I was on a walk around the Glasgow University campus in search of interesting scenes that include white combined with another colour. The idea was to simplify the style of my urban photos. I’ll never be a minimal photographer but aiming for a more laconic expression wouldn’t hurt.
On a sunny afternoon, armed with a telephoto zoom not to disturb the game, I went to Dock Park to document some families playing crazy golf. Dock Park, developed at the end of the nineteenth century, epitomises the Victorian idea of green spaces in urban centres where people of all…
Activism, fancy dress, music, face paint and high spirits as Blue wave 2020 climate protest spilled from the river Clyde to the top of Buchanan Street
Carlisle Fringe 2016 was an impressive new urban performance and street theatre platform presented and run by the talented (and extremely hardworking) team of Electric Theatre Workshop. Carlisle city centre was taken over for three days by actors, comedians, dancers and musicians offering quality street entertainment to children and grown ups. As an…
Last week’s story about Glasgow street art continues with my black and white Glasgow street photography series. Whenever I arrive to a new city I arm myself with a street map not to get lost and a camera – this way I do have any preconceived ideas what to photograph…
One sunny day in June 2014 I stood with my camera in the middle of Friars Vennel, Dumfries, staring at the row of colourfully painted houses whose façades were decorated by trompe l’oeil murals. There they were – an illusionary Paws to Buy pet shop, Gifts and Accessories and Byre Antiques, aligned…
I love Birmingham’s cultural diversity! I was set on photographing this sartorial old guy selling flowers on New Street for my Urban Life street photography project. I found out at home that I also captured (by accident) two Chinese guys that stopped for a chat and a passing bearded Indian…