A touch of Christmas surrealism. Photo: Stoke Newington Church Street, London, December 2014
Following recent posts under ‘silent figures’ it occurs to me that the majority of the figures shown in my pictures are female – they are, dominating males in the ratio of 4:1. As a male photographer this might not be … Continue reading
I came across this picture during a trawl through my files of photographs taken on travels. If fits into both the ‘silent figures’ and ‘travels’ projects. In relation to the latter, it might form part of a narrative with the … Continue reading
Black Friday throws some veil of modesty over silent figures. Photo: Petty Cury, Cambridge, November 2014
Photo: Figure in St Ives, Cambs, not sure whether it’s remembering the Armistice or anticipating Christmas, November 2014
This gallery contains 12 photos.
For most people a mannequin is seldom more than a dummy showing the latest fashions in the windows of high street stores. However, these unattainably perfect figures are just the latest manifestation in a long and convoluted history of partners … Continue reading
I’ve been reading British Folk Art, the publication accompanying the eponymous exhibition at Tate Britain. It set me thinking about a hierarchy of figures within which shop mannequins might fit. The ranking could go something like: art sculpture – funary … Continue reading
Announcement of forthcoming exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. “For centuries, the mannequin, or lay figure, was little more than a studio tool, a piece of equipment as necessary as easel, pigments and brushes. This major new loan exhibition reveals … Continue reading
This gallery contains 15 photos.
Mitcham’s Models is a community are project organised by residents and local groups to brighten up Mitcham’s Corner in Cambridge. Participating artists were given a free hand to decorate or dress the full-sized mannequins. It is a contribution to the … Continue reading
Silent figures in a Gothic windowed prison. Photo: Trinity Street, Cambridge, June 2014
A headless woman sits dutifully at her sewing machine surrounded by floral fripperies. Is this how corporate Cath Kidston sees its customers? Photo: Cath Kidston, Market Hill, Cambridge, May 2014
There was a time, a more modest or prudish one perhaps, when naked dummies in shop windows were given a paper veil to protect innocent passers by. Today anything goes. In this case nature has provided a cloak of modesty. … Continue reading
On of the world’s grosser silent figures. Would it persuade you to buy? Photo: Valencia, September 2013
