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Chips And Ice Cream

From sit-in fish restaurants, to takeaway chippies, tea rooms to coffee houses and milk bars to snack bars, there are many different flavours - all of them delightful.

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The Space Between

For myself photography is an art form involving different stages of creation and being aware, not only of the surrounding environment but also my subconscious thoughts, feelings and dreams.

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newport-land

'newport-land' is a quiet reflection upon the meaning of place where human presence is all but removed, and only the structures, layouts, artefacts and the psychological space remain.

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Among Piers

The boardwalks above are often bustling colourful affairs, as quintessential to the image of the great British summer holiday as ice cream and fish suppers.

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Absence

I grew up in a village in the flatlands. The ancient lands of the village tangled around the church with its tall thirteenth-century spire, its mottled colours of pale, fragile limestone.

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Infra-Ordinary

Locked in the confinements of my own space, in a time so unordinary, I attempt to turn my head from the inescapable pandemic. On every newspaper, television and radio station I cannot emerge.

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The Walk

I was struck by the overwhelming stillness, the roads and sky seemingly devoid of traffic, the local playground not just empty, but closed; everyone seemingly holed up within the comfort and safety of their own walls.

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Land Covered in Trees

My home locallity based off-shore in NW Scotland allows me to wander from my doorstep into both natural and manmade woodlands and forestry. Trees that cloak the lower slopes of mountains rising from the sea.

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Seascapes

Long Exposure is an extremely fascinating genre of photography which can transform a mundane every day scene into something completely different.

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mono no aware

Less concerned with a concrete depiction of reality, but more so with an emotional and poetic interpretation of the world surrounding him, as well as an exploration of the artistic possibilities oh his photographic medium.

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Cold & Industrial

After the opening song Paul Weller made a comment, ‘you northeners are cold & Industrial’. It’s still not clear to me 40 years on just what he actually meant, but it’s something that has stuck with me ever since.

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Fifteen Views

In 1810 botanist, Sir James Edward Smith, published an account of his tour of the Hafod estate entitled: Fifteen views illustrative of a tour to Hadfod in Cardiganshire’.

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The Landscape

Leaves fall silently from overhanging trees and break the water’s surface with intention. Out of breath, you stop… slow the breathing to a whisper and look at the stillness that surrounds you.

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Shin Jo Sui

Hanging in my darkroom is a Japanese scroll of which the following three characters are scripted in elegant calligraphy: Shin Jo Sui.

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Vale

The expectation of a rural idyll is created from the outset; an archetypal English valley landscape pulled from a perfect composite memory.

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