Thursday 20 January 2011

Brothel Creepers and Blackpool Beach

If you find yourself at a loose end this Saturday. I would encourage you to head over to the DLI Art Gallery and catch Chris Steele-Perkins' England, My England.

A collection drawn from the 40 year back catalogue of the photojournalist's, images of Britain although not the Britain generally served up in the average interpretation of the nation's recent past.

From 70's teddy boy throwbacks and the uncomfortable sight of early 80s racist skins in Camden to nursing homes and Bible study groups, by way of family holidays and night club brawls. This is the real Britain about to be swept away for 3 months of replays of royal events where the only discernible change is the retrospectively unfortunate haircut under the plastic union flag hat.

England My England is at the Gallery 2 of the DLI until Sunday 13th March

Monday 29 December 2008

The picture of the year

As my computer went into meltdown (literally) on Christmas Eve with smoke pouring out of the PSU I decided (once I'd fitted a new PSU) that I should probably start backing things up again. To which end I found a bunch of photos from my trip to Stavanger this Summer.

This was taken with a load of otherson the way out of the tyne on the m.s. Quen of Scandinavia, I just love the fishing boats in the calm of the river it almost makes me want to become a fisherman until the shipping forecast starts with there are warnings of gales at least.