PHOTOGRAPHY
My latest visual haiku is a New Year’s resolution on the theme of dance. During 2025 I was dancing Salsa regularly at The Hyde Park Bandstand, usually on a Sunday afternoon. However the outdoor season came to an end in November and despite indoor club alternatives I haven’t danced socially since then. I dance at … 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
This week I attended the funeral of a friend I’d known primarily as a DJ for over forty years. His name was Dave Hucker. I first attended his sessions at London’s Sol y Sombra on London’s Charlotte Street and then was a regular at his Villa Stefano club nights, followed by sets Upstairs at Ronnie … 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
Yesterday I was buying some art supplies and somehow got into a conversation with the store assistant (or possible manager) about the lost art of handwriting and calligraphy. I was saying that my handwriting is now pretty illegible, and has been so for at least a couple of decades, even though I stillI handwrite on … Read more
I’ve been thinking about rituals, initially concerning festivals. That led to thinking about the ritual of henna painting on hands and feet … which then reminded me I have quite a few images I’ve taken of feet! Here are a few of them: