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After Flowers Of Fire #2 (2021)
A second assortment of ‘bubble-originated’ photographs forming part of my attempts to emulate scintillas of firework-inspired sparks for the purposes of exploring The Kick-About No.40. It does look as if I’ve been photographing handfuls of… Read more
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After Flowers Of Fire #1 (2021)
The Kick-About No.40 inevitably got me thinking about ways I might make fireworks my photographic subject without burning down the house in the process! I settled upon an equivalent phenomena that shared both the ‘rainbows’… Read more
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The Kick-About #40 ‘Flowers Of Fire’
After the gothic shadows of our last Kick-About together, how about a bit of flash, dazzle and colour? Inspired by the delightful illustrations from various collections of Japanese firework catalogues, the Kick-Abouters are lighting things… Read more
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Throwback Friday #80 Two Bowls (2011)
Taken back in the Summer of 2011, these photographs capture a very particular atmosphere of a favourite place. To create the soundtrack for these images, I’d need to combine the gentle – sometimes raucous -… Read more
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When The Tides Went Down @ the BBC
Jordan Buckner’s short film, When The Tides Went Down, is featuring on the BBC homepage, where it is listed as one of ‘ten amazing artworks inspired by climate change’. Read more
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The Children Of The Night Part 5 (2021)
A final clutch of half-imagined horrors spirited up by The Kick-About No.39, as I do my best Lon Chaney homage, by masquerading as a host of horrible characters! Happy Halloween one and all! Pleasant dreams. Read more
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The Children Of The Night Part 4 (2021)
Boo! Five more ‘self-portraits’ produced for The Kick-About No.39: five more ‘Children of the Night’, five more filmic moments inspired by my enduring affection for the sorts of narratives best experienced in small front rooms… Read more
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The Children Of The Night Part 3 (2021)
Another selection of pages from my super-seasonal ‘Portfolio of Horrors’, produced in response to The Kick-About No.39, with an utterance by Count Dracula at its dark little heart. Read more
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Throwback Friday #79 Sunrays (2013)
Like something from the end of an MGM or RKO Picture, the sun rays over Whitstable one late summer’s evening. Read more
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The Children Of The Night Part 2 (2021)
A second macabre collection of self-portraits from my ‘Portfolio of Horrors’ project, produced in response to The Kick-About No.39. Some of the transformations in this set really make me smile (though that’s not the intended… Read more
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