Monthly Archives: July 2024

Figures: Andromeda, John Bell, c.1851

Posted on July 31, 2024 by Brian

Sculpture photographed at the Royal Academy exhibition ‘Entangled Pasts, 1768–now Art, Colonialism and Change’; cast iron from the Ironbridge Museum Trust.  ‘The subject of “Andromeda” was taken from Greek legend. She was the daughter of the King and Queen of … Continue reading →

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Food Stories

Posted on July 29, 2024 by Brian

Out yesterday afternoon looking for possible material for the Shutter Hub ‘Food Stories’ project.

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Fen Landscape – Broad Lane

Posted on July 28, 2024 by Brian
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Shutter Hub Open 2025

Posted on July 27, 2024 by Brian

Shutter Hub has issued a call for submissions to be included in its Open 2025.  Work will be shown at the Alison Richards Building, Cambridge from 13st January to 21st March 2025.  Deadline for entries is 31st October 2024.  See … Continue reading →

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Dreams and Visions 4

Posted on July 26, 2024 by Brian

I have decided to make this the subject of an ongoing project, following the three previous posts (22/3, 10/5 and 12/5). The three images below are from experiments using alternativer backgrounds to the figurative elements – a field of flowers, … Continue reading →

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Fen Landscape – Long Drove

Posted on July 25, 2024 by Brian
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Reclining Woman

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Brian

Draped Reclining Woman, 1957-58, Henry Moore, bronze; Sainsbury Collection, University of East Anglia.

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What is Truth?

Posted on July 23, 2024 by Brian

The Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia has a six-month investigation into the question What is Truth? Exhibitions re-evaluate the most iconic images of the past 100 years.  The Camera Never Lies: Challenging images through The … Continue reading →

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Time of Our Lives

Posted on July 22, 2024 by Brian
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Beer Time Warp

Posted on July 21, 2024 by Brian

July 2024, a beach café in Beer, Devon: serving instant coffee; selling deckchair tickets; and not accepting credit cards.

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Only Colour: Seaton Rainbow

Posted on July 18, 2024 by Brian
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Thomas Coram

Posted on July 17, 2024 by Brian

From his Wikipedia entry: ‘Captain Thomas Coram (c. 1668 [Lyme Regis] – 29 March 1751) was an English sea captain and philanthropist who created the London Foundling Hospital in Lamb’s Conduit Fields, Bloomsbury, to look after abandoned children on the streets of London. It is said to … Continue reading →

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Only Colour: Charmouth Rainbow

Posted on July 16, 2024 by Brian
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Shutter Hub – (Return) To the Sea

Posted on July 15, 2024 by Brian

I posted about Shutter Hub’s call for submissions on this subject on 4th May. I submitted five photographs yesterday; one of them and my accompanying statement below. In ‘Sea Fever’, John Masefield wrote, ‘I must go down to the seas … Continue reading →

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Hestia (?)

Posted on July 14, 2024 by Brian

‘A seated goddess is on the point of rising, seemingly startled by events to her right.  The head is missing, but once looked towards the centre of the pediment.  She wears a light tunic in delicate fabric that, over her … Continue reading →

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