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Category Archives: Photo-Blog
Photography Course in London
In September I attended a fantastic two-day intensive photography course, run by Derek Linney. I’ve just uploaded a few of the photos I took to my Flickr photostream. Continue reading
Posted in London, Photo-Blog, Visual
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Two Missing Posters
Two variations on a theme. First, a bizarre missing poster from the streets of Islington… Continue reading
Posted in London, Photo-Blog, Visual
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Snowhenge
Free from the humdrum of work for a day, how interesting that we suddenly come over all pre-historic, and construct a set of monoliths, our very own snowhenge. Continue reading
Posted in London, Photo-Blog
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Happy Clampers
Everything about the logo for National Clamps – the name, the artwork, the font, the slogan, and especially the exclamation mark – made me laugh. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robertsharp.co.uk%2F2009%2F02%2F01%2Fhappy-clampers%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Happy+Clampers’; addthis_pub = ”;
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Keeping an Eye on Things
A picture of the inside of my eye. Continue reading
Posted in NHS, Photo-Blog
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Seen Sign
It is not surprising that such a relic has been preserved. Blackheath seems rather gentrified, a little oasis of posh between Lewisham and Greenwhich. Continue reading
Posted in London, Photo-Blog
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Fes Alley
Incredibly, these lanes receive excellent mobile phone reception. What did the ancients know that we have forgotten? Continue reading
Posted in Morocco, Photo-Blog
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Dialogues of Rain and Bamboo
However, I think the traditional Chinese music gained something through being played in the storm. The hum of the rain was like a backing track, which bedded very well underneath the stringed notes. Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Multiculturalism, Music, Photo-Blog
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A Protest for Science
Liberal Democrat MP Evan Harris, with parliamentary colleagues, at an event in support of the Human Fertility and Embryology Bill, which will protect and extend the right of scientists to perform crucial stem-cell research. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robertsharp.co.uk%2F2008%2F05%2F12%2Fa-protest-for-science%2F’; addthis_title = ‘A+Protest+for+Science’; … Continue reading
Posted in Liberal Conspiracy, London, Photo-Blog, Politics
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Wall Relic
I saw this aged notice tatooed onto a wall in Westminster. Continue reading
Posted in London, Photo-Blog
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