photo-works
Please scroll down this page to see my photo-compositions.
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PLEASE NOTE - most images here are compressed by up to ten times and so the details are somewhat degraded compared to those in a full resolution print.
The main intention of this work is that it should be looked at and scanned very near-to
by the viewer and this close-up view is ideal even if rather lacking detail compared to the print.
There are short texts next to each composition which hope to give some context to where they were taken and some of my thoughts of the visual and 'musical' connections within them.
A framed print can be ordered on the contact page but be aware only one print of each picture is available for purchase - thus making each piece a unique art work like a painting would be.
The prints ( Fujifilm c-type archive prints on heavy paper ) for sale on framed in handsome plain black frames with white mounts. Most of the wide thin ones are about 100cm wide. The landscape oblong ones are in region of 50-60cm wide and the portrait thin ones are 50-60 com tall. Of course the frames and mounts add between 15-20cm to the above dimensions.
Prices at the moment for photographic works are £200 (A) and £250 (B) and as listed separately
Please inquire on email if you are interested in making a purchase
SHOWERY SPRING DAY AT BALMAHA ON EAST BANK OF THE LOCH LOMOND - BEN LOMOND REAR RIGHT - CURL OF ROAD - GREEN FIELD - DRONE OF INFLATED HILLS ON WEST BANK - SKY OF LEAD CHANTS A FILIGREE OF SNOW ON HIGH
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OMODOS BLING IN FOOTHILLS OF TROODOS MOUNTAINS IN CYPRUS LIKE THE LADY'S BAG AFFIRMS.
THE CANDELABRAS DON'T LOOK OLD BUT THE ICON DOES.
DOES HE LIKE THE ILLUMINATION? DOES IT REMIND HIM OF HEAVEN - THIS CHOIR OF IRIDESCENCE DANGLING ON UNATTACHED CEILING ROSES?
PRICE A
A STREAM DASHES DOWN TO SHEFFIELD - FLOWING ENERGY THAT USED TO SHAPE STEEL - REFLECTIVE MILL PONDS AS CALM AS MILL PONDS SHOULD BE -
A TORRENT OF A WEIR TINKLES IN THE SUN WHICH ALSO LIGHTENS UP THE BASS BENEATH A FALLEN TREE TRUNK BELOW.
PRICE A
THE ROMANIAN NIGHT-MAN SAID THE GARDEN WAS NOT UP TO MUCH BUT GAZING ACROSS IN DIFFERENT LIGHTS TO APARTMENTS OPPOSITE - UNVEILED CONTRASTED VERDURE WITH CONCRETE AND CABLES - MELODIC MATERIAL TRANSFORMED BY DARK ORCHESTRATION
PRICE B
SEE ARTHUR'S SEAT IN THE HAZE AND ONE CAN MAKE OUT EDINBURGH CASTLE TO ITS RIGHT - HOW THE FIRTH OF FORTH IS LADEN WITH INCIDENT WITH LITTLE LINES ETCHED LIKE HELD NOTES AND WITH BUOYS BUZZING AMONGST SLITHERS OF ISLANDS
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BARLINES ETCHED IN TIMBER TIMBRE - A LINE OF PINES - TO THE LEFT ALL MANNER OF GREENS AND MAUVES AND YELLOWS AND THE NORMAN ROUND TOWER OF THE NORFOLK CHURCH - SO MUCH COLOUR IN THE WINTER
PRICE A
BOTH THESE STRIPS ARE FROM THE SAME LIGURIAN PHOTOGRAPH - THE MIDDLE WAS JUST REMOVED - THE POWER LINES SEEM TO INVERT THE HILLS OUTLINES THAT ARE BECOMING THE ALPS - MIRROR WRITING FOR GREEN AND BLUE SONORITIES
PRICE B
VALLECROSIA ON THE COAST OF THE ITALIAN RIVIERA HAS A COMMUNIST BOROUGH. VIEWS INLAND FROM THE PROM: HILLS AND MOUNTAINS INTERRUPTED BY CRISS-CROSS WIRES, THE SHROUD OF THE SKY WITH ITS LIPPED GASHES, WHITE AND DARK GREEN. CABLES DROOP, ROOFS DROOP AND A SOLARISED WEDGE OF BLUE SKY PEEPS IN. SOPRANO, ALTO, TENOR, BASS VERTICALLY STACKED
PRICE B
THE IMAGES ALL COME FROM THE STRIP AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE. IT'S MORE LIKE LINE DANCING THERE BUT THIS IS SCOTLAND NOT IRELAND.
PEOPLE AS TREES - ALL RATHER ARTHUR RACKHAM AND NEARBY GLASGOW ART NOUVEAU OF BARE TREES - EYES CAN DANCE AROUND THIS COMPOSITION TILL THEY DROP
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ANTIQUERA IS BLESSED WITH THE MOST ORNATE BAROQUE CHURCHES - ONE IS OVERWHELMED WITH DECORATION. I WANTED TO SELECT STRIPS SO THAT ELEMENTS COULD BE MADE AS IF THEY WERE LIKE MUSICAL PHRASES.
THE COMMANDING VIRGIN MARY ON RIGHT DOES NOT SEEM TO SEE HER SON LYING DEAD BEFORE HER. IT'S TIME FOR A PIETA AND A STABAT MATER - RICHLY HARMONIC AND ROCOCO
PRICE A
THE BASS OF THE QUARTET IS A SMALL LENGTH OF THE SOPRANO TOP - A SECOND LAYER OF TREE REALITY - SEE WHERE IT COMES FROM. LATE AFTERNOON FEBRUARY - ART NOUVEAU MEETS ART DECO
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A STAGE SET - OPERATIC FINALE - THERE'S A WEDDING ON THE WAY BUT STORMS ARE STILL LOOMING - THERE HAVE BEEN TEARS - THERE WILL BE MANY MORE - THERE HAS BEEN FARCICAL LAUGHTER AS LOVERS CAME AND WENT ON LADDERS - A WORLD CHANGES - PAST AND FUTURE - CAN FAITH HELP US OR ARE WE TOO MODERN FOR ALL THAT?
PRICE B
A RADIANT CANTUS FIRMUS FLOWS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THIS COMPOSITION AND PAST BECCLES IN SUFFOLK - ABOVE IT FIVE UPPER PARTS - BELOW IT FIVE LOWER PARTS - ALMOST TALLIS COUNTERPOINT - THE CHURCH FACES LOOK ON AND LISTEN
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WINTER TREES BUT THERE'S STILL LOTS OF GREEN AROUND - ABOVE, A GOLDEN TREE - A FAKE SUN SPREADS LIGHT. MISTY MASSES OF OF TWIGS CREATE FORM OUT OF LINES AND ALL THE HUES THAT BANAL DAYLIGHT NORMALLY HIDES FILL OUT HARMONIC PROGRESSIONS
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LIT CANDELABRAS IN VILNIUS ARE FLANKED IN HARMONY BY TWO PICTURES OF AN UNLIT CANDELABRA IN KAUNAS SEEN FROM OPPOSITE VIEWPOINTS
SEE WHERE THE CABLES ISSUE FROM THE CHURCH CEILINGS - SEE THE SUPPLICANT'S HAND, BOTTOM RIGHT
YELLOWING LIGHT FROM WITHIN - RAINBOW LIGHT FROM WITHOUT
PRICE A
LADDERS REACH UP FROM THE MUD -
CHAINS CROSS THE MUD -
STEPS, LADDERS, A VERTICAL VIEW OF GULLEYS, SAND, STONES, A JETTY AND A ROW OF HOUSES
TWO SECTIONS OF THE FORTH RAIL BRIDGE CONNECT HORIZONTALLY ACROSS THE TOP, PASSING THROUGH TWO BUILDINGS
FOUR SONOROUS CHROMATIC CHORDS CHIME OUT INTO THE SKY
PRICE A
WHICH WAY IS THE EXPRESS TRAIN ABOVE THE RAPESEED FIELD GOING? - THE LIVID RED FRAMEWORK OF CRESCENDI AND DIMINUENDI IS LIKE A TRAIN SIREN CONSTANTLY REVERBERATING OVER THE FIRTH OF FORTH
PRICE A
THIS IS DEVIL'S MILE WHERE WE USED TO WALK OUR DOG WHEN WE HAD ONE - SOUTH NORFOLK ARABLE LAND IN MAY - A 360 DEGREE VIEW IN A DUET OF STRIPS - THE ELECTRICITY POLES RUN THEIR SLANTING WAY THROUGH BOTH VIEWS - OUR VILLAGE IS VISIBLE AS IS OUR HOUSE - IT'S A BAROQUE TWO-PART INVENTION WHERE THE TREES ARE NOTES AND THE PLAYING IS VERY COLOURFUL
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A FIELD HEDGE IN THE MACHINE AGE - THE COMPOSITION IS SCHEMATIC IN THAT THE ORIGINAL IS AT THE TOP AND THEN BELOW IT TWO HALVES AND BELOW THEM FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WHOLE - IT'S A FAST PIECE PROBABLY BY IGOR STRAVINSKY- DISSONANT BUT WITH CONSTANTLY CHANGING HARMONIES WITH A CHARACTERISTIC ENDING OF HIS WHERE EVERYTHING STANDS STILL AND THE BURNING BUSH SLOWLY IGNITES
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THE SNAPE MALTINGS CONCERT HALL COMPLEX ON A DULL DAY IN MARCH - MY CONCEIT IN THE TITLE WOULD PERHAPS REFER TO SOME COMPOSITION OF HENRY PURCELL A COMPOSER MUCH BELOVED BY BENJAMIN BRITTEN, THE FOUNDER OF THIS MUSICAL MECCA. THE REEDS, WHICH ARE THE GROUND OR BASS, SPREAD OUT TO THE EAST OF THE CONCERT HALL. ABOVE THEM RISE THE BUILDINGS WITH THEIR INDUSTRIAL PHYSICALITY STILL MUCH IN EVIDENCE - AT THE TOP A VIOLIN RELEASES US INTO THE COUNTRYSIDE TO THE SOUTH
PRICE B
THE VILLAGE OF APRICALE IN HILLY LIGURIA, A STACKED HIVE-LIKE MAZE OF INTERLINKED PATHWAYS - SEE THE BICYCLE ON THE CHURCH STEEPLE - THE STREET LAMPS AND THEIR BRACKETS - THE BLACK PLASTIC BAG NESTLED AMONG THE FLOWERPOTS
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A SUNNY MORNING TOWARDS THE CHARNWOOD FOREST IN LEICESTERSHIRE IN MAY - THE NEW LEAVES SPARKLE AND WHEN ENLARGED THE PIXELS ALL COME OUT TOO. IT'S A SET OF VARIATIONS, SLOW AND FAST, LOUD AND SOFT BUT ALWAYS GLINTING
PRICE A