See Awards & Certificate of Participation Glasgow Gallery of Photography Exhibition
‘Private eyes
They're watching you
They see your every move’
Words from the song of the same name by Hall & Oates.
This is another take on our CCTV’d society where anything could be a camera or listening device.
Think ‘Alexa’ from Amazon, they openly admitting to listening in on their customers conversations.
Where we happily and willingly invite the Stasi into our own homes, well, maybe not that bad!
Waiting patiently for someone to knock.
I experienced a real sense of loneliness when I stood outside this door. Whether that was because of its neglected state, I don't know? Though someone at some point had intended for this door to make a statement from the colours used to paint it and I still think it does. Its presence is still felt.
I was reminded of the Mike Leigh film, Secrets and Lies and the idea of what goes on within families/relationships behind the windows and walls of every home.
God didn’t rest, he made little knick-knacks for the multitude and the multitude rejoiced with happiness and praised the Lord.
A play on the film title, The Postman Always Rings Twice
A play on the film title, The Postman Always Rings Twice
Looking at this image, immediately reminded me of those Dog Warning signs that some houses display to discourage potential burglars.
The film, Picture of Dorian Gray came out in 1945 it was an adaptation of the book by Oscar Wilde and before I was born, thankfully but I do remember watching it as a kid much later and it did have a big impact me.
Now whenever I see something grey like this image it’s the first thing I think of and I’ve used artistic licence in the spelling of Gray / Grey.
I was wondering if the information I have on Joseph Cornell stored in my subconscious drew me to this image or if the connection came after I took the picture?
A lot of Cornell's work revolved around found items collected and arranged in wooden boxes.
While this isn't a wooden box, it is a box and it does have found items.
What’s your agenda?
The title of this image is a reference to the Atomic Rooster song, “Death Walks Behind You” very apt for this very explicit warning.
This image recently sold on Saatchi Art.
It was taken in 2020 during the Covid Pandemic and Lockdown.
I came across a lot of these latex gloves strewn about the pavements by unthinking humans.
Lucky for me this one landed perfectly allowing me to get the shot.
Metal on Metal is a track by the German band Kraftwerk off their album Trans-Europe Express.
it’s also a term for a particular genre of music often referred to as Heavy Metal.
This wall looks like a Blank Canvas, which roughly translates to anything is possible.
I am also reminded of a favourite song of mine, Blank Generation by Richard Hell and the Voidoids. Subtly represented by the faint shadows on the pavement.
I’m almost embarrassed to admit this, but the name of the course I attended at Art College was called ‘Visual Communication’ and I had no idea, at the time, why the course was called this and not ‘Photography’ or something with photography in the title.
I’m even more embarrassed to admit that it wasn’t that long ago, that the penny finally dropped and of course, photography and art are, Visual Communication!
I blame it on the ignorance of my youth, though today’s youth may not be too pleased about that!
“Once upon a time there was a virus
Those were the days my friend
We’d thought they’d never end
We’d cough and wheeze forever and a day”
Lyrics with slight modifications from, ‘Those Were The Days’
And did we wonder if those days of Covid, would ever end?
I thought of a runway, and a short one at that, at an airport when looking at this image.
You’d have thought all runways would be the same but on some of the fights I’ve been on, that doesn’t always appear to be the case. Some, seem, alarmingly, short.