Monthly Archives: July 2019

Take a Seat – Take a Moment 17

Taking a seat, taking a moment, is not always a solitary experience: sometimes a space is shared by choice, sometimes by necessity.  Here it’s a matter of necessity – like galleries, there are never enough seats on stations.  The space … Continue reading

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Visited Richard Heeps’ Open studio in Cambridge on Saturday (photo@richardheeps.co.uk).  I always enjoy his bold colour take on urban landscapes, interiors and quirky details.  Pleased to see Fen landscapes too – in colour and a fascinating alternative to my sombre … Continue reading

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Trees Bend

The religious minded might imagine that these trees in the precincts of St David’s Cathedral are genuflecting as an act of religious observance and respect.  No, their lean is in submission to the wind, a bow to nature not the … Continue reading

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Take a Seat – Take a Moment 16

The seated one might be taking the moment to gaze proprietorially at the view.  ‘The “tourist gaze” is explained by sociologist John Urry as the set of expectations that tourists place on local populations when they participate in heritage tourism, … Continue reading

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Take a Seat – Take a Moment 15

This series of pictures looks at people sitting in public places.  Does this mean the public domain and any space used by the public?  Or is it any place exposed to the public gaze.  This woman is reading The Midnight … Continue reading

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Only Colour Will Do 2

A while back I wrote that in photography sometimes ‘only colour will do’ (25th March 2019).  This is another case in point.  It also shows that sometimes, often even, a single picture stands in its own right, rather than necessarily … Continue reading

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