2nd Anniversary of the Changing Views project

It’s coming up to the 2nd anniversary of my Changing Views project. I started regularly photographing the view from my kitchen window in mid October 2016. This was the view this morning: Click here to see the Changing Views project.

street abstracts: torn and folded

Over the years I have photographed many torn posters and adverts, peeling walls and glue glyphs. I like the layers, textures and fragmented altered imagery. Recently I was waiting at a bus stop in Kentish Town standing by a billboard and took a few versions of the photograph below. The wind was blowing and folded … Read more

Oriental carpets and identity

I have been adding text and photos to my ongoing project entitled Persian Kentish Town which is a personal take on street photography highlighting the decorative facades, pavements, reflections and illusions of Highgate Road in Kentish Town. The photographs in the project all include oriental carpet imagery. I’ve supplied some background information as to what I understand … Read more

18 Months of Changing Views

It’s now been 18 months since I started the Changing Views Project. The view is one I see from my kitchen window, and looks out towards Kentish Town and the city beyond. The first image from the project was taken at midday on October 15, 2016. Here it is below: The most recent image was … Read more

My view at the end of February

Below are three differing versions of the same view. The first was taken early this morning; the so-called Beast from the East making its snowy imprint on the landscape:   This very Christmassy one was taken at midday:   The image below was taken four days ago. I was looking out at the hazy white light … Read more

Snow and taking indoor activities outdoors!

Like everyone else in North London I woke up to snow this morning – this was the scene outside my kitchen window in the early morning: The London Lucumi Choir were due to perform at Camden Lock today. Unfortunately due to road and transport chaos the gig eventually had to be cancelled. So the few … Read more

Changing Views Featured in December issue of Kentishtowner

I’m very pleased that my CHANGING VIEWS project is the cover feature of my local newspaper Kentishtowner. I’m also interviewed in the paper by the editor Stephen Emms. Here’s the link to the online article.   A screenshot of the article headline:

Gotta photograph that hat!

A few days ago I went for a walk to Swains Lane in Highgate to take take some pictures and try out my new camera lens. It was a lovely autumnal day. On the way back I saw  a woman leaning against a tree waiting for the bus. Her hat caught my eye, a warm … Read more