a pseudo-presence and a token of absence
Quote: Susan Sontag – On Photography. Photograph: The Montrose Year Book
Tag: Photography
time’s relentless melt
Quote: Susan Sontag – On Photography. Image: Dr Peter Scott-Gordon in Warriston Cemetery
KODAK [depth-of-field]
To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Opening audio: Claudia Hammond [to another ‘Peter’], Radio 4, All in the Mind, 5 December 2023 Music … Continue reading KODAK [depth-of-field]
Nora
In the University of St Andrews Photographic Collection I came across the Lady Henrietta Gilmour Photographic Collection and this particular photographic intrigued me. It was listed as ‘Nora Rintoul, Housemaid, … Continue reading Nora
William and Austin take flight!
This delightful photograph was taken in 1916 by William and Austin’s father in the back garden of Cleveland cottage, Isleworth. Photographs of the Miller family have been preserved in the … Continue reading William and Austin take flight!
St. Mark’s Basilica [waking up in Venice]
In the photographic collection of the University of St Andrews I came across this 1880 photograph of St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice. All these years later, this beautiful scene has hardly … Continue reading St. Mark’s Basilica [waking up in Venice]
cantilever
Connel bridge is a is a cantilever bridge that spans Loch Etive. The above photograph was taken around the time of its completion in 1903. A child, as a passenger … Continue reading cantilever
Whalers graves
Arctic, 1889 . A selection of short sentences from Moby Dick by Herman Melville: