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Reflections and mirrors

Laban in Deptford is such an obvious place for reflections. It has huge mirrored windows that give really interesting perspectives on the surrounding area. I assume the window glass is really high quality because it is not easy to tell which side is real and which is the strange mirror world. Sometimes there are obvious…

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Filled arches, faux arches, and a chair

Following on from the themes on filled and faux doors and arches and chairs… Silk Mills Path, Lewisham This next one isn’t filled but it is an arch (well ‘ish’, upside down anyway). Wurlitzer juke box between Creekside and Deptford Church St, Deptford This chair is not abandoned yet in the official sense but its…

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Scared to the memory

I posted previously on misreading gravestones in my childhood and the years of uncertainty about the (literally) frightening cause of death of so many of the inhabitants of graveyards. If all gravestones were as clear as this one there wouldn’t have been a problem However, most are like this. The word sacred is harder to…

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Blind arches

There is a path from Deptford Creek that runs parallel to the railway which got me thinking NEW PROJECT… I am beginning to notice bricked up doors and arches. Lots of them. Especially when I stretch my imagination. And then I hit beautiful recursive paydirt. Under the railway arches between Deptford station towards London Bridge…

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Double vision

I went out in the morning and the evening to the same place with the same camera and lens but different films and different light. Not with the intention of taking the same photos to compare the different emulsions and developers but because I ran out of film in the morning and wanted to return…

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