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‘Quarried’ Arrangements

May 2, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

My idea for Quarried could be described as a series of exploded views of the one scene, mirroring the way the rock itself was excavated. The harbour in Dun Laoghaire, for example, needed to be visible since the gap in which it would appear was what it was made from. The two harbour piers and that of the South Bull Wall were made from the now absent prominence, a hill that was once higher than anything that survives today. The South Bull was also

The three visible harbour piers were made from the now absent prominence.
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Filed Under: Chapbooks, Fake Memoir Tagged With: bracket books ireland, dalkey quarry, fabhappy, michael kenna, nicéphore niépce, photography, photozine, photozines

‘Quarried’ Invention

May 1, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

I had an idea, a simple concept and like photography itself, it took years to be realised. My concept was that one photograph could be interrogated to reveal many stories, each distinct from the main image. Like a book has chapters, and chapters have paragraphs and sentences, the fractal potential of the image could be explored. It wasn’t dissimilar to creating and analysing geological cross sections with geophysical data, something I was involved with for most of my career. I like a challenge but creating Quarried, the April chapbook, turned out to be more difficult than I anticipated.

Quarried covers
Available now from Bracket Books Ireland at outlets like FabHappy or WalkingCommentary.
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Filed Under: Chapbooks, Fake Memoir Tagged With: bracket books ireland, dalkey quarry, fabhappy, geophysics, michael kenna, nicéphore niépce, photography, photozines, roland barthes

Quarried Posted

April 30, 2021 by Simon Robinson 1 Comment

‘Landscape photographer Michael Kenna said that he tries to ‘invite viewers into the frame to imagine, experience, sit awhile, meditate, be calm and quiet for some moments, before returning to their busy activities.’

The legend for Quarried
Available now from Bracket Books Ireland at outlets like FabHappy or WalkingCommentary.
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Jack Frost, President and Plate

April 14, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

At last, Dublin latitudes are benefitting from sunlight. We see that in a bed of Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’ planted for over a decade under a canopy of trees in the front. Some passers-by have told me they are siberian bugloss ‘Jack Frost’. I’ve also had conversations with passing architects and keen gardeners who don’t know its name. They paused to admire the silver-frosted, heart-shaped leaves detailed by veins and edges of jade green. We have come to think that the perennial appearance of sprays of small, bright blue flowers are the confirmation that spring has arrived. Confusingly, after a decade of reproduction and expansion, some of the frost is disappearing. Warming?Dehybridising? Unevolving? Regressing?

Our spring crier, Jack Frost.
This image is from my Garden chapbook available at FabHappy and elsewhere.
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Filed Under: Anchoritism, Fake Memoir Tagged With: bracket books ireland, chapbook, fabhappy, photography, photozines, seaspiracy

Offsetting and Printing

March 29, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

I used to print photos as scarves on fabric but guess what? The supply of sustainable fabrics such as lyocell became erratic even before the pandemic. My small start-up business faltered and was suspended when the last two week turnaround took order almost two months to fulfil.

  • Fountain Slates I
  • Tate Modern Lights
  • Bathroom Tableau
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Magnolia 377

March 12, 2021 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

The Southern Magnolia aka Magnolia grandiflora and I’ve located one so far. Oh, but you don’t know what I mean even though you guessed from the title that this is journal #377.

March, being the month of magnolias, will be marked this year by my challenging myself to make a chapbook of magnolia photos. Magnolia will be the next photozine from Bracket Books Ireland.

Eclectic Electric: Magnolia Stave?
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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: bracket books ireland, fabhappy, photos, photozines, satellite imagery, trees

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