bonjour motherf*cker
Hello. This blog is packed full of images from Paris. It was amazing! There are a few squint images as you’ll notice but it’s all in the name of context.
We’ve just launched the Print Sale to raise funds for the end of year exhibition so if you’d like some lovely prints for £8-£10, place an order.
Starting in Preston train station…
London
The Eurostar is pretty cool.
The hotel room.
First day in Paris we went to a gallery called the Passage de Retz enroute to the Pompidou Centre. Some amazing stuff.
Waking to the Pompidou Centre.
The George Pompidou Centre – great photo of the building, I know.
Rachel Whiteread! inside the Pompidou. They have an amazing exhibition on just now called elles, not elves.
I don’t have all the artists names but there is a catalog. Square o’ toothpicks.
Remember smashed in face woman’s comment about the toilet? Haha Marcel Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’.
The view from the top of the centre.
Aimee
This woman told Aimee her exposure was too long by the sound of the shutter clicking and then told us she was a member of Paris Photo Club. All in French!
The Lourve!
We got in for free, too.
I saw TWO of these tasches and I must say it was pretty cool. He didn’t think so though.
Venus Di Milo!
The next day we headed off to the flea market to find lovely trinkets and bargins galore.
We got there a bit early so had a coffee while the shops opened.
The boxer going crazy at the moving wheel…
Loads of lovely trinkets although no bargins galore.
Sooo expensive. This shop was selling these lovely dresses (price unknown) and drawings of the lovely dresses for €50.
The first time I’ve ever seen street games!
Lamonais & I were the only ones brave enough to cycle. It was grand! Such a good way to see Paris.
Cycled under the tower which was cool.
After cycling to the tower we headed to the Arc de Triumph but couldn’t figure out how to cross the road.
After our epic cycle round Paris we headed towards the Champs Elysees which we cycled down until we found somewhere to dock the bikes.
I found a shop on the way to the tower that sold Darjums and so we had a smoke in this lovely little park near the Champs Elysees.
In the hotel room before heading out to a bar.
Paris Photo – the whole point of the trip. It was good but a little anti-climatic. Everything that lead up to it was much better. You’d have to be very patient and have a lot of time and money to enjoy it fully. There were loads of people, too many infact. I did buy two books and got one signed though.
Haha yeah he’s out of focus but he actually walks about wearing that outfit! Bright red trousers, haha.
One Mr. Karl Wooton having a fagggg before we head to a bar.
Jen & Kelsey standing in front of the wonderful little bar we went to on the first night.
There were no customers and the owner spoke no English but it was great.
On our way home to the hotel on the last night.
And finally back in the station waiting for the Eurostar back to London.
The END.
Mishka Henner Brief
We were set a brief by our visiting lecturer Mishka Henner. It was really good and I feel like I learned a good bit.
Here are some of the images I took for it, only 4 that I like enough to put up and the top two are my favorite out of the four.
Rats, dogs and usual farm stuff
I went to Dumfries for a wedding over the weekend so here are my usual farm photos!
Went for a stroll, got nice and sunny very quickly.
Bracken found something and Spot joined in on the hunt.
It was a big fat rat. Bracken grabbed it, shook it violently for about 30 seconds and it was dead!
I turned round and see this one, too. Got a bit of a fright!
Two really dull images of calfs. I was told they were for veal so I wanted to go see them.
Turns out Stuart was just teasing me because he thought it would annoy me, haha.
I’ll post up some images next week from our visiting lecturer brief, wait till I’ve handed them in first.
Class of 2010
Hello! I’m back in Blackpool now, my last year. I just need to get through the next 9 months and I’m free! I think it will be a good year. Anywho I’ve scanned in some negatives from the summer. There’s only a few, haha. The colors aren’t perfect.
Potter Path
They’ve done up the houses for the 2012 games. Notice hardly anyone even lives in them?
They’ll be getting pulled down soon.
The border of Parkhead and Tollcross. This is where they meet and pretend fight with the occasional fatal stabbing.
Kinda looks like a flag?
Walk
I went to the cottage on Sunday with Iain. He brought the dogs as a surprise. I’m not sure whats happening with the colors. You’ll need to view the images full size to see the correct colors.
Bits and Bobs
Just some images from the past week.
and then there was this…stealing in Primark…covert photography
McVities biscuit factory
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