Hand in gloves: a hockey poem
Hand in gloves These gloves are tired, They’ve done their bit, For fifty goals, They’ve held my stick. These glovesContinue Reading
Category: Writing about Images
Into The Dead South
Dirty Country Point camera on the face, on a farm track. Hitch up the cello and start whistling. That’s theContinue Reading
Morbid dance songs
Fainting show stopper It might be the first time that playing doom soul in public resulted in fainting. That wasContinue Reading
Songs from The Deep Dark Woods
Hanging from the Rafters From a look upwards at the exposed, pretty ceiling of Calgary’s Festival Hall in Inglewood, Calgary,Continue Reading
World Food Day: Don’t forget the new urban poor
Maria Medina Cacseere tends her chard crop in her urban garden in Manchay, Peru.© J. Ashley Nixon Food andContinue Reading
Steven Wilson’s Expressions To The Bone
Social prog “It’s not what you’ll possess. It’s how you will express the essence of you.” So goes the openingContinue Reading
Urban art in Detroit (5): The Spirit of Detroit
Marshall Fredericks One of the most prolific sculptors of the twentieth century, Marshall Fredericks (1908-1998), is recognized for hisContinue Reading
The Battle of the Somme and The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
The Somme. For a long while, centuries, it was just the name of a place in northern France. Somewhere inContinue Reading
En el estilo de Martín Chambi: imágenes inspiradas por un fotógrafo Peruano pionero
Músico, Chinchero, Peru (2011) © J. Ashley Nixon Pionero de la fotografía documental sociales El fotógrafo peruano Martín ChambiContinue Reading
In the style of Martín Chambi: images inspired by a pioneering Peruvian photographer
Textile workers, Chinchero, Peru (2011) © J. Ashley Nixon The Peruvian photographer Martín Chambi (1891-1973) was a pioneer of socialContinue Reading
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