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Look Up!

July 17, 2015 • 1 Comment

I have mentioned previously that my photographic walking style involves regular turning around to view what had previously been ahead of me from the opposite angle. By doing this, many new compositions and juxtapositions appear in a completely refreshed view. When in a building, there is a third dimension that I add to my “walk”. I look up. As I en...

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Live The Dream

July 10, 2015 • 1 Comment

A couple sheltering at a bus stop on a freezing Winter night at Place de l’Opera captured my imagination as I wandered down Avenue de l’Opera. In fact I only saw this because I was practicing my habit of turning round every so often to see the view I had just passed in reverse. I was touched by the juxtaposition of their huddled figures with the co...

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Balance and Purpose

July 03, 2015 • 2 Comments

Balance and Purpose A suburban garden near Paris on a Summer’s day delights the eye with its peacefulness, scents, gentle breeze, gorgeous flowers and busy visiting bees. Patiently trying to capture their activities is challenging, given their flying speed and rapid changes of direction, but this image fell into my lap as a beautiful specimen re...

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Le Frigo

June 27, 2015 • 1 Comment

Built in 1921, Le Frigo was the Parisian Cold Store facility until the central market at Les Halles moved out to Rungis. It fell into disuse in 1971, until it was occupied by squatter artists in the 1980’s. This being Paris, their situation was gradually regularized under its different owners, until the City finally bought it in 2003 and gave it so...

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High Flight

June 21, 2015 • 1 Comment

So there I was at the Paris Air show, strapped into Alpha Jet No 1 belonging to the leader of the first section of the Patrouille de France, as the second section formed up alongside. I snapped away deliriously through the perfectly cleaned Perspex of the canopy as I fulfilled a lifelong dream of experiencing free flight in the hands of an aeriel a...

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