An early colour photograph of mine (note the pre-decimal currency) and one where the exposure left a lot to be desired. What it lacks in technique it makes up a little for in atmosphere and in the light from the windows of that cathedral of commerce that was Halifax's Borough Market.
Author: Alan Burnett
Desktop Calendar : 25-27 July 2023
I have no idea who took this photograph. Usually it was me taking photographs of my brother, or him taking photographs of me, and thus pictures of us together are rare. It was taken in the late 1960s: Roger was living on a barge and about to sail it to Europe, making a living by … Continue reading Desktop Calendar : 25-27 July 2023
The Steps To The Station
Steps To The Station, 1982 : The last scan from this strip of negatives of Halifax from 40 years ago. The steps still exist but the lamp-post and the top wall have gone - and what remains isn't quite as soot-black as it was back then. Steps in the right direction, perhaps.
The Line-Out, Halifax 1982
I assume that this is the railway line out of Halifax heading towards the tunnel under Beacon Hill although I can't quite work out where I took it from. Could that possibly be where Discovery Road is now? 40 years on, I suspect the scene will be very different now.
Blackledge, Halifax 1982
A snow covered and tree-less Beacon Hill provides the background to this photograph of mine from the early 1980s of Blackledge, Halifax. A parked car provides a date-stamp as resonant as any digital imprint. Pennine arts and crafts, indeed.
Daily Calendar : 19-24 July 2023
All I did was to ask AI to design a typeface featuring colourful wild flowers. This is what it came up with. Our artificial intelligence week not only continues, but gets sillier. "AI, re-imagine me as a Norse God" Personally, I think I look rather fetching! The last of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) series. This … Continue reading Daily Calendar : 19-24 July 2023
Daily Calendar : 13-18 July 2023
For want of something better to do, I started work on a new book today. It will be called "1001 Images To Scan Before I Die". Given the fact that I am averaging about one scan a day, and given my age, it has to be said that this is a somewhat ambitious project. This … Continue reading Daily Calendar : 13-18 July 2023
Daily Calendar : 7-12 July 2023
I took this photograph in Belgium a few years ago when I was doing a thing on "photographic oxymorons". Not even the intervention of a spiritual deity could bring about a transformation to the chilly waters of the English Channel. Stones that have soaked up their fill of hard work, paths that are squeezed like … Continue reading Daily Calendar : 7-12 July 2023
Daily Calendar : 1-6 July 2023
This is possibly a photograph of my Great Uncle, Albert Burnett and his wife Rose Ellen. It was part of a collection of old photos that came to me via their daughter and her step-daughter. I have no hard evidence it is them - but I rather like to think it is. A Foggy Day … Continue reading Daily Calendar : 1-6 July 2023
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