I have added the Manchester Mega-Photo to the Eye on Manchester header. This is my most recognised photograph and I’m happy for it to remain my ‘signature’ image and my most high profile achievement in the area of stills photography.
Verdana is now the main font, slightly more readable than Times, which I actually prefer. I am keeping the white writing on black background.
I am not much of a blogger, actually these days more of a tweeter. But nevertheless, eyes are looking at Eye On Manchester and recently I have been contacted a few times by high profile readers. I will quietly continue with occasional posts and who knows, it might gain momentum.
Hier schreibe ich auf Deutsch! Ici j’écris en français! Aqui escribo en español! Hopefully Chinese and Arabic too!
And I will use my languages – principally German – in short, boxed out comments. The purpose is to highlight my linguistic knowledge and provide an opportunity for people, including my students, to read the language and maybe learn a little.
I will keep comments disabled, as I prefer to receive feedback via e-mail. My blog posts have never attracted many comments except for the unsolicited kind.
I am continuing my slow and steady move towards moving images, something I wouldn’t have believed I’d be doing only a couple of years ago.
In the course of my busy life I’m often notified about interesting stuff that’s going on – exhibitions, websites, artists, photographers and lots more besides.
Today I’ve been pointed in the direction of a very interesting page featuring the photographs of Andrew Brooks. His pictures have been featured in high profile exhibitions at Urbis and his striking, almost surreal style is quite different from my more factual, documentary way of depicting Manchester.
Der beeindruckende, fast surrealistische Stil von Andrew Brooks ist ganz anders als meiner eher sachlichen und dokumentarischen Art, Manchester zu fotografieren.
Not met him yet but hope to soon.
This is an interesting page with some great photos, please take a look…
http://www.creativetourist.com/photo-story/manchester-as-hyper-real-supercity
I was contacted by Manchester Art Gallery and invited to come to the Dorothy Bohm exhibition, opening today Thursday 22 April. Wow, I was bowled over. I’ve never heard of Dorothy Bohm, the photos are amazing, ranging from superbly crafted black and white prints to wonderfully evocative colour photographs. There are vintage cameras and other educational items too.
Die Ausstellung der Fotografin Dorothy Bohm ist eine der besten Fotoausstellungen, die ich seit langem gesehen habe. Wirklich fantastisch!
it’s fantastic, definitely one of the best photography exhibitions I’ve seen in a while. Dorothy Bohm was born in Königsberg, East Prussia in 1924. Amazing to think that two decades later it would be devasted and then handed to the Soviet Union. Dorothy emigrated to England in 1939 and studied, married, lived and worked in Manchester for a number of years.
I loved the portrait photos of unnamed men and women. A whole lost world is conjured up just looking at those hairstyles, clothes and lighting styles, so much more elegant and refined than today.
Here’s a link to the Manchester Art Gallery website.
Definitely recommended!
