Friday 22 July 2011

Shell Suite.


Rose garden.
Rolvenden, Kent, June 2011.

Friday 8 July 2011

Happy Days!



Got to love mainland Europe.
Den Haag, Holland. May 2011.

The Boys Are Back In Town.




Dutch Uncles en route to Den Haag.

Belgium and Holland, May 2011.

Golden Years.

My 3 year old brother Harrison, pretending to be Batman. Gee Cross, Manchester, May 2011.

Monaco.


There's a story behind this picture.

Alex, a friend of mine, told me that I had to watch the 2nd episode of Top Gear, because the boys were driving around the Monte Carlo race circuit with Christian Horner, Flavio Briatore and Berns' Ecclestone. He knew it was my favourite place, my favourite circuit.

So I put it on and there's a bit where they arrive at Monte Carlo in Monaco, and park up on a hill overlooking the city. I paused it and thought, I know that place.

I ran to my dresser and pulled out stacks of photographs wrapped in 1980s kodak envelopes.

I finally found it.

My father took this photo while he was there racing, around 1984. I had it in a packet of photos that I took from his archives to set up an exhibition with, one that is no nearer to completion now than the day I took those photos away with me. But the nostalgia that part of Top Gear raised in me was pretty monumental. Monte Carlo has always had a special place in mine and my father's hearts, so to see this city which is so special to us from that point of view again was a great feeling. I hope to go back with him again and drive up that hill and take the same photo, but with the two of us in front of it.



Kings Of The Wild Frontier.

The greatest house ever built. Chateau Versailles, France, June 2011.

Shapeless.


Rolvenden, Kent, 2011.

Concrete Gold.


The window of Sarah's bedroom, Paris, June 2011.

Wednesday 6 July 2011

Pulling Our Weight.



Picnic in the gardens of Chateau Versailles. June 2011.

Tuesday 5 July 2011

Now That I'm Real (How Does It Feel?)


Slutwalk, Trafalgar Square, London. June 2011.

Monday 4 July 2011

One More Cup Of Coffee



Coffee mornings. Sheffield, May 2011.

Friday 1 July 2011

Midnight In Paris




Paris and friends. June 2011