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Tag Archives: black and white
Paris Street
Incongruity was what struck me about today’s picture, taken on the streets of Paris in spring a couple of years back. On the one hand, it is instantly recognisable as the French capital from the building style, the trees and … Continue reading
Posted in Cityscape, Photography
Tagged al fresco, black and white, dining, dining table, France, incongruity, Paris, photograph, Photography, street, table
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Dusty bottles
I took this picture in a museum in upstate New York back in 2009, although to my shame I can’t remember exactly where I shot it. The things which people discard, the detritus of day-to-day life, can be just as … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Still Life
Tagged black and white, bottle, detail, dirt, dust, history, New York, photograph, Photography, rubbish, talc
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Reflecting windows
At first glance, today’s image looks very neat and symmetrical, but on careful examination it’s full of untidy disruptions to that sense of order. One of the columns of windows sits slightly recessed from the others, carving a deeper line … Continue reading
Posted in Abstract, Photography
Tagged Architecture, black and white, light, order, pattern, photograph, Photography, reflection, rule of thirds, sky, symmetry, tree, windows
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Trees framing trees
We are back to my ongoing obsession with trees today, I’m afraid! The leaves of the tree in the foreground frame the cluster of trees in the background here, which I feel helps draw you into the image. The trees … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
Tagged black and white, frame, nature, photograph, Photography, sentinels, tree
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Square and triangle
I think I must be in an abstract mood at the moment, judging from the last couple of pictures I’ve chosen. Apologies – we’ll go back to landscapes soon, I promise… Today I’ve chosen a sight which has since disappeared … Continue reading
Posted in Abstract
Tagged black and white, detail, London, photograph, Photography, shape, square, stairs, steps, street art, triangle
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Almost like footsteps
A few years ago I undertook a short photography project which involved taking images in the streets near where I live – in the course of the shoot, I can’t have ventured much more than a mile from my own … Continue reading
Posted in General, Photography
Tagged black and white, detail, drain, drain cover, London, photograph, Photography
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Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Lincoln’s Inn Fields, I am told, is the largest public square in London. Tucked in next to one of London’s four great Inns of Court, it is today a beautiful space in which workers come for a lunch or coffee … Continue reading
Posted in General, Photography
Tagged black and white, inn, Inns of Court, Lincolns Inn, London, museum, nature, photograph, Photography, Sir John Soane, square
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