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Me: These are very dramatic photos.
Mom: Yeah, I always loved these.
Me: Were they the photographer's idea?
Mom: Yeah.
Me: I suppose it wasn't quite as romantic when you realized it's a view of Brooklyn.
Mom: Yeah, but you sort of blocked it out.
St Peter, Corpusty, Norfolk
The morning was clear. There was no wind. There was also a great stillness. When the bells rang out for Mass they had the entire world to themselves.
from That They May Face The Rising Sun by John McGahern, 2002
A bright, early spring day in 2017, and St Peter is dramatic on its hilltop site. Norfolk is nowhere near as flat as Sir Noel Coward liked to make out, but it has few dramatic vistas. One of the grandest is the sight of Corpusty and Saxthorpe as you come over the hill along the Norwich to Holt road. The valley drops away below you, the villages scattered down the opposing slopes. At the highest point is the church of St Peter, Corpusty. This must be an ancient place, and the tower of St Peter is a landmark for miles around. But it was almost lost to us, for this church was abandoned half a century ago, and lay derelict for decades after.
It has not been without its friends. In 1974, local resident Roger Last wrote a letter to the Eastern Daily Press expressing his concern about the state of the church and its descent into vulnerability and vandalism. It so happened that a few miles away at Holt Rectory someone else was girding her loins for the battle to save churches. Lady Billa Harrod, who had seen off the Brooke Report which advocated the demolition of redundant churches, contacted Roger, and their meeting led to the formation of the Committee for Country Churches, which developed into the Norfolk Churches Trust. The BBC came and filmed Roger showing Sir Roy and Lady Harrod around Corpusty.
The Friends of Friendless Churches bought the church when it was in danger of demolition, and have spent £70,000 on repairing the tower. When I first came here in the early years of the 21st Century there was no access at all to the graveyard; it was completely overgrown. Coming back five years later I found that the overgrowth had been cut back, and a path made up to the south porch. This porch was now secure, and the tower has been almost completely restored, with the bell windows secured and the keys of St Peter placed in a prominent position. Best of all, the roof was sound, covered with striking red pantiles.
The nave and chancel, however, had a long way to go. Corrugated iron sheets filled the windows, nettles and bracken to a height of six feet surrounded the church. A tree grew out of the east window. I made a difficult circumnavigation, and was probably the first person that year to do so. In 2005, the church was considered sound enough to be the chosen location for the annual service of the Friends of Friendless Churches.
In 2017, it is striking that St Peter looks like a proper church again. The churchyard is trimmed, the windows are full of glass, there is a sense of love about it. It is still kept locked, and the keyholder is a way off in Norwich, but a peek through the windows showed that there was still much to do inside, the walls still unrepaired from the years of vandalism, neglect and arson.
So, there is still work to do, but people care about this poor little church which was nearly lost to us. And failing a view of the inside of the church, head to the east end of the church and look out over Saxthorpe below. On a sunny day it will take your breath away.
This boat is called a snipa in Swedish. It's an old style which is very stable in rough water.
Taken while sitting at the Boule & Berså restaurant near Danvikstull in Stockholm.
I think having a drink and some food at Boule & Berså is one of the very special Stockholm experiences I had when I lived there.
This is in the Baltic sea and is part of the Stockholm archipelago.
Newlyweds, two photographers and the
Simultaneous tripping of the shutter
San Francisco City Hall
April 2009
This is a non T-shirt piece. I have been trying to do more of these lately. This is a self reflective piece showing me and my wife.
© Craig Watkins 2009 All Rights Reserved.
This boat is called a snipa (or snippa) in Swedish. It's an old style which is very stable in rough water.
Taken while sitting at the Boule & Berså restaurant near Danvikstull in Stockholm. This is an enhanced version of this.
I think having a drink and some food at Boule & Berså is one of the very special Stockholm experiences I had when I lived there.
This is in the Baltic sea and is part of the Stockholm archipelago.
Tamed by Miltown, we lie on Mother's bed;
the rising sun in war paint dyes us red;
in broad daylight her gilded bed-posts shine,
abandoned, almost Dionysian.
At last the trees are green on Marlborough Street,
blossoms on our magnolia ignite
the morning with their murderous five day's white.
All night I've held your hand,
as if you had
a fourth time faced the kingdom of the mad -
its hackneyed speech, its homicidal eye -
and dragged me home alive . . . Oh my Petite,
clearest of all God's creatures, still all air and nerve:
you were in your twenties, and I,
once hand on glass
and heart in mouth,
outdrank the Rahvs in the heat
of Greenwich Village, fainting at your feet -
too boiled and shy
and poker-faced to make a pass,
while the shrill verve
of your invective scorched the traditional South.
Now twelve years later, you turn your back.
Sleepless, you hold
your pillow to your hollows like a child,
your old-fashioned tirade -
loving, rapid, merciless -
breaks like the Atlantic Ocean on my head.
Sitting at "Gad" restaurant in Cairo's Khan al-Khallili district, I took a few shots of this Islamic couple.
"We met on the train to Riga. We've been married for 42 years now", he says with a smile. When I ask him what he likes doing nowadays, he says, happily "I write poetry. To Nelly." #growingold #love #partnersforlife #reportage #journalism #Latvia
Earlier this year I was asked to photograph a marriage. A wonderful thing to do. Especially, as the couple wanted no ordinary album, but a mix of romantic photos and an authentic journalistic impression of their "big day"
The happy couple picked a wonderful all weather location for their photo shoot: the airport at Rotterdam, the Netherlands. They both have great interest or are involved in the aviation industry. So, why not pose with an aircraft...
That day the weather was not that great. The METAR showed: 050725Z 01006KT 8000 R24/7500 +DZ RA BKN022 OVC050 18/M21 Q1020 NOSIG. So, we were in and out of the hangar to take photos.
In the middle of the in-between-showers-outdoor-shoot, the flight crew of another aircraft started their engines to taxi to the runway. As jet blast can cause real havoc and destruction on a big wedding dress, the bride made a flight for Airport 1 to shelter from the jet fuel laced mini tornado. All in all a funny situation, that also resulted in a memorable and not so ordinary wedding photo. Mission accomplished!! (including getting the engine of the B737-800 in the shot).
The red line on the apron had a big resemblance with a red carpet, so I left it red in this black and white image.
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One thats been done a lot and been on my radar for a good while.
La Crypte, a catacomb of underground graves in Belgium. A stealth approach if you want to visit these with no interruptions.
The impromptu 2 day tour with camerashy and host to France and Belgium, with some new places, a lot of travel with minimal sleep and some goals being accomplished by getting to a certain school.
Full set here:
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While walking in Hesketh Park, I stumbled upon them with their professional wedding photographer.
They saw me stop to watch from a distance (with a 300mm lens), so I beamed my broadest smile, raised my camera, pointed to it and then to them.
This was their response.
(Btw, if the happy couple happen to see this shot -- I hope you like it.)
24 x 30 Finally after 9 months I finished this painting of my son Zack and his new wife Sarah, right after their wedding vows in the Virgin Islands. It was painted in their honor and will be given to them as a somewhat late wedding present....;-)
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a Jersey registered Norton, I guess from the mid 1920's or early thirties would appreciate model if anyone knows,
The busts of a man in a tunic and toga and a woman in a robe and stole are framed between winged naked putti (amorini, cupids) holding garlands of fruit and flowers.
The lid has a frieze of sea-monsters and putti.
Early 3rd century from Puteoli (Pozzuoli) near Naples, Italy.
Naples Archaeological Museum.
I'm working on the photo book for my nephew (finally) and I just love their cake topper they had so I decided to share it with you!
I'm sorry I've not been around to everyone's streams the last few days but I've been so busy. I promise to catch up again as I always do, it is just going to take me some time with everything else that is going on! Thanks!
Have a super Thursday friends.