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Oracle 8

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Brian
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Red Kite

Posted on January 31, 2026 by Brian

I don’t usually try bird photography, but couldn’t resist this red kite soaring over the fen at Cottenham.

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Endings: Green Turtle

Posted on January 7, 2026 by Brian
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Dreams and Visions: The Christ Child

Posted on January 5, 2026 by Brian
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Silent Shutters 2025

Posted on December 31, 2025 by Brian

The following photographers left us in 2025: John Blakemore, Jim Brandenburg, George Kalinsky, Heinz Kluetmeier, David Lynch, Martin Parr, Sebastiao Salgado, Marianne Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, Michele Singer Reiner, Chris Steele-Perkins, Joe Stevens, Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, George Tice and Oliviero Toscani. (Digital Camera World)

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The Decisive Moment

Posted on December 27, 2025 by Brian

A Christmas present to myself: a copy of The Decisive Moment, a reprint from the Fondation Cartier Bresson of the work that Robert Capa called ‘a Bible for photographers’.  It includes the original text by HCB, 126 of his photographs, … Continue reading →

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Mark Taylor

Posted on December 20, 2025 by Brian

Mark Taylor, an example to us all to the very end. Rest well, Mark.

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Hereward Oak, Ely

Posted on December 20, 2025 by Brian
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Dreams and Visions: Trieste Venus

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Brian
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Figures: V & A Mannekin

Posted on December 7, 2025 by Brian

Mannikin in storage at the V&A East Storehouse, London.

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Mid Century New York – Art & Photography

Posted on November 29, 2025 by Brian

The U3AC course on Mid Century New York I’m doing is primarily focussed on poetry.  In my post of 13th November I drew a line between the poetry of John O’Hara and street photography.  The course has also embraced aspects … Continue reading →

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Beauty Tricks, 2017, Pinkie Maclure

Posted on November 20, 2025 by Brian

‘Maclure is a multidisciplinary artist based in Scotland. Beauty Tricks critiques the human and environmental impact of the beauty industry and the pressure we sometimes feel to look a certain way. Images associated with body image, eating disorders, the cosmetic … Continue reading →

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Cecil Beaton’s Fashionable World

Posted on November 15, 2025 by Brian

The National Portrait Gallery held an exhibition of Cecil Beaton’s photographs in 1968.  It was the Gallery’s first ever photo exhibition, the first time it featured living people and the first show of a living British photographer.  And it was … Continue reading →

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Photography and (in) Fiction/Poetry: Frank O’Hara

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Brian

I’ve been introduced to the work of Frank O’Hara through the Cambridge U3A.   O’Hara (1926-66) was an American writer, poet, and art critic. He was a curator for international exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art (briefly overlapping with John … Continue reading →

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Fraser Hart

Posted on November 12, 2025 by Brian

A distraction while waiting to have a new watch strap fitted.

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