Monthly Archives: July 2011

Goring

Ruckenfigurs tend to be static, here they move, albeit at a stately pace, into the view rather than contemplating it. Photo: Goring, Worthig, Sussex, 25th July 2011

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Brighton Pool

Who would choose paddling in a pool over paddling in the sea? Photo: Brighton 22nd July 2011

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Cambridge Darkroom

A reborn Cambridge Darkroom was launched on 28th July 2011.  Very different from the original CD (go to www.weepingash.co.uk for full background), it’s an organisation for the digital social media age, but with the same commitment to creativity in the medium.  … Continue reading

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Pier – Peer

Someone contemplates the sad remains of Brighton’s West Pier, a salutory tale of how not to conserve our heritage. Photo: Brighton, 22nd July 2011

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Flying visit to Brighton and an hour walking along the prom.  Picture paradise. Photo: Brighton, 22nd July 2011

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Travel Essentials

Bag, phone, laptop, nail varnish – essentials for today’s traveller. Photo: Cambridge – King’s Cross, 21st July 2011

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Trieste

I’ve just finished reading Gordon Bowker’s James Joyce – A Biography.  Joyce emerges as every bit as creatively strange as his books.  He lived in Trieste from 1907 to 1920.  I’ve always equated one of the figures in this picture … Continue reading

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Barbie Tennis

This game of tennis on top of a narrowboat is probably urban trivia rather than urban ephemera, but the principle is the same. Photo: Riverside, Cambridge, 18th July 2011

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Mani – Blurb

I’ve spent the past few weeks preparing a book of black and white photographs of the Mani for printing by Blurb, see various previous Mani posts.  The first version arrived today and it looks OK.   But OK is not at all … Continue reading

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Bland Bodies

“And you think maybe you’ll trust him, For he’s touched your perfect body with his mind.” Apologies to Leonard Cohen Photo: Market Square, Cambridge 12th July 2011

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Folk Dog

Ely Folk Festival 2011.  Family event.  Dogs and children welcome.  Is sitting back to the band a critical comment? Photo: Ely Folk Festival, 9th July 2011

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Cafe Nero

The self-image of Cafe Nero conflicts increasingly with the reality.  Photo: Cafe Nero, Cambridge, 12th July 2011

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Squirrel

While waiting for this picture a tourist came up to me and asked, ‘How you spell squirrel?’  ‘S q u i r r e l.’  ‘Ah so, two ‘r’s, that’s why my phone doesn’t recognise it.’  Makes a change from … Continue reading

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Film End

One of the things we have lost with the decline of 35mm analogue photography is the ‘film end’, those random images captured during the loading and wind on.  Digital has introduced certainty, or at least the ability to quickly bin … Continue reading

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Broad Rear View

Photo: New Street Square, London, 6th July 2011

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