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Posters That Have Caught My Eye: Documenting Damage, Graffiti & Human Intervention

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I’d like to share some photographs shot over the past year where the image of the eye has caught my attention; as well as new street abstracts featuring fragmented representation and abstract forms. Many of these photographs document human intervention, either through deliberate damage such as tearing or the presence of graffiti. Changing Representations in … Read more

Portraits Of People with Their Former Selves

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The other day I had the privilege of attending a fantastic show at the Lehman Concert Hall in the Bronx, New York called The Three Kings and Their Queens which was a tribute to the musicians of the Mambo era of the 1950s and 60s. I had spotted a very animated woman in a wheelchair … Read more

Mannequin Hands: Gesture, Surrealism and Damage

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I was in Paris for a couple of days to attend the opening of the Women Street Photographers exhibition at 59 Rivoli Gallery. As I was walking back to Gare du Nord to catch my Eurostar train, I noticed the mannequin hand in a men’s clothing store. Three fingers were broken, and just the thumb … Read more

Some Portraits of Adults with their Childhood Attachments

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I have previously blogged on the theme of images of transient attachments. In this update I am focussing on portraits of adults who still have their childhood attachments. The photograph below was taken when I accompanied my friend Jodie to a hospital appointment and was surprised and moved when I found out she’d also brought … Read more

street abstracts: torn and folded

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Over the years I have photographed many torn posters and adverts, peeling walls and glue glyphs. I like the layers, textures and fragmented altered imagery. Recently I was waiting at a bus stop in Kentish Town standing by a billboard and took a few versions of the photograph below. The wind was blowing and folded … Read more

Changing Views: one whole year completed

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I have now completed a whole year of my Changing Views project, which I started in October 2016, and which took me up to October 2017.   October 2016:   21 September 2017:     October 2017:   See the project here:

Now you see it, now you don’t … ephemeral images in London

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A few weeks ago I photographed some graffiti I’d seen in Central London.  A colourful, menacing clown had been introduced onto a wall featuring an advertising image of professional cyclists. A couple of days later I found myself in the same street with my husband, a keen cyclist.  I wanted to show him that juxtaposition … Read more

Dalia: the older the violin the sweeter the music

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It was my mother’s 80th birthday this week. A former ballerina, Dalia still keeps fit and goes to the gym several times a week. A few days ago I posted a short video to Facebook where I filmed her dancing at her birthday tea party which was viewed to a quasi-viral level; her glamour and … Read more

9 Months into my project on Changing Views

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I’ve been photographing a particular view – the view out my kitchen window – for the past nine months. I started in mid October 2016, at the height of Autumn and intend to carry on for a complete year. Beyond using the same camera and lens there is no rule or methodology.  The inspiration is a particular … Read more

Fragments of New York: focus on the eye

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Looking back at the images I took in New York in May and thinking about some of the themes that emerge, I’m aware that there is a series where my attention has been drawn to one eye. Below is a found street abstract comprised of torn poster layers and glue residue. Over the years I’ve … Read more