I saw this childrens carousel/roundabout, in a deserted play section in Sloughbottom park. I do not frequent children play areas! this was a wet afternoon when there was no-one in the park. I liked it, so I photographed it, without any thought what to do with the image. The corner of a street, (Colman Rd./Muriel Rd.) which was being prepared to be renovated, had the markings made by engineers, to denote underground pipes and cables. I liked the cracked pavement, double yellow lines, manhole covers etc, so I started with this image. I tried various objects to include in a collage, but as soon as put the roundabout on,…it clicked! I have introduced some fictional coloured markings of my own, and I am very pleased with the result.
A Giddy Way Down To The Beach
The stainless steel railing, can be found running down to the Norwich Yatch Station, from Riverside Rd. I think the brick wall and steps lead down to the river in Norwich, probably near New Mills Yard. I have cut away what would be the grassy areas, to reveal the beach. The coastal landscape beyond, is somewhere in Queensland, near to the Whitsundays islands. Named by Captain Cook, when he discovered a channel between them and the mainland. They should have been called Whitmondays, he got the day wrong! Anyway, another surreal and unplanned picture.
Drum Stack
The rather contorted view of the wooden staircase, which leads down to an observation platform, for a view of the Twelve Apostles. A geological phenomena at the Great Bight, on the south Australian coast. Included in that clash, are a stack of tables. The sympathetically distorted, and arranged cable drums were photographed outside City Electrical Factors on Barker St. I think the picture looks a bit anaemic, but it seems to have a resonance. I worked towards that dynamic composition, which was eventually achieved. I had no clue as to where I was going with this picture. It was a case of throw anything in and let’s see what can occur.
Lasso A Damn
When I was doing my degree, I went on a field trip to North West Wales. It was the middle of September, and the weather was very mixed: mostly sunny, but when it rained,…it chucked it down. Anyway we visited a lot of spectacular landscapes and vistas. One of them, is this damn at Llyn Stwlan. The rope was attached to a boat, mooring at the Norwich Yatch Station, across the road from the railway station. I was learning how to distort the rope to the effect I subsequently achieved. The sky has been replaced with something more sunny!
Pipes And Tubes
The main component of this montage are the funnel and air vents, of a boat that is usually moored on the South Quay in Yarmouth. It is a boat for the public to visit. I liked the red and white checked flag, and the red interior of the ventilation intake funnels. There are the three big black water pipes, also to be seen on the South Quay. The white pipes were in a metal fabricators yard, ready , presumably for industrial purposes. Lastly at the back, is a stack of plastic pipes in another suppliers yard. I was interested in the basic colours present: black, white and red.
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I like this image very much, which once again, came out from left field. The element that locked the picture, is the bark of a tree in the background. The spiral stairwell goes up to a flat above Randells Footcare, on the corner of Dereham Rd. and Heigham Rd. The upturned yellow and black stools were in a pub. I kept the asphalt forecourt below the stairs, as a base for the composition. You won’t be surprised to hear, the tree bark was in Tasmania!
Suspended Disbelief
This is Lady Musgrave island, just off the coast from Agnes Water in Queensland. It was named after the wife of the Queensland colonial governor, Sir Anthony Musgrave, during the nineteenth century. The ornate lanterns can be seen in the Royal Arcade, near the market in Norwich, and the electricity pylons are in Norfolk somewhere. I created the blue sky above the beach, to accommodate the suspended lights. I like the way the guy in the green shorts is standing, as if in disbelief.
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Collaged views of the sea defence ramparts, surrounding the entrance to Cromer pier. Also are the railings on the steps leading up to the pier. Those angled metal stanchions, with the chains and a runner, belong to the fishing boats nearby. The are, I presume, to help lower and retrieve the fishing nets. I like the composition, and I think its a strong image.
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This a montage of yatchs that were sailing on Oulton Broad. They are members of the Waveney and Oulton Broad Yatch Club. I took quite a few photos from the riverbank, and have ended up collaging eight different shots. Some of the number identity markings, on the sails were back to front, because I had to turn the boat around,(in the computer) to face the same way as the others. So I erased all the markings on the sails. They are sailing on a broken slate roof, and the opposite bank is a low brick wall, just outside my flat. The sky is of course, perversely, a rusty corrugated fence, probably in Australia somewhere. C’mon nothing is simple or straightforward…Jeeez
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If you stand in the Norwich bus station, at the No.4 and 8 bus stop, look up behind you, at the gap between the back of the multi-storey car park, and the Travelodge. The brick edifice in the picture, is what you will see. Beyond that, in the gap above, is a view of Dubai through the window of a plane waiting on the tarmac. Makes sense eh? In front is a collage of overhead power lines for trains at Norwich Railway station. I liked all the conflicting lines and angles in the composition.