PHOTOGRAPHY
Here are a couple of images I took this week that feature mannequins. The male mannequin shot looks like a composite photo but it isn’t (I don’t superimpose or manipulate images in that way) and was taken in Golders Green, with the railway bridge reflected. The image below was taken on The Strand; I like the … Read more
I posted the other day about mannequins – I’m intrigued by their surreal, ambiguous quality. Child mannequins are often particularly “strange”. Here’s one I took today; it (I’m uncertain about its intended age and gender) struck me as odd partly because of the false eyelashes and closed mouth grin: The next two were taken in … Read more
Came across this bound object at the North Finchley recycling dump today … it’s funny how thousands of formerly cherished and costly items are discarded yet this (with its added halloween face) was “saved” and displayed.
It was grey and grim all day and then the sun came out. Here’s a shot of Windsor Castle reflected on the flooded grass. I’ve cropped it so the proportions are reminiscent of a type of Venetian narrative painting (well, at least to me!). The next picture is more of a contemporary abstract with a … Read more