After a lot of thought I finally decided to submit some of my photographic work to the Palace Hub Gallery in Redcar to see if I could get some exhibited. The series was photographs of Redcar beach on a wintery dawn, which gave a really lovely blue cast to the sky. I’ve had three accepted …
I am for an art …
I am for an art that is political-erotical-mystical, that does something other than sit on its ass in a museum. I am for an art that grows up not knowing it is art at all, an art given the chance of having a staring point of zero. I am for an art that embroils itself …
Skinningrove
I was in Skinningrove for a course quite a while back and took the opportunity to take some photographs as it was quite misty making the area look quite sinister and I just don’t get to Skinningrove that often as it’s off the beaten track (unless of course you’re on the Cleveland Way). There is …
September 2021 Photo of the Month
I’ve set up a new Patreon tier where you can get a limited edition print each month. With this tier you receive all the benefits of the other tiers plus a photo of the month delivered to you as long as you’re a Patreon. Each month I’ll choose an image and you will receive a …
Books for October 2021…
and a round-up of what I did in August. August hasn’t been a total bust for book reading but nowhere near as good as July, stalling a bit at the end of the month. Even with this it has been a big hitter for 5-star reads, ‘Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep‘, ‘Cecily‘, …
1st Statement on New Realism
What do we propose instead? The passionate adventure of the real perceived in itself and not through the prism of conceptual or imaginative transcription. What is its mark? The introduction of a sociological continuation of the essential phase of communication. Sociology comes to the assistance of consciousness and of chance, whether this be at the …
Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep
A book I’d requested through work as I’m a huge fan of Mortal Engines (plus Philip Reeve’s other works). This latest book is a magnificent middle grade fantasy adventure following Utterly Dark, the ward of The Watcher of Wildsea. When her ward drowns it sets a chain of events off that has this adventure crack …
Micro 4/3 Camera
After owning a Full Frame Canon (5D Mk II) for a while, I felt that I was using my iPhone more often than not to take photos as the Canon was too heavy and cumbersome for me to carry around all the time. A few years ago I owned a Panasonic GF1 (the image above …