Another from the same set of negatives shot in Elland forty odd years ago. The image is full of visual date-stamps: from the over-wide cars to the chocolate vending machines; from the telephone boxes to the bin-free streets.
Author: Alan Burnett
Those Shoes
I think my brother must have taken this photograph when I was eight or something like that. He would have been 13 and he was already seeing the world from a more creative perspective. I'd like to be able to say that I remember the day, but I can't. It's a very long time ago. … Continue reading Those Shoes
Shouting Shadows
There is an element of stillness and simplicity in black and white photos from forty or fifty years ago. I took this photograph of Charles Street in Elland around about 1980. Shadows shout louder than colours, shapes crowd out distractions.
Happy Monday
Mountains merge into water: both are part of the raw beauty that is North Wales. Two mud-stuck boats fight a rearguard action on behalf of colour. Happy Monday.
On The Front
We travel to the far border of something in order to gaze out at nothing. It's a funny life.
A Moment In Time
Take a moment in time to look at this. Don't worry about the who, the where or the when: I don't know the answer to those questions and it doesn't really matter. The photo is just a moment from what was probably - and hopefully - a long story. Such a rich moment, however: a … Continue reading A Moment In Time
Paris, Halifax
Another of my photos from that walk down Boys Lane, Halifax forty-odd years ago. The wonderful Shears Inn is still going strong and always well worth a visit. Paris Gates sounds a romantic location, but I understand it was originally known as the slightly more prosaic "Parish Gates".
Graveyards
Things should fade away in graveyards: become less sharp and less certain. Colours should merge along with moods; hopes and fears become one. Graveyards are the breeding grounds of memories.
Colourful Calderdale
Another image from my brother's new book "The Calderdale Portfolio". A very colourful Sowerby Bridge Wharf with the iconic Wainhouse Tower in the background. The full book can be downloaded from his website : https://studiopublications.org
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