my sole obsession finally I feel it fading walk me home ...and walk away sole obsession suddenly a different shading walk me home ...and walk away /// mi única obsesión por fin siento que se desvanece acompáñame a casa ...y vete única obsesión de repente, un matiz diferente acompáñame a casa ...y vete
lyrics from /// letras de sole obsession, nation of language
*images made with nikon f5 and nikkor af-s 35mm f/1.4 g lens, ilford delta 400 film*
nothing compares
no worries or cares
regrets and mistakes
they’re memories made
who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?
– someone like you, adele
if there’s anything more important than my ego around, i want it caught and shot now
― douglas adams, the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy
i am
all these things
growing
struggling
learning
i am
none of these things
(insert list here)
i am
like you
and you
and you
and (yes),
you
i am
a
work in progress
watch this
space
to learn
who
i
am
all bunched up inside
blowin’ in the wind
reach for me
what lies behind
overflowing with emotion
bursting out
call my name
phone home before it’s too late
palm me off
birthplace of hope
discarded memory
barking up the wrong tree
three energetic bodies
potted delights
*all images made with nikon d850 and nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 e ed vr lens, during a meditative walk along the (partially flooded) south bank of the thames on sunday, 30 march 2025*
Now get this
London calling, yes, I was there too
And you know what they said? Well some of it was true
London calling at the top of the dial
And after all this, won’t you give me a smile?Lyrics from London Calling, The Clash
Expect more to come.
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, and a New Year full of joy, light and love.
*all images made with fujifilm x100f*
The eye should learn to listen before it looks
― Robert Frank
canned, and on the bench
a load of bull
don’t
feeling prickly?
dealing…
brittle
wired
blowing in the wind
toothsome
long and winding (but not yellow brick)
branching out
kerouac(ing)
*all images made on 1 January 2024, with Nikon F5, AF Nikkor 80-200mm 1:2.D ED lens and Ilford HP5 Plus film, negatives developed by Carmencita Film Lab, then scanned with Nikon D850 and ES-2 Film Digitizing Adapter*
People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.
― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
I have neglected my photography (and writing), and you my readers (those who may still be here) for a while.
So, on a hot (thirty degrees) late Spring day, I took off along the local track that always has a story to tell, each season offering a new and different tale.
Today that tale was of desiccated vegetation, and poppies, just past their prime.
*all images made with Nikon D850 and AF-S Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8E ED VR lens*
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all
– Emily Dickinson
Taking advantage of some mid February sunshine I took a walk yesterday from the centre of Salamanca along the banks of the Tormes river to the Isla del Soto, these images are from the start of that walk and feature some of the beautiful architecture of Salamanca, the golden stone and the cigüeñas that seem to make every rooftop their own. More images from the banks of the river to follow…
room with a view, open plan accommodation for two to three families…
domes and antenna mast (those who know my history may recall my ‘thing’ about TV distribution…)
dark thoughts…
homecoming…
x marks the spot…
penthouse suite…
caught on the balcony…
you lookin’ at me?
stoned…
are you sitting comfortably? (note – this is through the locked gates of an interesting museum to which I will return…)
dome (and this time) dishes…
imposing…
hidden…
*All images made with Nikon D850 and AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm 1:2.8E FL ED VR lens, and some glorious February sunshine!*
dancin' and prancin' in jingle bell square in the frosty air giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet - lyrics from jingle bell rock, tarja
the incredible shrunken man…
…catch a falling star
choices…
…standing man
…cervantes
imposition…
…got my eyes on you
pa-e-lla…
shelling out for christmas…
…pointing man
reach for the sky
cherche la grenouille
rapunzel’s bad hair day
hemmed in
men in hats (lazy)
another imposition
I spy an eye
framed
ho ho, ho
now, let’s go over that again…
crossed out
christmas cell
jingle bell rock
…the morning after
*all images made with Nikon D850 and AF-S Nikkor 35mm f1.4 G lens, plus a dash of humour*
cold earth sleeps
underneath a flaming northern sky
the snowy trees gently weep
– dark christmas, tarja
*…images made with Nikon D850 and AF Micro Nikkor 105mm f2.8 lens*
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