Monthly Archives: December 2022

The Story of Art Without Men – Katy Hessel

Posted on December 31, 2022 by Brian

In 2015 Katy Hessel ‘walked into an art fair and realised that, out of the thousands of artworks before me, not a single one was by a woman’.  If that was a 21st century revelation, it also reflected generations of … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries – 1979 Revisited

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Brian

When I’m looking through photo files for Mining the Diaries I find I usually have a good recall of when each photograph was taken. While the files note the location and date, the recall is something more subtle, it’s about … Continue reading →

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Only Colour – Cottenham

Posted on December 18, 2022 by Brian
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Mining the Diaries 13: Sussex 1986

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Brian

Up and away early through Brighton’s traffic to Beachy Head, arrived to an empty car park The azure sky was daubed, scratched, scored and flecked with white; the sun sparkled off the sea.  To the west the coast swept round … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 12: France 1985

Posted on December 4, 2022 by Brian

Camping Orangerie, Quimper, Brittany, 18th August 1985 Left the camp site heading 55km west to Cap du Van, a land of gorse, stone walls, heather covered heaths and rugged cliffs plunging into the Atlantic, Finistere, finis terrae, end of the … Continue reading →

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Freedom

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Brian

The editors of the Royal Academy of Arts Magazine (no. 157 Winter 2022) asked contributors to the issue for their favourite depictions of freedom. Two chose photographs. David Lamy MP: The photograph by Jeff Widener of a man standing in … Continue reading →

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