Tag: documentary

The Garden

Hove, UK

This is the last installment (for now) of images inspired by Jim Roche’s Substack on John Gossage’s The Pond.

On the side street there’s a gate leading into the abandoned and overgrown garden. Once I went in and took a picture or two. On this occasion I discovered it had been secured with a thin twist of metal ribbon. I considered removing it temporarily, but decided to honour someone’s property rights and instead photographed at various angles and over the wall.

‘Round the Back

Hove, UK

I continue to explore the house at the corner, following on from the last two days’ posts. After passing the side, I had a brief view over an ivied wall, of the back of the building, giving on to the garden.

One thing I did before shooting was switch the camera to shoot in Fujifilm ACROS, a rich black and white film stock – I was trying to get a full range of tones (of course, I was shooting raw, so all the colour information was captured but it was helpful to visualise it in B&W right through the viewfinder.

to be continued…

Around the corner

Hove, UK

Continuing from yesterday’s post about photographing close to home à la John Gossage, as described in Jim Roche’s post on The Pond, I walked around the corner from the front of the house, shown in yesterday’s post, to this view from the corner. The property is massively overgrown, reminding me of how the Pevensie children first returned to Narnia, only to find that time moved so much more quickly there that familiar places were scarcely recognisable.

Peering through the dense foliage, one can still catch a glimpse of the building.

to be continued…

Foule

Buckingham Palace, London

We took the train into Victoria, then made the mistake of walking to the National Gallery past Buckingham Palace just as the changing of the guard was set to begin. We were penned in and were allowed to go neither forward nor backward for about 20 minutes, stuck in a crowd of tourists with volunteers warning of pickpockets. But, of course, nothing can be said to have happened unless it’s been captured on a phone.

Photo London

Two visitors in an art gallery observing framed photographs on the wall, one featuring a couple walking through smoke.
Olympia, London

I went to Photo London this year at the new location at Olympia. And I happened upon Joel Meyerowitz showing his work.

Aerial view of a busy art exhibition with visitors exploring various art pieces displayed in white-walled booths.
A panoramic view of a crowded exhibition space with people engaging in conversation, browsing tables filled with books and other items, and displaying art on the walls.

I created panorama of the photobook area with 4 or 5 images and captured the woman in the black jacket on the right in 2 frames, breaking photography’s claim to capture a moment in time.

Artists’ Tools

A creatively arranged artist's workspace featuring various jars of paint, paintbrushes in a holder, and watercolor paper with swatches and color samples.
Lara Bowen Contemporary, Hove

One of the pleasures of touring Brighton’s Artists Open Houses each May is seeing the artists’ tools, paints, and brushes and other craft paraphernalia. At Lara Bowen’s studio we saw a set of colour swatches she created in the depths of lockdown, capturing (and labeling) the emotions of those times.

A wall display featuring various painting brushes of different sizes and styles, some with paint stains and wear, arranged in an artistic manner.