PHIL MAXWELL

Serene Faces

January 28, 2026

This work ‘Serene Faces’ is based on two photographs – one taken in Cambodia of a massive stone carving of a face in the Bayon temple, the other of a man in a Liverpool pub. The carving was made in the late 12th or early 13th century and the photo of a human being in the 21st century. The human face over time tells us a lot about our species, it’s longevity, fragility and mortality. I felt compelled to place these two faces together.

‘Serene faces’ – mixed media on paper, 2026.

‘Serene faces’ (detail) – mixed media on paper, 2026.

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Liverpool (124)

January 27, 2026

On the phone in Bold Street. Liverpool 2024.

View from the top of the 79 bus on Wavertree Road. Liverpool, October 2018.

Waiting for the bus on Picton Road. Liverpool 2024.

Outside the Picton pub on Picton Road. Liverpool, October 2019.

Pint and a conversation in the Edinburgh pub in Wavertree. Liverpool 2024.

Wavertree High Street. Liverpool, January 2020.

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Liverpool (123)

January 24, 2026

Postman on Wavertree High Street. Liverpool 2019.

Leaving the post office now. Lawrence Road. Liverpool, January 2019.

Ralph James protesting about TV licence fees for pensioners. Liverpool 2017.

Passing a shop window in town. Liverpool 2019.

Running across Rathbone Road. Liverpool 1970s.

Running in the Mystery park, Wavertree. Liverpool, July 2018.

Conversation outside a pub on Hanover Street. Liverpool 2019.

Passing a shop window in Waltomn. Liverpool 2019.

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Disappeared Liverpool

January 22, 2026

It was in Liverpool where I first started taking photography seriously. These photographs were taken in the 1970s and early 1980s. Many of the buildings have now vanished.