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.
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‘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.’
Available now from Bracket Books Ireland at outlets like FabHappy or WalkingCommentary.
As Far As The Eye Sees
The auctioneer was known for his malapropisms. He was the kind of man who might aspire to own a tantrum bicycle. Or announce that Rome wasn’t burned in a day. At the auction of the restaurant my parents were selling, the auctioneer tried to add value by including the view in the sale. He said there were magnificent sea views for ‘as far as the eye could see’. Eyes rolled, then checked the view before acknowledging he was correct. He had viewed the price and repriced the view.
Double Glazed Patterns
The double-glazing in the windows of our home was replaced a year ago. Clearer and even more UV resistant than their twenty year old predecessors, the retrofitted double-glazed panes were noticeably, immediately effective in reducing heat loss. I had researched potential technology before we did the work. And the company we selected sent a consultant out to assess and advise. We made our choices, procurement commenced and five weeks later, we achieved fulfilment.
No Longer Red
Here are three shots from beyond my narrow field of view.
Think of these as if changing channel at news time or perhaps reading a different newspaper. The media you consume is as biased as the way you perceive it. Most such filters are subconscious else you’d call it propaganda.
Career Breaks
‘Gaps are what you make of them.’
That’s how I concluded what I wrote about gaps a few days ago (Posts and Gaps). And gaps as lacunae have been on my mind ever since. One space holds a story a colleague told me a few years after he retired. It’s a topic that didn’t come up at his funeral though it passed though my mind on the way to the service.
‘I see there’s a gap in your CV’ is what he said to a very strong candidate during an interview for a senior management position.
Last seen by us this day in 2016, I wonder when we’ll be able to go back.