PHOTOGRAPHY
This week I remembered a photo I’d taken many years ago – in the early 90s – of my son Rafi as a toddler. He was dressed as Robin, Batman’s sidekick. I’d projected a slide on the wall as a backdrop and Rafi had punched out some moves in the foreground. I managed to find … Read more
I’ve just started reading Confabulations by John Berger, who died earlier in January this year. Recently I’ve been reading almost exclusively on my Kindle (in a space-saving Marie Kondo-like spirit) but I decided to buy a hard copy of the book – it’s small, portable with a good-sized font, and illustrated with colour photographs and … Read more
I’m decluttering and today tackled the bottom section of what was euphemistically called the art cupboard (it also contained a lot of junk)… and found this painting rolled up at the back . I can’t remember when I painted it … I think around 20 years ago. I know one theme was the representation of … Read more
Over the years I’ve taken a lot of screen shots. I teach film studies and sometimes a particular image from a film strikes me and I want to ponder it … freeze its otherwise transient flow. I watch a lot of foreign language film and sometimes it’s the juxtaposition of subtitle and image that I … Read more