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I look for inspiration wherever I am-for photographs.
This to me is writing at it's best, a thousand words-worth so it matters that I'm feeling open to my environment.
What do you focus on for a good shot?
Part of a photo series about the german writer and illustrator Dieter Schaefer. Taken with a Leica Monochrom.
Second wife of writer and mathematician Sir Samuel Morland (1625-95) who is buried at Hammersmith in London. He was the inventor of the speaking trumpet and improver of the fire engine among other things and assistant to Thurloe (secretary to Oliver Cromwell). At the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 he was knighted and created a Baronet and Gentleman of the Privy Chamber. Samuel married Carola in the Abbey on 26 October 1670. The monument is of black and white marbles by sculptor William Stanton and was erected by Sir Samuel with inscriptions in English, Hebrew and Greek, to show off his learning in these languages. The English reads:
Carola daughter of Roger Harsnett Esqr. and of Carola his wife, ye truly loving (and as truly beloved) wife of Samuel Morland Kt. & Bart.[Baronet], bare a second son Oct. 4th, died October 10th in the year of our Lord 1674 aged 23
The Hebrew part can be translated:
Blessed be thou of the Lord, my honoured wife! Thy memory shall be a blessing, O virtuous woman
The Greek can be translated:
When I think of thy mildness, patience, and charity, modesty and piety, I lament thee, O most excellent creature! and grieve accordingly: but not like those who have no hope; for I believe and expect the Resurrection of them that sleep in Christ.
[Westminster Abbey]
Taken inside Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey (The Collegiate Church of St Peter)
In the 1040s King Edward (later St Edward the Confessor) established his royal palace by the banks of the river Thames on land known as Thorney Island. Close by was a small Benedictine monastery founded under the patronage of King Edgar and St Dunstan around 960A.D. This monastery Edward chose to re-endow and greatly enlarge, building a large stone church in honour of St Peter the Apostle. This church became known as the "west minster" to distinguish it from St Paul's Cathedral (the east minster) in the City of London. Unfortunately, when the new church was consecrated on 28th December 1065 the King was too ill to attend and died a few days later. His mortal remains were entombed in front of the High Altar.
The only traces of Edward's monastery to be seen today are in the round arches and massive supporting columns of the undercroft and the Pyx Chamber in the cloisters. The undercroft was originally part of the domestic quarters of the monks. Among the most significant ceremonies that occurred in the Abbey at this period was the coronation of William the Conqueror on Christmas day 1066, and the "translation" or moving of King Edward's body to a new tomb a few years after his canonisation in 1161.
Edward's Abbey survived for two centuries until the middle of the 13th century when King Henry III decided to rebuild it in the new Gothic style of architecture. It was a great age for cathedrals: in France it saw the construction of Amiens, Evreux and Chartres and in England Canterbury, Winchester and Salisbury, to mention a few. Under the decree of the King of England, Westminster Abbey was designed to be not only a great monastery and place of worship, but also a place for the coronation and burial of monarchs. This church was consecrated on 13th October 1269. Unfortunately the king died before the nave could be completed so the older structure stood attached to the Gothic building for many years.
Every monarch since William the Conqueror has been crowned in the Abbey, with the exception of Edward V and Edward VIII (who abdicated) who were never crowned. The ancient Coronation Chair can still be seen in the church.
It was natural that Henry III should wish to translate the body of the saintly Edward the Confessor into a more magnificent tomb behind the High Altar in his new church. This shrine survives and around it are buried a cluster of medieval kings and their consorts including Henry III, Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, Edward III and Philippa of Hainault, Richard II and Anne of Bohemia and Henry V.
There are around 3,300 burials in the church and cloisters and many more memorials. The Abbey also contains over 600 monuments, and wall tablets – the most important collection of monumental sculpture anywhere in the country. Notable among the burials is the Unknown Warrior, whose grave, close to the west door, has become a place of pilgrimage. Heads of State who are visiting the country invariably come to lay a wreath at this grave.
A remarkable new addition to the Abbey was the glorious Lady chapel built by King Henry VII, first of the Tudor monarchs, which now bears his name. This has a spectacular fan-vaulted roof and the craftsmanship of Italian sculptor Pietro Torrigiano can be seen in Henry's fine tomb. The chapel was consecrated on 19th February 1516. Since 1725 it has been associated with the Most Honourable Order of the Bath and the banners of the current Knights Grand Cross surround the walls. The Battle of Britain memorial window by Hugh Easton can be seen at the east end in the Royal Air Force chapel. A new stained glass window above this, by Alan Younger, and two flanking windows with a design in blue by Hughie O'Donoghue, give colour to this chapel.
Two centuries later a further addition was made to the Abbey when the western towers (left unfinished from medieval times) were completed in 1745, to a design by Nicholas Hawksmoor.
Little remains of the original medieval stained glass, once one of the Abbey's chief glories. Some 13th century panels can be seen in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries. The great west window and the rose window in the north transept date from the early 18th century but the remainder of the glass is from the 19th century onwards. The newest stained glass is in The Queen Elizabeth II window, designed by David Hockney.
History did not cease with the dissolution of the medieval monastery on 16th January 1540. The same year Henry VIII erected Westminster into a cathedral church with a bishop (Thomas Thirlby), a dean and twelve prebendaries (now known as Canons). The bishopric was surrendered on 29th March 1550 and the diocese was re-united with London, Westminster being made by Act of Parliament a cathedral church in the diocese of London. Mary I restored the Benedictine monastery in 1556 under Abbot John Feckenham.
But on the accession of Elizabeth I the religious houses revived by Mary were given by Parliament to the Crown and the Abbot and monks were removed in July 1559. Queen Elizabeth I, buried in the north aisle of Henry VII's chapel, refounded the Abbey by a charter dated 21 May 1560 as a Collegiate Church exempt from the jurisdiction of archbishops and bishops and with the Sovereign as its Visitor. Its Royal Peculiar status from 1534 was re-affirmed by the Queen and In place of the monastic community a collegiate body of a dean and prebendaries, minor canons and a lay staff was established and charged with the task of continuing the tradition of daily worship (for which a musical foundation of choristers, singing men and organist was provided) and with the education of forty Scholars who formed the nucleus of what is now Westminster School (one of the country's leading independent schools). In addition the Dean and Chapter were responsible for much of the civil government of Westminster, a role which was only fully relinquished in the early 20th century.
[Westminster Abbey]
"Victor Rangel-Ribeiro (www.victorrangel-ribeiro.com/) has been through many avatars – journalist at the soon-to-be Indian Express and Times of India in Calcutta and Bombay, editor, ad professional (the first Indian copy chief at J Walter Thompson), expat in the United States, educator of students battling drug-addictions, music critic and conductor, owner of a specialised music shop in New York City, short-story writer and novelist," says web journo Frederick Noronha, in an e-interview published in The Navhind Times. July 28, 2012 www.navhindtimes.in/panorama/artistes-outside-have-alread...
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My apologies to Mr Rangel-Ribeiro for having branded his elegant shirt sans permission.
Lighting:: wirelessly triggered 300W strobe fired via silver umbrella directly above model, with reflector below camera.
I sat down on a bench overlooking the beach at Ã…rsta Havsbad this afternoon. Started talking to the guy on the other bench. Ingwar Ã…hman-Eklund. Photographer. Author. Poet. Politician. We talked about photography and his work as an author. He has written many revues over the years.
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time. Wikipedia
Best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
Artists in action! The urban art and writers in Taranto, Italy. (Thanks Alessandro)
They called Acheron, the river as Dante. It is actually a manifestation of street art that will restore color to Taranto, "red and gray city of pollution". The date is February 25 to 27 (10,30) via Dante Alighieri - that's why the name of the show - and gives the cans and also abroad in the 25 participating artists a wall 113 meters long. Acheron is only the first date: many meters are available for the next "crossing" in the next few months. Among the names that come to Checko Lecce Taranto also the writer's art. (By Repubblica Bari Anna Puricella )
Irvine Welsh (born 27 September 1958) is a contemporary British novelist, playwright and short story writer. He is recognised for his novel Trainspotting.
This portrait of Beckett was done in 1976 by the admirable English photographer Jane Bown, who worked for the Observer.
As a writer, I've always been drawn to this coffee shop in Disney's Hollywood Studios.
Of course, I'm not sure if I should enter, since it belongs only to one writer, and I'm not sure if it's for me. Perhaps only one writer is allowed in at a time, in which case, how am I to know if one is already inside?
Well, I like it anyway.
Writer and photographer Beth Lesser
travelled in Jamaica throughout the
Eighties with her husband, interviewing
musicians for her magazine. Along the
way she captured the scene at the time,
exploring the period between the death
of Marley and ragga's conquest of America
Musician Gregory Isaacs in front of his
African Museum store on Chancery Lane,
Kingston. Isaacs was one of the most
prolific and popular recording artists
in Jamaica
Photograph: Beth Lesser
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I met Kate Adie and had a brief chat with her at the Ubud Writer's Festival in Bali 2010 where she was talking about her experiences as a war reporter. Kate has been an icon of mine for many years, as a role model of an independent woman. It was fantastic to finally meet her in person after seeing her on TV for so long.
I cooked this up for my Bouchercon 2009 panel on feminism, politics, and how mysteries tell women's stories.
The failure of the hand. For me, transcribing certain texts is a quiet and relaxing ritual, an opportunity to use some of my less frequently used fountain pens. Yet there are moments when even such a simple act resists completion, when the hand falters despite intention. Photography offers a similar refuge: a way to detach from reality and focus entirely on the frame. And yet, at times, even that becomes unexpectedly difficult.
I had a great time with my writers' group today. It's as much about catching up as it is about writing, so we always have a good time.