Dark Peak Photography Festival, Glossop
For a second year, I entered the Dark Peak Photography festival, based in the lovely Glossop, on the western slopes of the Peak District hills.… Read More »Dark Peak Photography Festival, Glossop
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PHOTOGRAPHY
I’ve been a photographer since a Pentax ME Super landed in my hands in 1982. Cameras have changed beyond all recognition, and photography has become… Read More »PHOTOGRAPHY
London gallery trip
A long overdue trip to London and a whirlwind tour around some of the best current exhibitions on offer. Firstly, there was Richard Avendon at… Read More »London gallery trip
Berlin & Dresden galleries
A trip to Germany to support my athletic partner at the World Transplant Games meant we had the opportunity to visit galleries in two of… Read More »Berlin & Dresden galleries
Sujata Setia & Joseph Wright, QUAD & Derby Museum
Sujata Setia is of South Asian origin and is a survivor of domestic abuse. The QUAD in Derby had an exhibition of her work entitled… Read More »Sujata Setia & Joseph Wright, QUAD & Derby Museum
MEADOW VIEW
I’ve always found it distastefully ironic how urban planners often name their concrete masterpieces after the habitats they bulldoze out of the way to create… Read More »MEADOW VIEW
Harland Miller XXX, York Art Gallery
Harland Miller is another artist I had never heard of, but that has now been rectified. An exhibition by this Yorkshire-born artist and writer was… Read More »Harland Miller XXX, York Art Gallery
Letizia Battaglia, Photographer’s Gallery
Another powerfully moving exhibition at the Photographer’s Gallery. This time it was Letizia Battaglia, who put herself in the firing line of the Sicilian mafia again… Read More »Letizia Battaglia, Photographer’s Gallery
Melbourne & Sydney galleries
A blast around the best that Australia’s two major cities have to offer the art lover. A simple post this one, without labels and artist… Read More »Melbourne & Sydney galleries
Open Exhibition, Ferens Art Gallery
I wasn’t accepted to the Ferens Open this year (my entry was possibly a little dark, even for Hull folk) but a trip north to… Read More »Open Exhibition, Ferens Art Gallery
FURZE-PIG LINEAGE
I remember seeing hedgehogs in the garden almost every night as a child but we hardly ever see them now. Between 30% and 75% of… Read More »FURZE-PIG LINEAGE
FELL RUNNING
I’ve been a competitive fell runner for several decades and I find many parallels between running in the hills and making art. In both, I… Read More »FELL RUNNING