Around Liverpool (54)
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Greek Gate
A a photographer I’ve always been aware of the innate beauty of ordinary things. This piece grew from a photograph I took recently in Greece of part of a metal gate. When I first saw it I was reminded of a Rothko colour field painting. Probably that was a good start for the development of this piece. My intervention with the two blue stripes were prompted by the arbitrary spots of blue that seemed to emerge from specs of rust on the gate. The composition was linked together by a collaged torn strip of paper from a yellow bag used in a bakery.
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World Streets (46 )
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Brick Lane Shopping
The woman in this work (photographed in 1983) could often been seen at the Sunday Brick Lane and Sclater Street market in the early 1980s. She would wheel her pushchair around the market looking for bargains. She was particularly fond of stuff left behind by stall holders. There wasn’t much of a working life left in the push chair when this photograph was taken.
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Around East London (23)
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The Sea
One way or another we are all connected to the sea and dependent on it. On a recent visit to Kyparissi in the south of Greece I found myself relaxed by the sounds and movement of waves on the beach. It was an almost hypnotic experience and I thought about the way human activity is having a dreadful impact on the oceans of the world. The sea also links us to the moon and wider universe and is a constant reminder of our frailty and insignificance. I’ve tried to explore some of these ideas in this mixed media piece on paper.
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Around Liverpool (53)
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