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The Candidate

Posted on September 13, 2010 by b&b

The Candidate is the second image in our series entitled ‘The Procession’.Inspired by the painting ‘Drunken Silenus supported by Satyrs’ – attributed to Anthony van Dyke – now hanging in the National Gallery, London. The original premise of the drunken … Continue reading →

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Inspiration from the masters

Posted on August 15, 2010 by b&b

I’ve often wondered where Francis Bacon’s inspiration for the figures in his 1944 painting ‘Three figures at the base of a crucifiction’ came from, then I noticed the strange beast in Bosch’s ‘The Temptations of Saint Anthony’

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Suicide body hidden in tree for 29 years

Posted on August 2, 2010 by b&b

METRO April 7 2009 By Jo Steele “When Paul Ludwig committed suicide, he did not want his distressed family to find his body. Suffering from cancer, he left a note at home saying: ‘Don’t look for me – you won’t … Continue reading →

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William Eggleston

Posted on July 29, 2010 by b&b

I was pleasantly surprised to turn on the T V and come across Alan Yentobs Imagine on William Eggleston. Entitled ‘The colourful Mr Eggleston’ – if you know of his work it is an obvious one, in that he is … Continue reading →

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“looking at eyes that looked at the Emperor”

Posted on July 24, 2010 by b&b

When Roland Barthes wrote about his experience while viewing a photograph of Napoleon’s youngest brother Jerome in the book Camera Lucida, he “realized then, with an amazement I have not been able to lessen since: “I am looking at eyes … Continue reading →

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Prize Bull

Posted on July 20, 2010 by b&b

 I acquired this photograph the other day because I was intrigued by it. I have no personal relationship to the people in it and only know it was taken in Yorkshire. It is of a group of men proudly posed … Continue reading →

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First Post

Posted on July 18, 2010 by b&b

 I’ve been intrigued by photography my whole life, recently through working with digital technology, I was drawn back to studying the beginning of photography and the first experiments of capturing an image. The daguerreotype (photo displayed) was one of the … Continue reading →

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