My T.V. remote control stopped working, so I had to buy a replacement. I was curious about what was inside the old one, so I pulled it apart to discover the chip board. I thought it was quite interesting, visually, so I photographed it, by holding it up to the sun. The instruments were in a music shop window on St.Benedicts St. (Cookes). You might notice that I cut away the black wooden body of the Clarinet.
Whichever Way The Wind Blows
The wind farm, is just outside Albany in Western Australia. The two propellor blades and water tower, were in other parts of Oz that I can’t remember. Leaning against the base of the tower, is a car wing mirror that had its covering missing. The clouds were here in Norwich. Sometimes I will photograph clouds to add to my library. A good example is the skyline in the picture ‘Standby’. I was about to stretch the cloud photo to fill the sky, but left it, because it looked striking. A case of artistic licence and chance.
Tied-Up Sweep
These steps lead up to Cromer Pier. I have copied some parts of the image, distorted and combined them, as you can see. The silver ‘wave’ is the seat of a public bench in the Castle Gardens, by Farmers Avenue. The rope was securing two exterior pipes on a building in Magdalen St. The result took quite a bit of experimenting and serendipity.
Two Bridges, One Sink
As I was cleaning my bathroom shower, I bunched the curtain out of the way, and rested it in an alcove, by the washbasin. I was stuck by the visual: it looked like a waterfall. With that image, I experimented using unrelated objects. The first bridge looked good and fitted. Then I tried another photograph of a different bridge….just as good! I hit upon the idea of joining the two (lateral thinking). The two pedestrian bridges are in Norwich spanning the river Wensum. The Novi Sad Friendship Bridge (left) and the Lady Julian Bridge. I like the composition, and the contrast it invoked.
Time And Tide
More pictures from the triathlon event. These guys were in the water before the start of the race. I thought it would be unusual to place them on a beach in Queensland, in a small estuary, with the tide out. The alarm clock sits on my bedside locker. The title was obvious.
Cubist Runners
This one of two pictures I created from the runners,(see ‘In Their Own Bubble’). The landscape is in Australia. The silhouettes are of runners participating in a race, here in Norwich. Looking through the bodies, is a collage of a public installation, next to the railway station in Adelaide. They are coloured blocks, set in a grid, about knee high. I arrived at this image after a lot of experimenting with different pictures to ‘fill the void’.
The Big Bang
The bunting was stretched across the streets of Cromer, during their summer festival season. I will photograph scenes or objects that take my fancy, without having any preconceived idea of what to do with them. And so it is with this picture. When I was isolating the flags from their original background, I used a magic wand tool. This erased most of the sky (in this instance), but left trails of speckled dots behind. With a black background it looked very astral.
A Study In Grey
Walking back from the railway station, up Rose Lane, there sprayed on the pavement were marks indicating underground pipes radiating from the manhole covers, denoted what sort they were. Obviously made by the engineers for future work. I selected four of the photographs taken and melded them together. The ship was anchored at Yarmouth, which I had visited earlier, by train, and looked good tied to the kerb.
Cubist Foyer
My new abode, seen from the kitchen, looking towards the bathroom, with the living room door, nearest left. Those strange shapes are the remnants of some outdoor insulation that was stacked in the garage under a velux window light. I have cut away the main surfaces leaving the thick edges. It all looks very cubist to me, and I like the result very much.
Bloo Abstract
These are some telecommunications pylons on a hill in northern Tasmania. I have collaged them together, and used a couple of filters for dramatic effect. It took some time juggling the images, but I came to this conclusion and was satisfied with the result.