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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.
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).
seen at the beginning (or end?) of the Oxford Canal - Hythe Bridge St crossing the Thames in the background.
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:
Lincoln's Inn Fields, 4 pm. I explained the project, and she said it was a good idea. She is reading (and, in another shot, annotating) 'Taming Your Outer Child' by Susan Anderson.
Thank you for participating in my Readers project, and apologies for interrupting. Other photos in my series of readers are here: www.flickr.com/photos/greg_myers/albums/72157652125931010.
10:50 a.m., Journey Social, Lancaster. I asked permission. He is reading the poet Derek Walcott's book of essays, 'What the Twilight Says'.
Apologies for interrupting your reading. Other photos in my series of readers are here: www.flickr.com/photos/greg_myers/albums/72157652125931010.
Outside the National Theatre, about 6:40 pm, between the two parts of 'Angels in America'. He is reading Colm Toibin's 'The Testament of Mary'. I explained the project and asked his permission. The original idea was to get him with the statue of Olivier, but he just gets lost in a wider shot.
Thank you for participating in my Readers project, and apologies for interrupting. Other photos in my series of readers are here: www.flickr.com/photos/greg_myers/albums/72157652125931010.
"Elson Readers Primer" by William H. Elson and Lura E. Runkel. Scott, Foresman and Company, copyright 1914 and 1920. Illustrator not listed.
Library for the Faculty of Philology at the Free University Berlin, Germany
(Architect: Norman Foster)
Philologische Bibliothek der Freien Universität Berlin
(Architekt Norman Foster)
Guess what I hoard...... thickers and these ones had lost there stickiness!! I saw a LO like this this week but can’t think where, it was yellow and white, if anyone know the LO I am referring too plz let me know.
2:30 p.m. Portland International Airport. Nick is waiting for the flight to Seattle and reading Alexander Solzheniitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago.
Thank you for agreeing to be photographed, and apologies for interrupting your reading. Other photos in my series of readers are here: www.flickr.com/photos/greg_myers/albums/72157652125931010.
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..." :-)
Photographed at the Reader Rock Garden on 22 September 2010.
Today, I set my alarm for 5:10 a.m., as I was going on a day of botanizing at a new location, but heavy, non-stop rain made us actually change our minds. Useless for taking photos, and not exactly good for ones camera. Also, it was only 4C (!!!) when I got up this morning - soaring to a balmy 7C when we were in the car, driving to the meeting place to check if we were going or not. A coffee stop was a great idea, while the five of us waited to see if the rain might clear - which it didn't. It's always disappointing when a trip is cancelled, but this is almost unheard of. On the way home, three of us called in at Tim Hortons and had a delicious combo of coffee and a breakfast, which made a very tasty and enjoyable stop. Thanks so much for the treat, Stephen, and for doing the driving! Oh, while we were at the first coffee place, a lady stopped to chat with us (she works at the place). She was so funny, telling us one joke after another, all of them simple and very cute. One that I can remember is:
"What did the 0 (zero) say to the 8?"
Answer: Nice belt!
I have two full days of botanizing tomorrow and the following day, so will be tied up and totally exhausted, ha! I find that back to back days are just too much for me now, but, all being well, I'll survive these two days of forest walking and getting down to the ground and back up again to photograph mushrooms and other things. Hopefully, the sun will shine and we will find some new things to add to our existing lists of flora and fauna for these two locations.