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Waves And Hills
I think this photograph of mine of Elland dates from the early 1980s, but I can’t remember the exact date (oh, how I wish we had metadata back in those pre-digital days). The theme is timeless: waves of stone-clad industry washing up against the natural Pennine hills. I still travel up and down those steep roads several times a week. Timeless.
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An Illustration
At what point does a photograph become an illustration? I’m not sure of the answer, but it probably has something to do with tones and lines. This illustration of Halifax Borough Market…
Happy Birthday
Sometimes words aren’t really necessary: Happy birthday to my beautiful wife and my very best friend.
The Nature Of Reality And The Digital Dilemma
This “image” (I’m not sure what to call it, I certainly didn’t paint it in the conventional sense) is based on a photograph I took in Sheffield in the 1980s. As far…
Yes, It is Me
What finer representation of 1950s Britain can there be? It’s the summer holidays and the family’s annual week at the seaside (in this case, Bridlington in Yorkshire). The weather is…
South Yorkshire Allegory
This is a photograph I took at a Yorkshire Miners’ Gala parade in the early 1980s. Given everything that’s going on at the moment, I suppose you could say it’s…
Postcard Law
There should be a law stating that everyone has to send a picture postcard full of idle chitchat at least once a year. Forget your WhatsApps and your Emails, I’m…
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