PHOTOGRAPHY
I was in Paris for a couple of days to attend the opening of the Women Street Photographers exhibition at 59 Rivoli Gallery. As I was walking back to Gare du Nord to catch my Eurostar train, I noticed the mannequin hand in a men’s clothing store. Three fingers were broken, and just the thumb … Read more
In this blog I’m featuring photographs I’ve taken of animals whilst walking in my local neighbourhood. The selection spans both representations of animals and real living creatures, and is chosen from images taken over the past year. I had a recent surprise encounter with a camel in Kentish Town. I was walking down a side … Read more
I usually dress in black with flashes of vibrant colour but recently have been gravitating to wearing lighter and brighter colours. I know it’s a natural instinct as the days become longer and warmer but I think that the extended Pandemic has played a part in this for me. I’ve noticed other people in London … Read more
Topshop, the iconic store beloved for its trendy clothes and accessories at non-designer prices has bitten the dust. The former ‘high street giant’ which in its heyday was a buzzing hangout is a casualty of the pandemic as well as changing attitudes towards consumerism and fast, disposable fashion. The following photographs, all taken in February … Read more
It’s quite rare for me to photographs birds so when I realised I’d captured birds in flight on two occasions in the past week it made me stop and think … why? Late last night I finished reading Cuban musician Paquito D’Rivera’s memoir Letters to Yeyito. In the coda he writes: the bird, which represents, … Read more
In this post I’m featuring new images taken in the last month that contain references to nature’s golden and metallic hues, and combining them with visual associations photographed in previous Novembers. The journey starts locally, just up the road to me. A pile of golden fallen leaves is juxtaposed with a rolled up Persian rug … Read more
I have been documenting behind the scenes with The London Lucumi Choir since I joined the choir in 2007. Like most choirs in the UK our activity has been severely affected by the the Coronavirus pandemic and we have had to adjust in order to keep going and sing. Initially this meant regular Zoom rehearsals … Read more
I’ve gathered some photographs I’ve taken in the last few months that contain qualities of abstraction or illusion, or both. I try and keep an open mind when I wander the streets with my camera and shoot whatever sparks my interest. In terms of abstracts and illusions they may of may not directly reference the … Read more
Back in March 2020 in the early days of the London lockdown I posted a blog about exercising and dancing in one’s home environment. Increasingly I’ve noticed people are taking to the outdoors for all sorts of activities, not just physical exercise. At the onset of the lockdown joggers dominated the paths; but jogging is … Read more
I started taking photographs of mannequins during in Covid-19 pandemic back in March 2020 in the week the lockdown was announced. I’d walked to Hampstead on the Friday to kill two birds with one stone – for daily exercise and to buy bagels and challah at a bakery there. Hampstead is full of high end … Read more