People Watching In London

A couple of days ago I was in London to visit Pulse.  After the show it was such a lovely day that I took a walk back to my old neighbourhood.  I had a couple of hours to spare whilst waiting to hook up with my friend Jo for a drink, so with my camera in hand I took tons of photos which I'll write a post on soon. I love London so much for the relaxed attitude to be as you like and the best thing is that no one really cares!

The Selby- New Images

I'm finally back from the city with a great need to rest, so I'll explain more about the exhibition next week.

In the meantime I thought I'd share with you some fabulous new images from The Selby. For those that have not visited The Selby yet, you might spend a good few hours having a peak at the most amazing houses, so a warning there- it can be seriously addictive!

There's a book now you can buy from here. Enjoy and have a great weekend.

gerald decock - hairdresser and visual artist at his home - new york city - july 12 2010

albert maysles - filmmaker; and gillian walker - therapist at their home - harlem - sept 22nd 2010

lyndsay caleo - goldsmith and interior designer; and fitzhugh karol - woodworker and interior designer at their home - brooklyn - june 9th 2010

lucy chadwick - gallery director, duffy - hairdresser with emma - ballerina at their home - london - june 7 2009

Fun Story...

Remember this story? Inspired by the project, Joanna Goddard from A cup of Jo left two disposable cameras on park benches--one in Manhattan and one in Brooklyn. When they went back to pick up the cameras they were full rolls and all had been shot! How cool is that! You can check them out here. Hyde Park-watch out!

What a lovely story.....

Reading through other Blogs I came across this fabulous story featured in the Blog A cup of Jo . The story goes that a guy in Atlanta tied a disposable camera to a bench with a note saying to take photos, have fun and he would be back later on the afternoon to pick up the camera...amazingly when he went back the camera was still there with the roll of film completed !! These are the results !! How much fun !! you can see them all here.

Site discovery : Square America

I love this picture, it tells so many stories !

As you might of gathered from my previous post, I'm totally fascinated with vernacular photography. I recently discovered a great website called Square America. I highly recommend to have a peek at the site for those interested in this subject. I personally found it interesting the family dynamics section as there's a lot of psychology to work out within the people in the portraits. Enjoy !

Every picture tells a story....

I've always been fascinated how an image can tell so much, specially family & friend snapshots. I find myself looking closely at the body language, the backdrop, what was the ocasion?, the story behind the photo, their life then and now, where are they now?.. all those things come to mind, in other terms, vernacular photography is what totally fascinates me.
The photograph above is a fine example of the quote " every picture tells a story ". This picture tells many stories and a very significant one too !This photo was taken in Argentina on my christening day (wont tell you how long ago) in the picture you can see my parents & godparents (my mother and godmother having been best friends since the age of four). Unfortunately we lost touch for twenty years with countless attempts on both counter parts searching for each other, it was a difficult task as all that time my parents, little siblings and I were moving round the world like nomads!
Finally thanks to modern technology, the fabuolus Internet, we managed to track the down, which actually it was this time four years ago when my mum and I were sitting nervously by the phone to make the call after all that time and not knowing what to expect, thankfully they were all fine and chatted for a good couple of hours exchanging life stories, some good some sad, but the main thing it was like time hadn't passed them by. Months later I went to Buenos Aires and found myself sitting in a Hotel lobby with this very photograph in my hand waiting impatiently for my godparents to come through the door for the great reunion... as I was waiting for half an hour or more (Argentines are always fashionably late, me falling in that category I'm afraid ) it was when I met my lovely boyfriend Matt, an English guy staying for a couple of days in Bs As and travelling round South America. Later on this evening my godparents and mother are coming for another reunion to stay at our home for the weekend, so as you see " every picture does tell a story" !