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Lewes Bonfire

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Lewes Bonfire

Tomorrow our small town of Lewes commemorates Guy Fawkes night with a Bonfire celebration of epic proportions. (When the 5th falls on a Sunday, the festivities take place on the 4th.) This is one of my favourite photos of the event.

I love the conspiratorial relationship between Soldier and Death and find myself pondering what whispered conversation could be taking place. Can a Soldier bargain with Death? Anyone fancy writing the dialogue? More of my Bonfire photos can be found here.

2017 harvest at Breaky Bottom

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2017 harvest at Breaky Bottom

Several years ago I worked on a project photographing local food producers around the South Downs area. I really enjoyed the subject matter and was pleased to return to it last weekend when I went to Breaky Bottom Winery to help with the final harvest of the season.

You couldn’t find a more idyllic setting for a vineyard, nestled into a small valley (or

‘bottom’) in the middle of the South Downs, just a few miles from Lewes. In contrast to the pastoral rolling hills, and sheep wandering amongst the grape vines, the ancient barn is fitted out with large metal containers. I always love the chance to photograph people working with shiny industrial equipment. This is Peter Hall, the owner, cleaning the inside of the pressing machine before the last grapes of the 2017 harvest are placed inside. More photographs from this shoot can be found here.

A rainy Southend Pier, Essex

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A rainy Southend Pier, Essex

I give you a moody shot for this week’s photo. It was taken while travelling the length of the longest pleasure pier in the world, which happens to be in Southend, Essex. This elevated platform extends 1.34 miles out into the middle of the Thames River Estuary. It is so long that, as an alternative to walking to the end of the pier,

you can also take a dedicated railway line, where this photo was taken. In fact, we were forced to take the train because the walkway was closed due to the adverse weather conditions that you can see outside the window. Unfortunately, we missed the train back and had to (illegally) run the length of the pier in the rain. You can find more townscape photos here, and more of my travel photographs here.

The empty playroom

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The empty playroom

Last August we spent a weekend at a remote Cape Cod summer retreat. It was a rambling family home that felt filled with old memories in a setting where time had stood still. As I wandered through the house I came upon this attic playroom. I pictured generations of children up here with the same toys every summer –

the diminutive rocking chair, the train set, the solid wooden horse. But there was something slightly creepy about this abandoned-looking room tucked away at the top of the house with its raking shadows and doors leading off to further dark spaces. Of course, this might just have been my over-active imagination. More photographs of atmospheric residential interiors can be found here.

The flower bus has arrived

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The flower bus has arrived

A bus made of flowers. To me, a lover of both flowers and public transport, this is a perfect combination! A scaled replica of a double decker bus covered in real flowers was wheeled into the centre of Lewes one Friday morning – in the middle of the road, along with other traffic, of course. The wooden structure was constructed off

site, followed by a labour-intensive two days of work by florists Katie and Becky before the flower bus was ready to roll. I could not resist photographing this quirky, colourful project. You can see more photographs of celebrations here. The bus was commissioned by our local bus company as part of the Lewes Artwave Festival of artists and makers.

Vast space of the Brighton Corn Exchange

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Vast space of the Brighton Corn Exchange

I have been photographing the Brighton Dome Corn Exchange redevelopment over the past few months. The Corn Exchange is a magnificent former riding house built for King George IV around 1805, when he was still the Prince of Wales. The room is 178 by 58 feet with a 34-foot high unsupported roof. I am listing these statistics because it can be hard to perceive quite how large this space is. To get an idea, if you search this photo carefully you might be able to spot the single tiny workman in the distance.

On my most recent visit I was taken onto the roof by way of the southern end of the building. As I climbed up each level of scaffolding, I attempted to photograph through very dusty old windows. I could see the spectacular view in front of me but I couldn’t get the shot. Finally, at the top of the central arched window I found a single broken pane of glass in the very middle of the building. This allowed me to get a clear shot of the entire room just below ceiling height. You can find more photographs from this project here.

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