I am no Ross Poldark. Ask Mrs O. I have done a bit of scything in my time though and also a bit of sickling – infinitely more dangerous than wielding a scythe though. One of the things I learned about scything apart from being a back breaking chore was the selective cutting of vegetation. […]
Private view – Bill Jackson FRPS
I jumped in the car to go and attend Bill’s PV at Halesworth today and nothing. The dashboard lit up like a flashing Christmas tree but the engine would not fire. Move on 45 minutes and the RAC had diagnosed a failed battery. A new one materialised out of his van, my plastic was handed […]
Edgelands – the cull has started
I had to go into UCS today for a meeting so I took advantage of the vast and empty Fusion Lab to lay out 75 printed medium format images from the last edit of the series. This time last year Lux Locus were busy preparing to hang a pre-degree show exhibition in Ipswich Town Hall […]
The kindness of other artists
Yesterday was a typically grim Easter Saturday. The afternoon brightened up somewhat not least of which was down to another opening of a new monthly exhibition at The Freudian Sheep . I got to know one of the proprietors whilst at UCS. Mossy was a Fine Art student, I a photography student. Since he and […]
Today I went back to where it all started
The forecast was good for this morning so I was up and out a few minutes before sunrise. I used to hate the clocks going forward when I was on a regular commute as slipping back into darkness was always a let down. Now though, I relish the extra shooting time for my early morning […]