PHOTOGRAPHY
Yesterday I was walking in London WC1 when I saw an advert for the new iPhone 6 on a building facade. Above the advert a man was suspended by ropes; he was tiny in comparison to the phone. This reversal of scale reminded me of something – images employed by the Soviet filmmaker Dziga … Read more
The last photograph was taken at the Miami Dolphins NFL match. The other images show that all genders are represented with shiny lips and that for women ubiquitous breast implants appear even on mannequins!
People are rarely photographed at work. If we look back at ‘family albums’ the bulk of pictures show personal history in terms of leisure, holidays and special occasions … In this photo (taken this week) I like the oppositions; the contrast between the tarmac and the environment with the exotic rug, and the slightly … 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
This woman was changing into heels on Friday night on the corner of Frith Street. it almost looks like two different people but it’s one woman, different shoes: Here’s a photo I took a few years back of a friend of mine changing from her work clothes to her salsa dancing outfit:
I am partial to interesting tights as some of my friends and family know … this evening I managed to snap this woman as she was getting off a Northern Line train; she was donning a rather fetching pair of Paris skyline tights:
The other day I came across the controversial image of the Angel of the North sculpture with the baguette projected onto it as part of a supermarket advertising campaign. I found the image striking, surreal and sacrilegious… I must have been thinking about it as I came across one of my “objet trouvé” compositions also … Read more
I took this abstract the other day; I was drawn to the blue arrow but also liked the painterly splatters, the reflected facades and the streak of text: Here are some other pictures I’ve taken featuring arrows and directions: So on average, it seems like we’re supposed to be going right … But don’t … Read more
Over the years I’ve taken lots of pictures of mannequins. I know it’s a theme that’s been done brilliantly in the past … know one can beat Atget! But here are a few of my own:
