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Part of my experiments:)
Cropped image with cross film processed effect using Corel Paintshop Photo.
Cross processing (sometimes abbreviated to Xpro) is the procedure of deliberately processing photographic film in a chemical solution intended for a different type of film.
The effect of cross processing has been well known since at least the early 60s.(Wiki)
a rickshaw driver in agra, taking a break.
not the greatest framing - shot from a moving vehicle in stop and go traffic.
seen at the beginning (or end?) of the Oxford Canal - Hythe Bridge St crossing the Thames in the background.
A reader (customer/user) at the main issue counter in Plymouth's Central Library in the early 1960s.
This lady had lived through two world wars and looks immaculate with her neat hairstyle, dainty pink hat, white blouse fastened at the throat with a modest piece of jewellery, good tweed suit and white gloves.
There's more than a touch of Esma Cannon and Katie Johnson to her.
We shall not see their like again.
This is a photo that has been a long time in the making...twenty years in fact. Where does the time go? ;-)
A portrait of the truly fabulous Eddi Reader (former lead singer with Fairground Attraction), performing earlier tonight at Edinburgh's Festival Theatre.
I first saw Eddi perform in 1988 at a gig in Southampton Mayfair (I was a postgrad student at the time), when Fairground Attraction were the support act for Deacon Blue. I had seen Deacon Blue once before, but this was just before both groups enjoyed chart success.
There aren't too many times when you come away from a concert having been "wowed" by the support group, but this was one of those occasions. Certainly, as an exiled Scot at the time, it was a joy for me just to hear a Scottish accent. :-)
Eddi had (and continues to have) a commanding stage presence. She exploded onto the stage that night like a force of nature...a mass of red hair...windmilling arms...and a great voice.
A major regret for me is that I never took any shots of her that night. Yes...I should have...drat! I had smuggled my camera into the gig...and was trying to remain "low profile" before Deacon Blue came on (lest I be stopped from taking photos)...and my high speed film was finite (no more than two rolls). So, I didn't take any shots of Fairground Attraction...but should have...D'Oh!
Tonight, I was finally able to make amends, and this is one of the shots I took. I was also able to correct my earlier failure in some style...since I was armed with an official photo pass, for which my considerable thanks are due to my FNPE (that's Friendly Neighbourhood Picture Editor...as you may recall!), Alex Hewitt from The Scotsman.
All this...and I was able to have a brief chat with Eddi after the gig and show her some of my shots. If she thought they sucked, she was gracious enough to hide it...and I'll be passing on my best shots from the gig to her. :-)
If you are unfamiliar with her music, please find out more for yourself by visiting her websites:
You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow
Maybe your reason why all the doors are closed
So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow
And when it's time, you'll know
You just gotta ignite, the light, and let it shine
- Katy Perry, Firework
Had one of my prints on the front page of etsy today and in the etsy newsletter too. :) Joel says I'm "etsy famous." Hopefully that will lead to more sales so I can cover the cost of the prints I'm making for the Ann Arbor Art Fair. :)
Shannon asked me the other day whether I thought it was possible that my choice to set an alarm every day and start working on my book like it was my job during the time when my "real job" was at a standstill and producing no work or income for me might be what led to the successes that seem to be starting to trickle my way now. I think the answer is yes. I could very easily have let myself slip into another bout of depression, not left the house, and felt like a failure. Instead, I focused on what I could control. I started aggressively chasing dreams that I've been sitting on for a while. As a result, I'm pulling in some real income from my photography now and I have 228 pages of my book written and ideas for at least two more. I'm going on a road trip out to Maine to spend almost a week in the town that is the setting for my book so that I can hopefully finish the story and add some vital details that really make the town come to life for my readers. My "real job" is starting to fire back up, so when I get home I'll have actual work to do. I'm also going to be showing my photography during the Ann Arbor Art Fair and for who knows how many more weekend/week events after that. I never thought that half of that was possible.
Maybe I didn't go about it the traditional way. Maybe there were some that scoffed at my choice to write when I did. But from where I'm standing now, I can only see the benefits of following my heart. I may not be in a 100% financially stable situation yet...but I know I'm on my way. And I'll get there eventually. And I don't think I would have been able to say that with such confidence if I hadn't started working on my book when I did. And I certainly wouldn't feel as sure of myself as I do now.
Musically Challenged: Katy Perry - Firework
Representación del Via Crucis (basado en textos de Llorenç Moyà).
Realizada el Viernes Santo en las escaleras de la SEU (Catedral).
Semana Santa del 2013 en Palma de Mallorca.
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Viacrucis (Stations of the Cross), theatrical adaptation of the text of Llorenc Moya.
Represented Good Friday in the steps of the SEU (Mallorca Cathedral)
during 2013 Holy Week.
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Llorenç Moyà i Gilabert de la Portella (Binissalem, 1916-Palma de Mallorca, 1981). Poeta, dramaturg i narrador. Llicenciat en Dret (1943), assidu participant de la vida intel·lectual de Mallorca i col·laborador de la premsa insular, especialment a Última Hora (1977-1981).
Inicia la seva obra poètica seguint els cànons de l’Escola Mallorquina, amb poemaris com La joglaressa i la selecció poètica La bona terra (1949). Als anys cinquanta s’acosta al postsimbolisme i la seva estètica s’uneix amb els nous corrents poètics. Evoluciona cap a un marcat barroquisme amb Ocells i peixos (1953), Via Crucis (Premi Mn. Alcover 1960) o La posada de la núvia (Premi Ciutat de Palma 1955). Durant els anys seixanta escriu obres on introdueix els mites clàssics amb una intenció de denúncia, com Polifem i Hispania Citerior (editades el 1981), peces en plena relació amb el moment històric que es viu. Als anys setanta escriu I, tanmateix, pallasso… (1978) i d’altres peces de caràcter més intimista.
El teatre culte de Moyà també conté una finalitat crítica i és aplegat en el volum Teatre de la llibertat (1993), on destaca Fàlaris (Premi Ignasi Iglésies 1961) i el drama històric El fogó dels jueus (Premi Ciutat de Palma de teatre 1963). Posteriorment es decanta per la recreació del teatre tradicional mallorquí i a partir de 1977 escriu un conjunt d’entremesos, reunits en quatre trilogies, entre elles, El ball de les baldufes (1981). Influenciat per Llorenç Villalonga i Camilo José Cela, també escriu narrativa. Publica l’aplec A Robines també plou (1958), la novel·la curta Viatge al país de les cantàrides (1993) i Memòries literàries (1971, en volum el 2004).
Lector de biblioteca
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Library for the Faculty of Philology at the Free University Berlin, Germany
(Architect: Norman Foster)
Philologische Bibliothek der Freien Universität Berlin
(Architekt Norman Foster)
A few weeks ago, Reader's Digest contacted me, wanting to use one of my photographs for their June/July issue in association with an article they were doing about affordable art resources on the internet.
Hmm...let's see...most widely read magazine in the world...translated in 19 languages...global readership of more than 100 million...
"Uh, sure, I guess you can use my photograph..." :-)
3:50 p.m., Williamson's Park. The park was a busy place on this sunny holiday. I asked eprmission to take this photo. Tamsin had chosen a good place between sunny and shady patches, and was reading 'King's Cage', by Victoria Aveyard, part of the fantasy series 'Red Queen'. Tamsin says it's good.
Apologies for interrupting your reading. Other photos in my series of readers are here: www.flickr.com/photos/greg_myers/albums/72157652125931010.