Category Archives: Cambridge

Watercolour

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Brian Human
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Fading Images

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Brian Human

Fading Images is a web site resource for: people researching their family histories; and historians interested in Cambridgeshire photographs and photographers. Sections of the site include: an A-Z of photographers; a list of photographic societies; dating old photographs; and mystery … Continue reading →

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Man – Mango

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Brian Human
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Male Gaze – Female Gaze

Posted on April 14, 2022 by Brian Human

This sculpture, by Matthew Derbyshire, outside Cambridge North Station depicts Greco-Roman deities Hercules and Galatea and is intended to question traditional perceptions. Galatea is shown as a strong, dynamic and empowered figure challenging Hercules, who is sculpted to appear rigid … Continue reading →

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Mask

Posted on March 6, 2022 by Brian Human

Face covering does not provide protection against the Medusa strain of Covid.

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douce hair salon, Eddington

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Brian Human

The square at Eddington awaits shops and services to bring it to life – Sainsbury’s and Argos are a start, but could be anywhere.  The douce hair salon in a gleaming Airstream caravan is a quirky start. Arthur Eddington said, … Continue reading →

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David Runnacles – reality checkpoints

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Brian Human

A surprise arrived with a thump on the doormat last Friday: the latest book by David Runnacles, reality checkpoints – cambridge photos 2021. David is a man of few words and a brief text on the front cover flap sets … Continue reading →

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Pollution over Cambridge

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Brian Human

View north from Magog Down, mid-day Friday 14th January 2022: Cambridge lies under a blanket of pollution after three windless freezing days.

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Untitled

Posted on December 24, 2021 by Brian Human

Christmas Eve morning view from my window.

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Sainsbury Sunrise

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Brian Human

Yesterday, the advantages of: shopping early; and carrying a camera.

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Park Street Car Park, Cambridge

Posted on December 9, 2021 by Brian Human

Contractors are putting up scaffolding round the unlovely and unloved Park Street multi storey car park.  It is to be redeveloped as an apart-hotel with 250 public car parking spaces in the basement.  It closes on the 4th January. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Regenerating Beech

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Brian Human

At Wandlebury on Saturday to enjoy the autumn colours. Found this beech regenerating with eight new sturdy coppice-like growths shooting vertically from a fallen trunk.

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Coffee Stop

Posted on October 21, 2021 by Brian Human

Bridges coffee shop, Tuesday 19th November; I’m on my way to the ‘Reading Women’ class.  Outside with a black americano and an almond croissant; it’s mild for mid-November, but a brisk wind rattles the awning overhead. I dip into Women … Continue reading →

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Reading Women 4

Posted on October 20, 2021 by Brian Human

Yesterday’s U3AC session looked at The Blessed Reader, images of the Virgin Mary, principally the Annunciation.  The pictures included: the Simone Martini altarpiece, 1333, in Byzantine style; the Fra Angelico fresco from San Marco, Florence, c. 1435; a Veneziano predella … Continue reading →

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Reading Women 3

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Brian Human

Women predominate in paintings of people reading.  This reflects reading as a gendered activity: women read more than men, though whether this has always been consistently the case is unclear. The choice of women as subjects historically is not surprising … Continue reading →

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