Love that 'Geezer' snap. Excellent. Also appreciate 'riding the bars' as we have discussed that in the past, me proud of the black and blue bruises up and down my back!
I have an idea - probably already thought of by you, but - of putting your images to use in an image/narrative mash-up. Similar to Berger's Ways of Seeing, Calle's and Baudrillard's Please Follow Me, and Lawrence Weschler's Everything That Rises. Narrative could be commentary or fiction, but text punctuated by loosely associated images.
My favourite writing of yours is of that style - the earlier traveling bits I read. A Nullscapes-type coffee-table/reader filtered through a Patrick Keiller dubious history travelogue, first-person narrated, caper.
what's great about the 'accidental' Geezer photo is its subtle illusion of motion. I presume the ride was still at the time, but the focus blurring suggests you miraculously captured a perfect pose on a fast and chaotic Waltzer. Best of the bunch, for me. Well done ; )
I was angry for 40 years that I'd wasted a frame (being on the dole, counting exposures, etc). The ride was still but the car rotated, hence the blur is genuine.
Love that 'Geezer' snap. Excellent. Also appreciate 'riding the bars' as we have discussed that in the past, me proud of the black and blue bruises up and down my back!
I have an idea - probably already thought of by you, but - of putting your images to use in an image/narrative mash-up. Similar to Berger's Ways of Seeing, Calle's and Baudrillard's Please Follow Me, and Lawrence Weschler's Everything That Rises. Narrative could be commentary or fiction, but text punctuated by loosely associated images.
My favourite writing of yours is of that style - the earlier traveling bits I read. A Nullscapes-type coffee-table/reader filtered through a Patrick Keiller dubious history travelogue, first-person narrated, caper.
I have toyed with a similar idea myself.
Self publish or print to order.
what's great about the 'accidental' Geezer photo is its subtle illusion of motion. I presume the ride was still at the time, but the focus blurring suggests you miraculously captured a perfect pose on a fast and chaotic Waltzer. Best of the bunch, for me. Well done ; )
I was angry for 40 years that I'd wasted a frame (being on the dole, counting exposures, etc). The ride was still but the car rotated, hence the blur is genuine.
It's a good record sleeve image too, you should pitch it to Arctic Monkeys ; )