An empty tennis hard court, in Eaton Park. I liked the different shades of green, and the white lines. There are five different photos amalgamated here, in a way I thought created a striking image. The golf ball was a last minute thought (and covers an ugly meeting of edges behind it!). The title then became apparent.
Digging A Hole
‘Looses’ is an antique emporium on Magdelen St. It is an old department store, and has two floors packed with everything imaginable. Outside on the pavement, there are articles displayed, some of which were these spades, shovels, forks and hoes. They were of course leaned upright, so I took a few photographs. I cut them away from their immediate backgrounds. Behind them is a quarry just outside Norwich. I was surprised and very happy with the result.
Untitled No.35
There are lots of beach huts along the Cromer promenade. They are all decorated lovingly by their owners, and all very unique to one another. I liked this one because of the rust from the nails seeping down, and embedded into the paint. I have isolated a fuel filter(?) from the exposed engine of one of the many tractors, that are used to push and pull the fishing boats, parked on the beach. The filter of course has been tilted on its side, for effect.
Stretch Those Strings
I think this picture strangely works. There is the cut away part of an electric guitar, keeping a switch and volume control, that I repositioned. A repaired manhole cover in a road that I came across, and a rearview side mirror, with its cover missing, that occupies the left side of the picture
Overture
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’.