Tag Archives: Cambridge

Walking 6

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Brian

‘…how easy it is for the flaneur to depart from the ideal of the philosopher out for a stroll, and to assume the features of the werewolf at large in the social jungle.’

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Walking 4

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Brian

‘…to notice the unexpected beauty of the quotidian…’ Walking quotes come from three main sources: Wanderlust – A History of Walking, Rebecca Solnit (2001), Flaneuse, Lauren Elkin (2016) and The Walker – On Finding and Losing Yourself in the Modern … Continue reading →

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Walking 2

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Brian

‘…to notice the unexpected beauty of the quotidian…’

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Walking 1

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Brian

‘The street is the only region of valid experience’, according to Andre Breton in Najda, quoted by Matthew Beaumont in The Walker – On Finding and Losing Yourself in the Modern City (2020).  I think this is pushing the perils … Continue reading →

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Covid Queue

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Brian

Today – waiting for the post of Christmas present.

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On HCB 2

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Brian

‘A few years after the first edition of Magnum Contact Sheets was released (5 June 2014 to be precise) journalist and literary critic Gaby Wood wrote an interesting article about the Cartier-Bresson exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris for … Continue reading →

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On HCB 1

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Brian

‘Tell us your favourite photographic quote. “We must think before and after, never while taking a picture.  Our success depends on sharpness, clarity, knowledge, but each time a photograph is planned, elaborate, it becomes stuck in clichés.”  Henri Cartier Bresson.  … Continue reading →

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Photography in three words

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Brian

One of the people on my U3AC course ‘Photography: The Telling Image’ has been struggling to know what to photograph during these constrained times – his main interest is around live music events.  I can understand how he feels, though … Continue reading →

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the others

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Brian

the others, a stimulating new book from David Runnacles, showing what he says ‘are the leftover pictures, the others in all their otherness’. A hundred brilliantly seen pictures with so much to explore, so many intimate little interactions, in every … Continue reading →

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U3AC Photo Forum 2020 Challenge #5

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Brian

Fifteen participants contributed 41 images in response to Tim Ewbank’s challenge to photograph people from behind.  Strangers, friends, relatives and the self were engaged as subjects.  They were variously cycling, painting, jogging, climbing, feeding swans, going to work, walking the … Continue reading →

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Covid 19 Day 95 25th June 2020

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Brian
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Covid 19 Day 93 23rd June 2020

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Brian
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Take a Seat – Take a Moment 30

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Brian

I spent Sunday afternoon working on my book Take a Seat – I probably should have been finishing off some decorating, or outside gardening, especially as the weather was so good.  But I’ve been feeling increasingly unhappy with the book … Continue reading →

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Covid 19 Day 67 28th May

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Brian
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Take a Seat – Take a Moment 25

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Brian
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