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Omaggio a Miro

Immersive art at the Miro exhibition, Muse Revoltella, Trieste, May 2023.

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Shutter Hub – To The Sea

Shutter Hub has called for submissions under the title of ‘To The Sea’. We want to share an exhibition that broadly encompasses all of your visions of the sea – be it environmental, actual, or emotional. Take the theme ‘TO … Continue reading

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Trieste Scrapbook May 2023

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Something Fishy

A diverting pair of signs on the bank of the River Cam near Bait’s Bite Lock, Milton.  Reflections.  One, I hope the Environment Agency is as keen to tackle sewage discharge into rivers as it is to bring errant anglers … Continue reading

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Photo Wallets

More Than a Snapshot by Annebella Pollen, Professor of Visual and Material Culture at Brighton University explores the world of photo wallets, the envelopes used by film processors.  Like so much ephemera they are easily discarded, yet they are reflections … Continue reading

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Lost Innocence

‘Kids on bikes rule the streets in Syd Shelton’s portrait of pre-gentrification south Dublin’, was the sub-title to the big picture feature in the Observer on 30th April.  The photograph was taken in 1985.  Sheldon says, ‘you can’t take pictures … Continue reading

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Waresley Woods Woe

Shocked to see the clearance of swathes of dappled woodland at Waresley yesterday.  It’s the Wildlife Trust’s response to ash dieback: the mortality rate is extremely high and the dead trees would become dangerous leading to the need to close … Continue reading

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Beech Tree

An extraordinary beech tree by the Romano-British burial mounds at Bartlow.  It has eight trunks emerging from a common root, the result of coppicing.  How long has it taken to grow into this woody octopus?

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Only Colour – Bartlow Yellow

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Analog Disincentives

I want an extra role of film to take on holiday (Trieste and Venice in May) and in the spirit of buying local went to Campkins, Cambridge’s independent photo shop.  They wanted £12 for a 36 exposure cassette of FP4, … Continue reading

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Felixstowe Yarn

‘Yarn bombing (or yarnbombing) is a type of graffiti or street art that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fibre rather than paint or chalk. It is also called wool bombing, yarn storming, guerrilla knitting, kniffiti, urban knitting, or graffiti knitting.’  Wikipedia

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Analog Sea Revisited

‘Today in nearly all sectors of life … we navigate a world increasingly orchestrated not by direct human care and craft but by machines and algorithms.  It’s impressive and terrifying just how much human agency we entrust to profiteering technology … Continue reading

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Footfall Plus 1

I’ve been having a major clear out of work prints. Found this one in the Footfall file – it wasn’t used in the book, but I like it.

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Cross Words

Clue in yesterday’s crossword: ‘Garffiti’. Answer: ‘Vandalism’.

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Lichtensteinesque

Sat having pasta lunch at the Photographer’s Gallery watching the world go by today. Half of the window in front of me was clear glass and half semi-obscured with a dot screen. The picture opposite is a big enlargement of … Continue reading

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