Author Archives: Brian

Fen Landscape: Wicken 2

Posted on March 6, 2024 by Brian
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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 18 Still Life 2

Posted on March 5, 2024 by Brian

This week members introduced their own work following Jitka’s talk in class 13.  We reviewed 40 pictures from 12 people.  The topic was interpreted very broadly.  Subjects included, flowers, crockery, sculptures, tools, a lensball, electronic circuits, architectural details, bric a … Continue reading →

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Fen Landscape – Wicken

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Brian

Near Wicken returning from Fordham yesterday.

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Lindisfarne, Holy Island

Posted on March 2, 2024 by Brian

Mining the Diaries 93: England Marram Cottage, Beadnell, Northumberland, 11th September 2019 We decided to go to Lindisfarne today, checked the times for access across the causeway (5.30 mam – 12.30pm) and set off promptly after breakfast, driving through Seahouses, … Continue reading →

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Acropolis, Athens

Posted on March 1, 2024 by Brian

Mining the Diaries 92: Italy Acropolis Ami Hotel, Athens, 8th June 2019 After an early breakfast we set out to try to beat the crowds visiting the Acropolis; we joined the small queue that had already formed at eight-thirty.  Even … Continue reading →

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St Davids

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Brian

Mining the Diaries 91: wales Arosfa, Goat Street, St Davids, 21st May 2019 Out bright and early – the fresh, sunny morning was too good to miss.  We drove east from St Davids, turned off at Nine Wells and parked … Continue reading →

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Eve

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Brian

Eve Listening to the Voice of Adam, John Hedges Baily, 1842 (V&A Museum).  ‘This sculpture illustrates a scene from John Milton’s poem “Paradise Lost”.  Turning to Adam to describe “a shape within the watery gleam”, Eve is told it is … Continue reading →

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 17 Street Photography 2

Posted on February 27, 2024 by Brian

This week members presented their own street photographs following my talk in Week 15.  Fourteen photographers submitted a total of 44 pictures.  Thirty-six pictures were in colour and eight black and white. Locations: Cambridge 19, other UK 9, abroad 16.  … Continue reading →

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Margate

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Brian

Mining the Diaries 90: England Crescent Victoria Hotel, Margate 14th October 2018 I think T S Eliot did Margate a disservice in 1922 when he wrote: On Margate Sands./I can connect/Nothing with nothing./The broken fingernails of dirty hands./My people humble … Continue reading →

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Food

Posted on February 25, 2024 by Brian

The editors of the Royal Academy of Arts Magazine (no. 162 Spring 2024) asked contributors for their favourite depictions of food. Photographer Benjamin McMahon offered: ‘Stephen Shore’s 1970 photo series “American Surfaces”.  The pictures of food were like nothing else … Continue reading →

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Fen Landscape

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Brian

River Cam Fen edge landscape at Horningsea under a February sky.

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Girton Golden Goose Railings

Posted on February 23, 2024 by Brian

The Golden Goose Railings were commissioned by the Girton Town Charity, created by local artist Matthew Lane Sanderson and installed in 2018.  The railings celebrate four things. Girton geese and quills:  The village has a long relationship with geese as … Continue reading →

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 16 Travel Photography

Posted on February 21, 2024 by Brian

Graham Wickens titled his talk Travelling Photography.

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Alexy Navalny

Posted on February 20, 2024 by Brian
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Girton Hand

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Brian
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