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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Plane
Do natural phenomena count as urban ephemera? Spring and autumn colours; swallows, swifts and martins; the occasional cry of a gull or jackdaw. What is the lifespan of ephemera? A day, a month, a season, a year? Maybe it defies … Continue reading
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St Margaret’s
Churchyards are a seductive (easy?) subject for photographers – rich in forms, textures and tones. But that’s not the same as saying they are not worth photographing, or the same might be said of a multitude of subjects. And with … Continue reading
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Lace maker
The collection of photographs of silent figures seems increasingly to swing between two poles of spookiness. At the abstract pole lie the dismembered, invariably naked, body parts; at the realist extreme there is a Madame Tussauds like completeness to the … Continue reading
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Tights
Who are bold patterned tights designed for? Do they come with a health warnuing? “Do not wear these unless you …..” Photo: Ipswich, April 2012
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Veil
Notre Dame de la Treille, Lille: “The neo-gothic cathedral was built in 1854 on the site of the former feudal mound. The main facade inaugurated in 1999, was designed by the Lille architect Pierre-Louis Carlier in collaboration with Peter Rice. … Continue reading
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Impression agapanthus
Taking a day out with a camera can be as rewarding as it is frustrating. One may start out with no particular preconceptions and then some themes or ideas emerge, see www.flickr.com/photos/brh116/sets. And some of the images are more or … Continue reading
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Rights
Walking through Christchurch Park, Ipswich, I came across the War Memorial and liked the juxtaposition of a threatening bundle of military gear on the Memorial and a father and child resting on the wall in the late afternoon sun. I … Continue reading
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Reflection
Tribute to Selcannur, master of the reflection. Photo: Waterfront, Ipswich, April 2012
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Hospice
“It was in this room that the nuns took their meals, in silence, while one of them, standing at a lectern, read out passages from the Bible.” Today’s steward maintains a studied silence. Photo: Refectory, Musee de l’Hospice Comtesse, Lille
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To Roubaix
Different worlds travel in the same tram. Photo: Lille – Roubaix Tram, March 2012
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Anonymous
I’ve no idea who this is – she sat at the next table outside a restaurant in the main square in Bruges. A casual study of the vitality in the face of a woman of a certain age. Photo: Bruges, … Continue reading
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St Maurice
“The Église Saint-Maurice is a church on rue de Paris, in the historic centre of Lille. Its construction began at the end of the 14th century and completed at the end of the 19th century, and it was extended over … Continue reading
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Straw
Abstract figure. Giant corn dolly or uncomfortable reminder of the ‘Wicker Man’? Photo: Lille, March 2012
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Beaux-Arts
I’m not sure what to make of the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille. There are fine things there – Goya’s “Les Vieilles” and “la Lettre d’Amour” side by side, the “Census at Bethlehem” by Brueghel, Rubens’ “Descent from the Cross”, work … Continue reading
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