Monthly Archives: June 2013

Line

White lines, yellow lines, red lines, blue lines.  Toe the line.  Don’d cross the line.  Keep in line.  Tidy minded bureaucrats. Photo: Aldeburgh, June 2013

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Hens

Not someone who’s had a strapadictomy, nor suffering acute penis envy, just another Hen Party in Brighton. Photo: Brighton Station, June 2013

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Ely

Ely Cathedral: a moment of peace away from the crush of the Flower Festival. Photo: Ely Cathedral, June 2013

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Apocalyptic

Neglected garden ornament or post apocalyptic version on Holman Hunt’s The Scapegoat? Photo: Hartington Grove, Cambridge, June 2013

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Pole

Another variety of that curious unban tree Polus telegraphensis. Photo: Hemingford Grey, June 2013

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Green Knowe

“Linnet is upstairs is bed when she suddenly hears beautiful music coming from the garden,. She leans out of the window and sees the stone man of St. Christopher walking across the garden. He is carrying a small stone child.” … Continue reading

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Local Plan

I’ve volunteered to take some photographs for the Cambridge Local Plan.  Three particular challenges.  First, how to make them relevant and not just gratuitous pictures to break up the text.  Second, the requirement for portrait format, which is not how … Continue reading

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First and Last

Not sure what the relationship is between these two.  Presumably they are friends, but each seems to be absorbed in her own world.  Planning and contemplating the Friday night ahead? Photo: Cambridge, June 2013

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Relationships

Sometimes the Ruckenfigur poses questions about the relationships between the people in the picture.  An elderly man with his carer?  A grandmother and grand daughter?  And why are the latter giving the former such a wide birth? Photo: Bury St Edmunds, … Continue reading

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Plus layers

Low tide brings added layers of texture and tone to land-sea-sky. Photo: Brighton, June 2013

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New Order

From Brighton Marina land-sea-sky becomes sea-land-sky. Photo: East of Brighton, June 2013

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Bison in London

The ruckenfigur often reveals something about people and their appearance that they are not aware of themselves and we double take in surprise, admiration or disbelief.  This man is well aware of what’s on his back, or at least we must … Continue reading

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