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
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.
In this instalment on the theme of personal style and identity I’ll be presenting a selection of images I’ve taken featuring beards and moustaches that have caught my eye as well as including some family photos – a mix of photographs taken by me and archival images. Why the beard? Why not a moustache? A … 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
The other day my friend Alicia, a fellow film lover, posted a link on social media recommending a documentary about the actress Rita Moreno. The accompanying image showed Moreno standing in front of a mural depicting her in her youth. I remembered I had photographed this piece of street art several times in New York … Read more
I’ve been going to Bar Italia in Soho’s Frith Street for decades now, probably since the 80s. Recently, a Facebook ‘memory’ came up reminding me that ten years ago I had a solo exhibition of my photographs there. The theme was Urban Illusion – a series of street abstracts shot around Soho. The exhibition was … Read more
It’s the end of August 2022 and I’ve been reflecting on a very active Bank Holiday weekend which included a trip to the Notting Hill Carnival. A theme emerged when I examined the photographs I’d taken, where feathers were very much part of the mise-en-scène. Here’s my visual journey: Walking from Elgin Avenue in Maida … Read more
In this post I’ve gathered together a selection of photographs that reference two jubilees; the current Platinum Jubilee, which marks 70 years of Queen Elizabeth’s accession to the throne as well as her Diamond Jubilee of 2012. All the images were shot in London with the exception of one example of graffiti witnessed in Brighton. … Read more
I was walking down Portobello Road last week when I came across a woman wearing a vibrant animal and red rose floral print outfit; her hair was tied back and crowned with a headband decorated with roses, a bit reminiscent of Frida Kahlo’s style. Her name was Mona: This got me thinking about other photographs … 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