Monthly Archives: March 2023

Mining the Diaries 24: France 1993

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Brian

Inter Hotel, Montpellier, France, 24th June 1993 I bought a 31f ticket for the 11.15 to Aigues-Mortes and boarded the bus at the Gare Routier.  We left with a full load, out past the Hotel de Ville and the creamy … Continue reading →

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Anglesey Plane

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Brian

A soaring plane, probably a London Plane Platanus x hispanica, in the grounds of Anglesey Abbey. Compare this with the picture of the spreading tree in Emmanuel College, most likely an Oriental Plane Platanus orientalis, posted on 5th March 2023.

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Withdrawn Arts

Posted on March 26, 2023 by Brian

I bought two second hand books on-line recently: Diana & Nikon – Essays on the Aesthetic of Photography (1980), by Janet Malcolm; and Art and Photography (1974) by Aaron Scharf.  One thing that struck me (apart from the former being … Continue reading →

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Only Colour – Red

Posted on March 25, 2023 by Brian

Early morning sun sets fire to the curtains.

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Shutter Hub Open 23/24

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Brian

Shutter Hub has issued a call for entries to its OPEN 23/24. The Shutter Hub OPEN 23/24 will bring together international photographers in a selected exhibition and promote the future of photography through diverse and creative imagery… From 27 November … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 23: France 1993

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Brian

Hotel Novanox, Boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris 2nd April 1993 The Le Grande Axe in Paris runs straight for over four and a half miles from the Arc du Carrousel via the Arc de Triomphe to La Defense Grande Arche.  Too … Continue reading →

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Shutter Hub Night Moods

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Brian

Details of the Night Moods exhibition from Shutter Hub below – see my post of 26th January 2023 NIGHT MOODS – an online exhibition, celebrating the creative possibilities of image-making when the sun goes down, presenting 150 images that showcase … Continue reading →

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Only Colour – Pink

Posted on March 18, 2023 by Brian

No glass slippers for the Cinderella’s in my neighbourhood.

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Photography and Painting

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Brian

In my recent U3A Cambridge courses on photography I’ve shown how photography and painting depict similar relationships in work created centuries apart.  Examples are: Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, 1936 and Raphael, Madonna of the Pinks, 1507; and W Eugene Smith, … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 22: France 1992

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Brian

Camping le Ranolien, Ploumanche, Brittany, France, 30th August 1992 The pink granite spire of Notre-Dame de la Clarte, Our Lady of Light, reaches skyward in supplication.  The porch door opens under the rays of a sunburst of white spokes.  Inside … Continue reading →

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U3A Cambridge 2022-23: Reading Photographs 5 – Open Discussion

Posted on March 14, 2023 by Brian

Yesterday saw the fifth and final session in my five week course on Reading Photographs. It was devoted to an open discussion of 13 photographs chosen by class members from a selection of thirty-one suggested by me.  The material fell … Continue reading →

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Tree Works

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Brian

Tree felling at Holy Trinity, Cambridge, today. Wind gusting 40-50 mph.

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Only Colour – Tomatoes

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Brian

Friday luncheon delight.

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Pilgrimage – St Kilda

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Brian

The editors of the Royal Academy of Arts Magazine (no. 158 Spring 2023) asked contributors to the describe art pilgrimages they wish to make. Painter Clare Woods RA said: ‘My pilgrimage would be to make, not see, art: the Archipelago … Continue reading →

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U3A Cambridge 2022-23: Reading Photographs 4 – Four Approaches to Reading Photographs

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Brian

I presented the fourth session in my five week course on Reading Photographs yesterday. We considered how five respected commentators approached the reading of photographs.  A quotation from John Berger was a starting point: A photograph is a meeting place … Continue reading →

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