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Greenwich – World Heritage [Building] Site Part 1

Greenwich buildings sink under scaffolding (multiple exposure) A couple of years ago (or more) we were sitting on a bench in Cutty Sark Gardens looking at the broad sweep of the river. An Australian approached us and said “Where can I find the Cutty Sark mate?” We pointed ironically to the scaffolding and the still…

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I’m A Holga Not A terrorist – New Pluralism

My year of living dangerously exclusive(ish) film use ended earlier this year and I’ve updated the ‘about’ page to reflect this. I’ve learned so much more about photography and its basic principles (ie exposure, composition and development) over the last eighteen months through using film, particularly by restricting myself to a couple of film types…

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Tangled Shattered Web

This is how I like colour in photographs Greenwich Millenium Village The colour is the photograph. This is why I like Saul Leiter’s colour work so much. Form and structure are so often obscured by colour. Larry Sultan, Martin Parr and ‘big colour’ exponents excepted. Laban, Deptford (library window) I expect the library window is…

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