Monthly Archives: October 2023

Fen Landscape

Posted on October 15, 2023 by Brian

Stroll down Broad Lane, Cottenham, after lunch yesterday.

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Pylon, Piazza Unità d’Italia, Trieste

Posted on October 12, 2023 by Brian

Two temporary wooden flag poles were installed in the Piazza Unità d’Italia, Trieste, in 1923.  The Royal Automobile Club of Italy replaced them with bronze ‘pylons’ in 1933.  The pylons are 6 meters high; the sculptural bases, from a sketch … Continue reading →

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Shutter Hub Open 2023

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Brian
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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 1 Introduction

Posted on October 10, 2023 by Brian

I’ve signed up for the Photo Forum again this year.  It’s described in the U3AC’s course brochure as follows: ‘This course is a rejuvenation of the pre-pandemic Photo forum, in format and style. The aim is to provide an interactive, … Continue reading →

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Fountain of the Tritons, Trieste

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Brian

The Fountain of the Tritons in Trieste stands on Piazza Vittorio Veneto, in front of the post office. In the middle of the pool there are huge figures: two Tritons and a Nereid. They bend under a giant shell, from … Continue reading →

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Photography in Fiction – Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Posted on October 8, 2023 by Brian

Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida — itinerant war photographer, who loves his trusted Nikon, also atheist, closet gay man and high stakes poker player – ‘has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office’. His dismembered body is … Continue reading →

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Photography in Fiction – I Could Read the Sky

Posted on October 8, 2023 by Brian

I Could Read the Sky is a distinctive and rare integration of photography and fiction: it ‘is a collaboration in the shape of a lyrical novel, between writer Timothy O’Grady and photographer Steve Pyke’.  In intense, often searing prose, it … Continue reading →

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Blue Rope – Wandlebury

Posted on October 4, 2023 by Brian
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Mining the Diaries 62: Greece 2005

Posted on October 3, 2023 by Brian

Fotini, Kaminaki, Corfu, 28th August 2005 We drove north to Kalami, Kassiopi and up to Ano Perithia (sometimes signed as ‘Old’, I prefer ‘Ano’).  The road from Loutses has been much improved since we visited in 2001, widened and surfaced, … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 61: Italy 2005

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Brian

2796 Calle del Traghetto, Venice, 27th June 2005 This year we have abandoned the Piano Rialzato, though we are still in the sestieri of Dorsodoro.  The entrance to number 2796 is through anonymous wooden double doors directly off the Calle … Continue reading →

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