Ten Frames: Yashica Mat Portraits
Ten of my favorite pictures of people (and one dog) taken with my Yashica Mat over the last decade.
Short Story: Funland (Allegedly)
There’s never been any coal seams near Hayling Island, so I wasn’t really expecting to come across a mine. But there is a historical connection of sorts.
Short Story: Rear Window
From my third-floor director's chair,
The sun concludes its evening play.
A lonely figure, walking there,
Casts a shadow twice her way.
It seems to have the better part;
I just stay home and watch the art..
Short Story: The Highland Cattle At Pulborough
The collective noun for a group of Highland cattle is a fold. The name comes from….
Wiggonholt Parish Church
Most people looking at this little church in Wiggonholt notice the ancient walls, but the roof tells the more interesting local story.
Short Story: Renaissance
When the Renaissance opened in 1973, its concrete structure and direct runway views were the epitome of modern.
Short Story: Radisson Blu
It’s easy to become numb to the architecture of airport hotels. They are, by design, transient spaces, built for forgetting. Yet, this particular building on the Bath Road has always struck me as an outlier. Those repeated, almost ecclesiastical arched windows seem…
Short Story: Piggy Back
This caught my eye on my daily walk. The carrier is a DAF, a product of the late nineties now approaching its own retirement. The cargo, however, is a Bedford TK, and for about thirty years it was….
Short Story: Twynersh
Pub names are often a public record of the obvious: The Ship for a port town, The Bricklayer's Arms for a new estate. Occasionally, though, you find a name that makes you stop and think. "Twynersh," a contender….
Ten Frames: Zombies In 35mm
Each October, London hosts a truly unique event known as World Zombie Day. Rather than being something from a film, it's a….