BPE Exhibitions List

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Rosetta

This is an image inspired by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. However, the twist is the reconstruction of the face with doll-like proportions. Hopefully will be seen as an interesting idea for my photo club challenge “images inspired by….”

A gothic ballet dancer, Dark Angel, dancing to the Devil’s tune?

 

Some last images of 2011

Just a few images to end the year. Hopefully 2012 will provide new inspiration too!

A seasonal toast

Typically, at Christmas I seem to make time for new images, so share a toast for Christmas with these champagne flutes.

Black and White

A testimony to how otherwise occupied I’ve been this year – I missed posting altogether in October and November. Hopefully am now back on course with some new work. A Scary one!

Judging Articles

The Late Adi Sethna’s articles on judging have always been my inspiration, but I have found some very interesting and up to date articles at this link on Northern Counties’ great new web site. Whether you are a judge or just interested in the process of photo comp judging, they are worth a look.

Beyond Group Exhibition

Very pleased to be awarded a Gold Medal in the Beyond Group Exhibition with “Black Widow”  last week…

and a Judge’s Choice Award for “Temptation”

plus 3 HCs for “Leda and the Swan”, “My Precious” and “Widow”. Thanks!!!

Mike & me at Oldham Carnival

Thanks to Mike Donough for taking the photo  ;-D

The Butcher’s Wife

“My Father’s Boots”

We went to a garden party today…well there was a garden and there was a party, but due to typical Saddleworth summer weather, the two never quite meshed, so we sat comfortably in the converted barn of our friend’s house, overlooking Alphin Hill enjoying food, wine and good company. Just before we left, another party guest suggested we look up an article on the web by Professor Roderick Arthur Smith, who was educated at Hulme Grammar School in Oldham before continuing his education at St John’s College Oxford followed by Queens College Cambridge. Professor Smith had walked the Saddleworth hills as a boy with his father and would have seen the same views that I photographed less than two years ago for my book project.

Professor Smith’s article is of great interest to Saddleworth folk, but I think there is a general interest too, in the story he tells of “I’m Wearing My Father’s Boots“. Enjoy and imagine you are in the Pennine Hills of Saddleworth!

Solo Exhibition

I’ve been lucky to obtain hanging space for a small exhibition of 17 prints from 1st July for a month.  If you’re around Saddleworth in July, do drop in at Sundae’s in the High Street, Uppermill, wander round the first floor exhibition and have a cup of coffee or one of their delicious ice cream sundaes.

Update 13th August. Thank you to everyone who came to the Exhibition and made it such a success and to Sundae’s Cafe and Ice Cream Parlour for hosting the exhibition and extending the show by a further week.