Monthly Archives: March 2017

Beechwoods – Beech Fagus sylvatica

Native to S. E. and Midland England. …. Dominant and climax tree on chalk and some well-drained sands.  Much planted in policies, woods, gardens and parks in all parts.  Frequent in shelter-belts, especially in s. Scotland, also as garden-hedges.  Old … Continue reading

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Cambridge U3A Photography Forum

Further to the post on 11th March 2017, Tim Ewbank has submitted a proposal to the Cambridge U3A for a Photography Forum. ‘This new class is built on the experience of previous U3AC photography courses & that of members who … Continue reading

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Beechwoods Bark

I’m using photography as the main medium for the Beechwoods project.  I also want to see how other media can help to visualise the woods – posts in November 2016 and March 2017 used scans of leaves and recently I … Continue reading

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Diane Arbus

I’m reading Diane Arbus – Portrait of a Photographer by Arthur Lubow (Jonathan Cape, 2016).  It combines comprehensive research with perceptiveness and an engaging writing style to tell an extraordinary story.  Leaving aside the photography, there are insights into the … Continue reading

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Anglesey Abbey 2

Anglesey Abbey seemed become a public park yesterday afternoon – families walking, picnicking, playing games.  True, this was a rare sunny day and Mothering Sunday, even so it was very busy again, and maybe this is now the norm.  It … Continue reading

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This week….

This week in Cambridge: The Big Issue seller outside Sainsburys, Sidney Street, taking payment electronically with a card reader.  Homeless and on PayPal? In Waterstones copies of the lavish Aleppo Cook Book.  In bad taste or an expression of hope? … Continue reading

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A Piece of Ephemera

In the spirit of my post on 20th February 2017, I recorded this yesterday.  I’ve started planning how to make these ephemera pictures into a photo book, working title A Piece of Ephemera. Photo: Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge, March 2017

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Beechwoods – Past & Present

In the third part of his history of photography in Britain Eamonn McCabe looked at the work of Mishka Henner.  Henner is a Belgian artist whose work reflects the concerns of photographic artists in the internet age. ‘He has been … Continue reading

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Beechwoods – Spring

After a very early breakfast this morning I watched the third part of Eamonn McCabe’s history of photography in Britain (BBC4).  It has been an excellent series, striking a perceptive balance between the social, personal, creative and technical lenses through … Continue reading

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Tate Modern

By train to London on the 16th to see the Robert Rauschenberg exhibition at Tate Modern.  An excellent, challenging retrospective of his life’s work, from tiny to vast, calm to anarchic, simple to complex.  An exhortation to consider how we … Continue reading

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Blue Tether

Blue cord is used to tether a bunch of willow whips soaking in the moat at Oxborough Hall.  The willow will be used for weaving. In close up the cord becomes a river meandering in a steppe-like green landscape. Photo: … Continue reading

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Beddingfield Arms

Who is this figure loitering in the garden of the Beddingfield Arms, Oxburgh?  A young Robert Plant or maybe hints of John Lennon?  And why the four-faced Janus, smiling at the inn and scowling at the 16th century church of … Continue reading

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Cambridge U3A Photography Group

Tim Ewbank has proposed trying to establish a photography club within the Cambridge U3A and has asked for thoughts on the idea.  I don’t have much direct experience of photography clubs, but what I do have makes me wary of … Continue reading

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Sergio Lorrain 3

‘Human scale.   Few people.   Tranquillity.   No time! The present!   No hurry.   The act of poetry, (the act of photography).   The present/instant is the goal.  Not the way, but the goal.   (Entering the present with a craft.)   Conciousness.   Art is an … Continue reading

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Milton Country Park

I’m slowly beginning to get to know Milton Country Park.  Away from the big lakes there are quiet corners where vegetation runs down into water unruffled by wind.  Looking at this corner Henry David Thoreau and Walden Pond came to … Continue reading

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