Yesterday, first walk in the Beechwoods since early spring. Almost dog and people free. Wrens and blackbirds in summer song. I had forgotten how dense the canopy can be in some places. Questions. Are the woods at their most beautiful … Continue reading
A gathering of the Konik ponies at Wicken Fen yesterday. With hundreds of acres of grazing to choose from, what’s the attraction on a patch of mud? ‘Herds of free roaming Konik ponies … are helping to engineer new habitats … Continue reading
Further comments on Footfall, from a photographer friend this time. My responses in italics. ‘I have been struggling to come up with lucid comments on your book. I think the critique you got from your friend is a little harsh, … Continue reading
Walking at Hemingford Abbots and Houghton yesterday. Bells drew us to the church of St Margaret of Antioch after lunch. It’s one of some 250 such dedications in Britain. Margaret, is known as Margaret of Antioch in the West, and … Continue reading
‘Does the artist understand their work best?’ That’s the question posed in the Royal Academy of Arts Magazine, Summer 2021. Yes, argues critic Matthew Holman, ‘because they possess a more profound understanding of what they are up to’. No, says … Continue reading
I introduced my Walking project on 29th January 2021. Around 50 photographs from it have appeared up to 29th May, when I described bringing the work together in a Blurb book, Footfall – copies arrived on the 7th June. The … Continue reading
Walked out along Cow Lane, Rampton, yesterday – early to beat the sun. A favourite fen stroll. The scent of elder flowers has replace the cow parsley. A weasel and a muntjac deer ran across the road ahead of us. … Continue reading
From my reading about photography and photographers over the years I’ve accumulated a feeling that many a shoot has been saved by the telling image made on the last frame (not to be confused with a ‘film end’). It’s probably … Continue reading
Eighteen contributors to the Royal Academy of Arts Magazine (No. 151, summer 2021) were asked to nominate ‘The artists they think every child should see’. Just one, Lily Bertrand-Webb, herself a photographer, nominated a photographer. She said: ‘The photographer Bill … Continue reading
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Vespasian was Roman emperor from 69 to 79. The fourth and last in the Year of the Four Emperors, he founded the Flavian dynasty that ruled the Empire for 27 years. Figure: one of The Twelve Caesars, Italian (Roman) School … Continue reading
Last week was a modest feast of TV photography. I watched the final of the re-run of Sky Arts 2017 Master of Photography contest (winner Gillian Allard); and caught the first in the BBC 4 series Great British Photography Challenge. … Continue reading
