PHOTOGRAPHY
I was walking into Soho Square when I spotted someone wearing a vintage traditional dark chocolate brown Astrakhan Karakul hat, and it immediately brought back memories of early childhood where I’d seen the same hats worn by male members of London’s Persian Jewish Community. Here’s a photo that predates my birth by decades and is … Read more
The idea of fingers and gestures communicating energy in visual art is not a new one; in terms of painting a particular example come to mind – that of Michelangelo’s fresco The Creation of Adam, where the anthropomorphised representation of God appears to be injecting energy via a pointed finger into Adam’s more relaxed hand. … Read more
We’re In New York. My husband Stephen Moon had been training to run his first marathon after recovering from two serious, life-threatening cycling injuries, most recently in April 2024. At the age of 68 he is in a 0.01 percentile of men in his age group who run a marathon. We had no idea whether … Read more
I’ve created a new haiku composed of photographs taken between 2009 and the present day, following on from my first experimental visual haiku in October 2024. These photographs were all shot in London and include texts from different sources that I’ve come across in day to day experiences ranging from graffiti, signage, pilates resistance bands … Read more
I’ve been walking around London snapping of evidence of love, positivity and in the words of the late Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, GOOD VIBRATIONS.
I’m in New Orleans for the first time in over 5 years; we came specifically for the Jazz Fest. It’s now in between festival days and I’ve been walking around and taking photos. The other day in Frenchmen Street I looked up and saw a mural alongside the Favela Chic Bar; I recognised the character … Read more
This blog features images I’ve shot in the past year that are suggestive of abstract art. The compositions are sightings from the street and from my commutes and travels. These street abstracts all contain faces, sometimes fragmented or with misaligned geometry and remind me of different genres of contemporary art such as Cubism, Surrealism and … Read more
This blog is devoted to the representation of roses. I’ve encountered roses in a variety of ways in the last few months; these images encompass different genres including documentary, fashion, still life, travel and street photography. Last year I wrote a piece about the Sant Jordi Festival in Girona, a Catalan St. George’s Day celebration … Read more
The other day I popped into Kew Gardens. Admiring one of Mark Quinn’s nature-inspired sculptures, I took a selfie at a moment when the half term crowds were not in the frame, and the reflected landscape had a flowing, painterly quality. In addition to the instant painting, which appeals to the lazy/ time-efficient artist in … Read more
According to some family elders when I was a young kid, although I was generally very obedient, compliant and well-behaved, there was something I would regularly say that disrupted the stereotype. This phrase was, why should I? I remember being teased by some relatives, exaggerating and elongating the way I pronounced “shhhoould”. Decades later, I’m … Read more