHY
In the last couple of years I’ve been diversifying my regular fitness regime, adding qigong and now yoga to my regular Pilates sessions. A few weeks ago I decided to try a different yoga class called Pranayama which was totally new to me. As the session began the covering teacher asked us to breathe in and exhale … 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
Here are a selection of images taken during my most recent visit to New York in late December 2018 and early January 2019. The focus is on facades and architecture. The first two photographs combine decorative metalwork and reflections: The next two also feature reflections and have a more abstract geometric quality: A … 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
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.
The other day I went to see the floating sculpture The London Mastaba, created by husband and wife artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude and which is situated temporarily on London’s Serpentine Lake. It was a gloriously sunny day and this was my first sighting of it: As I approached I noticed the lake’s surface had a … Read more
This evening heralds the start of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana. As Kabbalist Dr. Michael Laitman writes in the Jerusalem Post: Rosh Hashana is an opportunity for change. It is “not just the beginning of the Hebrew Calendar; it is also the symbol for renewal. This is when we begin to scrutinise ourselves and … Read more
Back when I studied History of Art I spent a year in Venice researching various secular motifs in 18th Century Venetian painting. My assumption from that time was that Venice, unlike Rome and Florence, was not particularly a centre for religious iconography. However, on recent visits, walking around the city with an objective eye, I … Read more
I’m now 21 months into my Changing Views Project – here are a couple of the latest images: Check out the rest of the project here.
I have been taking my time writing this post as it has been proving to be more complex than I thought. Originally it was a supposed go be a companion post to Gotta Photograph that hat! and to a future post focussing on head wraps and scarves. In many ways it still is; I just found … Read more