Monthly Archives: March 2011

15:33

Mid afternoon on the Cambridge train another passenger surrenders to the seduction of sleep. Photo: King’s Cross-Cambridge train, 13th March 2011

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TGV 2

Travelling between Avignon and Lille, two British tourists take refuge in the comfortable familiarity of the Guardian, which advertises ‘A history of Europe in pictures’.  Photo: Avignon-Lille TGV, 13th March 2011

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Discarded

Gloves, shoes, hats, scarves, shoes, knickers, socks, sweaters.  Lost or abandoned clothes.  Once the latest ‘must have’ buy, now litter, urban detritus.  Streets dressed in the discarded. Photo: Scarf, Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge 18th March 2011

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TGV Squatter

TGV between Lille and Avignon.  A passenger takes up pocession of four seats and works with sighing and banging of files.  At Marne Le Vallee Chessy a family of boards and claims procession of their booked seats.  The squatter is … Continue reading

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Avignon

Have just returned from a few days in Avignon. Walking, talking, eating and drinking, not photography. Quite liked this little scene. Photo: Rue de la Republic, Villeneuve lez Avignon, 11th March 2011

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Blue Bracken

On 24th February on BBC2’s The Spice Trail, Kate Humble met the people from Indonesia, who have rebuilt their lives and communities around the cultivation and trade of nutmeg and cloves.  In Ternate the islanders used blue ropes to work … Continue reading

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Overground

Back in Cambridge a traveller employs the ultimate travel strategy – oblivion.  Next stop Ely Photo: Cambridge, 21st February 2011

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Underground 2

Another attempt; same train. Photo: London Underground, 21st February 2011

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Underground

A day in London visiting exhibitions.  Museum of London and Riflemaker Gallery connected by the isolating experience of the London Underground. Photo: London Underground, 21st February 2011

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ES at RIBA

Half a day at the RIBA Library looking at Edwin Smith photographs from 1930s.  Interesting insights into subjects, e.g. small projects on Church Farm Approved School and Princess Mary Village Homes School, and technique, e.g. struggles with exposure and processing … Continue reading

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