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Trafalgar Square Things

Yesterday, I walked about in London with GodDaughter2’s Sister. We walked through Trafalgar Square. What we first encountered, on the 4th Plinth, was this: Spot The Wheel. Read more about and watch...

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Ferraris – well lit

On the same night (but later, when it had got dark) that I photoed this rather artistic roof clutter, I also photoed these rather more self-consciously artistic works of art: Photography is light. If...

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LA roof clutter

You can see how, out of all of this photo-collection of LA trees at Mick Hartley’s, I’d pick out this one: Eat your heart out MOCA.

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The only thing that qualifies as art in that photograph is the photograph itself

Here. A large proportion of what’s on social media consists of the stupidest things said or done by the people you most dislike.

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Yesterday in Euston Road

Yesterday I met up with a friend in Kings Cross, and afterwards, what with the victoria Line being all over the shop, I walked along the Euston Road, to places where other tube lines could be easily...

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My fourth task was photoing the entrance to the Queen’s Gallery

Late this afternoon, I went out walking, within walking distance of where I live. I had four tasks and I accomplished all of them, and then some. I have reached the age where getting four out of four...

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Robot pole dancers to debut at French nightclub

Here, via here.

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Is it Art or is it advertising?

Both.

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AAArt

I like photos that look like abstract art but which are really of something real. To quote myself (underneath the August photo there, of London Bridge station seen from above): I tend not to admire...

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Is this taxi advertising anything or is this just decoration?

I’m talking about this taxi: Which I photoed in the City of London this afternoon. In my photoing experience, if a taxi is elaborately decorated, it’s usually an advert of some sort. But on this taxi,...

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Creature stuff

First up: Otters chasing a butterfly. Next, zebras: One of these photos. Jordan Peterson would surely like this photo. In case you didn’t realise, Cats bond with their people too. I’m already...

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Tasting the sunshine out east last August

Yes, last summer I went on several exeditions to such places as the Dome, and beyond. Here is a clutch of photos I photoed in the beyond category. On August 11th, I journeyed to the Dome, then took the...

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Poppies and tablets

Five years ago, to mark the centenary of the outbreak outbreak of World War 1, poppies surrounded the Tower of London Like many others I photoed the poppies, and I photoed a few of those photoing the...

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Watch the girl age as the painting is viewed from left to right

Here. I’m guessing that “lenticular” means this.

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Photo-uploading problems

For some mysterious reason, I am having problems uploading photos. Have I reached some sort of limit? One of the photos I tried to upload was a photo of a famous painting. Did WordPress recognise the...

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On reading about it without having to experience the bloody thing

All of us who know anything of the broader picture of art and its history have what we know to be blind spots, in the form of things we know to have merit, to be significant, to have an intelligent...

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Colourfully painted croissant

Today I met up with a friend, in even more central London. She had what looked like Soylent Green, in a glass. I had coffee in a similar glass, and a croissant. The croissant made me grateful, but not...

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I We It – January 2004

All this coughing I’ve been doing lately, and the consequent not sleeping properly, is keeping me confined to my quarters, which means that photo-ops have been few. So, I’ve done more than my usual...

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More trees (including the shadow of a tree)

This time trees of the regular sort, some even with leaves, in the vicinity of the Tate Gallery, the ancient one that’s a walk away from my home: Lots of pollarding. The last photo, with the tree...

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Venus on the South Bank

October 20th 2007 was a good day for me photoing photoers, and I’ve just set aside thirty five photoers to stick up here. But, because of the lateness of the hour, that will take too long to sort out...

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