Monday 29 October 2018
a walk into history
Yesterday we pass through Avebury in Wiltshire, en route to see two of their famous neighbouring neolithic structures. The first is Silbury Hill and the second, West Kennet Long Barrow.
They are both staggeringly impressive and the work required to construct them must have been immense.
The day is bright but cold, the wind chilling us to the bone as we climb the slope toward the Long Barrow. Silbury Hill begins to shrink in the landscape as we clamber up toward the burial site. The sky is full of bleak scudding clouds.
At last the Long Barrow lies before us. We enter its burial chambers and are connected through the millenia to the very roots of British history.
Saturday 27 October 2018
the horror
The homework for this week's photo-class is 'shock me/horror'.
These pictures pay homage to the work of Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee, who was an American newspaper photographer working in the 1930s to the 1950s. He's best remembered for his garishly flash-lit crime scene pictures.
I used black and white settings on my camera, pushed to the extreme for maximum contrast. The post-production work followed a similar line to bring out a film noir feel, exploring moods of pessimism, fatalism, and menace.
permission to smile
There are signs by each of the gates of Birmingham Cathedral which read, 'Join the Friendliness Revolution. Permission to Smile'.
Regrettably, it appears not to have been read by the vast majority of passers-by.
Thankfully, there are one or two exceptions ...
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