PHOTOGRAPHY
It’s now been 18 months since I started the Changing Views Project. The view is one I see from my kitchen window, and looks out towards Kentish Town and the city beyond. The first image from the project was taken at midday on October 15, 2016. Here it is below: The most recent image was … Read more
Below are three differing versions of the same view. The first was taken early this morning; the so-called Beast from the East making its snowy imprint on the landscape: This very Christmassy one was taken at midday: The image below was taken four days ago. I was looking out at the hazy white light … Read more
I wanted to write something about how art history is evident not just in the interiors of museums and churches in Venice but has a certain visibility as you walk around its streets and squares. This is in the form of reproductions of painting. I realised that I was concurrently taking pictures of contemporary street art … Read more
It’s 4pm on a gloomy and wet New Year’s Eve. As I looked out the window just now the slashing rain had stopped and there was a brighter hue detectable in the sky and little pink lights on the cranes on the horizon. I saw the word HOPE emblazoned on the bridge – and it … Read more
I was looking through my photo library and came across the shot below, which I’d taken back in 2009. The painted guitarists are nameless, implying that they are iconic enough to recognise. There is added handwritten text summarising their persona. On the left is a representation of American country musician Hank Williams who died back … Read more
I like seeing how sculpture interacts with the environment. The following two images were taken on a trip to Japan a couple of years ago. The first was taken in Hiroshima. A mother and child; the mother’s hair flowing behind her. They seem to be perched on a crescent moon, and are surrounded by an … Read more
I have now completed a whole year of my Changing Views project, which I started in October 2016, and which took me up to October 2017. October 2016: 21 September 2017: October 2017: See the project here:
A few weeks ago I photographed some graffiti I’d seen in Central London. A colourful, menacing clown had been introduced onto a wall featuring an advertising image of professional cyclists. A couple of days later I found myself in the same street with my husband, a keen cyclist. I wanted to show him that juxtaposition … Read more
I’ve just returned from a few days in few days in Lecce, in the Salento region of Apulia in the heel of Italy. Lecce is sometimes referred to as the Florence of the South, connoting the abundance of visual splendour in the historic centre. However the reality is more complex; Lecce’s incredibly ornate Baroque churches … Read more
I’ve been photographing a particular view – the view out my kitchen window – for the past nine months. I started in mid October 2016, at the height of Autumn and intend to carry on for a complete year. Beyond using the same camera and lens there is no rule or methodology. The inspiration is a particular … Read more