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Gloucester was a gateway city for me, the first city I came to know well. Gloucester (‘Glarster’ if you’re local, perhaps ‘Glowsester’ if you’re American, or ‘Gloster’ to anyone else) was the closest city to where I grew up in the Forest of Dean. We often made the half hour journey for shopping and dentist […]
Ten years as a freelancer is a milestone worth marking. Employed members of staff might earn some small recognition from bosses and colleagues, but freelancers often just have to slap their own backs. So here is an honest, slightly indulgent account of the last decade. Ten years ago this month I was made redundant from […]
The annual Cardiff St David’s Day Parade took place last Friday. It’s a traditional Cardiff event I have photographed a number of times. Although I remain disappointed about missing the 2018 event. Last year it arrived in the midst of the second ‘Beast From The East’. This blast of arctic weather generated a major dumping […]
Grenfell Tower is a derelict 24-storey residential tower block in North Kensington, London. Its remains still stand after a severe fire broke out on June 14th 2017 which is said to have killed 72 people. I parrot Wikipedia to begin, because it’s difficult knowing where to start with Grenfell. It’s a monster of a subject, […]
This week sees the release of my Cardiff street photography book, Canton and Pontcanna, published by The History Press. I’m told it is (or will be) available to buy from Octavo’s in Cardiff Bay, Griffin Books in Penarth, and Amazon in the Internet. Canton and Pontcanna – Times of Day It all came about in […]
My attention was recently drawn away from peripheral points of Cardiff’s skyline and towards the obvious ones. Or more specifically, one very obvious one. The latest and arguably most glaring addition to Cardiff’s ever-changing city centre skyline is… *no drum roll needed*… yes, yet another tower of student accommodation. The new 24 storey effort on […]
Welcome to the second part of this 2017 photo review of images uploaded to this site over the year. It takes the not very imaginative form of covering the 6 month period from July to December. If you missed the first part, you might want to pop back there before continuing. Or you might not. […]
As we creak to the end of another year, it’s time for a photo review of 2017 using pictures uploaded to this Composed Images website over the last 12 months. (This is not at all because I am too lazy to find and upload any more you understand). If you’re interested in viewing more pictures […]
Late November is a time of the year where good natural light is at a premium in Britain. There’s not much of it because there’s not much daylight as we hurtle down the bleak hill to the winter solstice on December 21st. When there is sunlight, the low position of the sun in the sky […]
Followers of Irish sport are no strangers to Cardiff, but this final World Cup European Qualification Group match between the two national football teams promised to be a special occasion. The Six Nations Rugby calendar brings thousands across the Irish Sea on a regular basis, while more come for club rugby matches and occasional friendlies. […]