Lady in Red...

I just had to post up this fantastic photograph of Audrey Hepburn by the Photographer Bob Willoughby. As you've probably guessed by now I'm a fan of images that contain striking contrasts, and this is not the first time I've posted a picture where a figure in red is set against a natural, green background (see this post).

This one is part of a set that Willoughby took of Audrey Hepburn and is my favourite due to the pose and composition.

Audrey Hepburn - Bob Willoughby

Industrial Revolution lies bleeding.....

Just had to stick a post up of this photograph by W. Eugene Smith.

Called "Factory Reflected in River" and taken in 1955 it's just wonderful. There are thousands of pictures that use reflections to create the desired effect (and why not) but this has got to be my favourite. Everything about it is just right, the unusual framing (cutting off the tops of the furthest buildings), the contrasts, the way your eye is drawn around it. To me it's as if someone has started a painting on canvas and the paint has slowly dripped down across the frame.

Photography...

For those who may be interested I've created a Tumblr Blog to highlight some of my photography, it will mostly be updates from my travels and maybe the occasional "archive" shot. Most of the photographs will have been taken on either my Pentax K5, my trusty go anywhere Panasonic LX3 or even in some cases my iPhone, as they always say, the best camera is the one you have on you at the time.

You can find it here:

markmorb.tumblr.com

Thanks,
Mark

Magic Lantern Project - Batch #8

I'll start off with my usual apology for taking so long to get the next batch done but here it is...

Some nice bits and pieces in this batch, there's a couple of biblical slides featuring The Ark and a quite gruesome version of Hell,  and a great one of the Roman Baths in Bath. Along with those you'll also find the usual mix of Architecture, Countryside, Monuments and some nice personal images including a quite remarkable "Sand Artist"

As usual if you can provide any information at all (names, places, stories, anything) regarding these or any other images in this project then please leave a comment or send me a mail.

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St. Georges Hall, Windsor

Unknown - The Ark

Kits Coty House, Kent

Woods near Crouch

Beech Ave, Cuckoo Wood, Farnborough, Kent

Unknown - Hell!

Sand Artist, Hastings (1939)

Doris, Frank and Norman

Unknown

Burton Y.H. Group, Bardon Hill (Feb 8th 1940)

The Roman Baths, Bath

Still there.....

Magic Lantern Project - Batch #7

It's that time again...here we have the latest batch in the Magic Lantern Project.

This batch continues much in the same theme as the last one, more exploits in climbing with the B.R.C. bunch out and about in the Peak District. There's another episode in the story of Matt Stubb's Dream and a rather nice one of the Eton Quadrangle...

As usual if you can provide any info whatsoever about any of the pictures, places or people in this project then please get in touch...

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B.R.C. En Route for Stanage

Planing Sandstone at Birchover

The Canal, Speedwell Mine

Feeding a Jackdaw, Birchover

Unknown

Black Rocks

Hen Cloud, Peak District

The Quadrangle, Eton College

Matt Stubb's Dream #28

Mr Foremark, Derbyshire

Stanage

Kinder Downfall on Kinder Scout, Hayfield, Derbyshire

B.R.C. on Weaver Hills

Laddow, The Long Climb

Stone Quarry at Birchover

Rocks at Cromford

Black Rocks 

Black Rocks, Bellevue Traverse

Meeeeooowwwww!!!

Magic Lantern Project - Batch #6

Well it's been a long time coming (I've moved house twice in the last few months) but here we have the next batch in the Magic Lantern Project.

This batch (and the next couple) seem to contain a lot of slides from a group calling themselves the B.R.C. They seem to be having a great time walking, climbing and caving around the Peak District. I'm pretty sure these are from the same set as some of the climbing, rambling slides in earlier batches.

There's a couple of slides of a handsome young couple out for a walk and a pint in the Scottish Borders, and a few random others.

As always, if you can provide any more info about any of these slides then I'd love to hear from you.

I've got another couple of batches photographed so hopefully you won't have to wait so long before the next batch or two appear.

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Greenlaw, Berwickshire

Greenlaw, Berwickshire (Probably)

Alport Stone, Derbyshire

Hen Cloud, Peak District

Bagshawe Cavern, Peak District

Wharncliffe, Sheffield

Bakewell Church, Bakewell

Carving Stone at Birchover, Derbyshire

Gloucester Cathedral

Ely, Cambridgeshire

The Hancock Family

Overlooking Manifold Valley, Peak District

Treak Cliff, Derbyshire

B.R.C. in Beresford, Derbyshire

Roaches & Hen Cloud, Peak District

If you go down to the Woods today... #2

This has to be my favourite Photograph by Photographer Elspeth Diederix, it has a really creepy, eerie atmosphere and the colour contrast works great (she has used this "Red" contrasting colour in several other images but this is the one that stands out for me).

2005 / z.t. (costa rica) / 150 x 120 cm

Smile for the Camera.....

There's a great post over at Buzzfeed by Anteater of Creepy and Weird photographs...this one in particular took my fancy and gave me the Shivers!!!