by Richard Greatrex | Jul 3, 2024 | Image Essays
DEGAS A DANCE LESSON BLOG # 9 So much to look at, full of action and yet stillness, full of details, observed, a tuned eye, a seeing eye, an honest eye. The painting is not of a grand performance but rather of effort, hard work and stamina. He has a human eye, an eye...
by Richard Greatrex | Jun 19, 2024 | Image Essays
BLOG # 8 It’s raining. Warm but wet. The kind of wet that seeps into your skin without apparently affecting your clothing. The crowd are oblivious to the mizzle, a typically English reaction I expect. I’m sitting here. To my right Rich, Son in Law. To my...
by Richard Greatrex | Jun 5, 2024 | Image Essays
BLOG # 7 The coat was of course cloth, where hair stuck throughholes in his hood.. . .toes stuck through his shoes,hose hung loose, rough mittens with worn outfingers covered in mud and who himself wassmeared in mud. Is this a text for the photograph ?. . . . No, a...
by Richard Greatrex | May 21, 2024 | Image Essays
BLOG # 6 What do you see ? Caps. Men with Caps ; Dia Caps, as they are known in South Wales. Miners on strike. Not a space between them. Close. You may see it as close claustrophobic or your may see it as close solidarity. Maybe a rather apt description for the way...
by Richard Greatrex | May 9, 2024 | Image Essays
BLOG # 5 I was once asked to write about . . . .Why I Take Photographs . . . and I guess the first response is I take photographs because I always have! I have been taking photographs now for maybe 65 years, so in many ways it’s simply a habit. It’s also...
