Morecambe Bay has a structure called “The Stone Jetty”; I was blown away by the colour of the sky and the lines and curves of the structure and the wind. It was a perfect day for taking photographs – even the sky and the sand were full of lines and curves.
Like thousands of other peeps, I took a photie for Eddie at 500pm last night. It’s not up there yet, but I have been fascinated by what the UK does at 5.00pm I am stunned and made rather envious by the huge numbers of people who are at home, cooking and sipping wine at 5.00.
Skivers.
There are a lot of cats fed at 5.00pm, a fair number of children practicing musical instruments, a huge number of people driving home as I was, and a lot of people doing rather interesting work.
Anyway, here are some that shocked me, startled me or made me laugh. But this is like watching the grand prix highlights, you don’t get a feel for the real thing. I urge you to take a look at the lot. In the meantime, here is a selection:
Interesting work that R4 listeners do:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/757/52/#gallery757
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/757/75/#gallery757
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/759/36/#gallery759
What? I mean What? It was sent by MMS from a phone so no caption to explain it:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/760/14/#gallery760Mmmmmmmm. “Smile for the Camera”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/761/23/#gallery761I can’t actually work out what this is:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/761/26/#gallery761
A stone-mason perhaps?Or this. I can’t avoid the feeling those trolleys might be moving…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/763/54/#gallery763Chairs, do you think?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/765/15/#gallery765http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/763/66/#gallery763
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/759/1/#gallery759
These photos moved me:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/759/8/#gallery759
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/759/31/#gallery759
This was probably sent in by MMS from a mobile – hence no comment, but it is a lovely narrative photo, and I think it’s my favourite of the lot:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/760/9/#gallery760http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/760/35/#gallery760
Ow!
Yeah, right…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/759/37/#gallery759 – fibber! It was pitch dark in Yorkshire, there’s no way it was dusk in Edinburgh.
Mind you, I rather like the fact that they are putting up photos without editing or comment. This is another one which makes me say: huh?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/761/18/#gallery761
Guilt and envy:
This one gives me kitchen-envy:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/759/33/#gallery759This one gives me pencil-envy:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/765/12/#gallery765And this one gave me kitchen-guilt (and no, it isn’t mine).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/761/8/#gallery761I am slightly worried about a kitchen which is that clean and which includes a medium sized boy:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/760/74/#gallery760
Seeing ourselves…
This one has a comment with the almost ruthlesness of an almost-haiku:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/759/42/#gallery759And this shows a concerning grasp of reality too:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/759/19/#gallery759
… as others see us
The experiment helped some people see their familiar worlds through new eyes:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/759/50/#gallery759
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/757/86/#gallery757
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/757/76/#gallery757
Nowt so queer as folk:
Yes, well… She’s a priest, I suppose one can’t expect scientific scepticism, can one?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/759/57/#gallery759
We’re impressed, or we are meant to be. All those adjectives. It’s a stone cottage, doncha know; it was a visit from the minister, natch. He’s a local councillor:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/759/58/#gallery759Who has a bath at 5.00pm every night?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/757/23/#gallery757
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/763/90/#gallery763
Shift workers, I guess.A parental dilemma, to take the photogaph or chastise the child?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/760/39/#gallery760And on the subject of boys and noisy musical instruments:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/759/49/#gallery759
Photos as photos:
This is one of the few photos which has merit as a photo – but I think I prefer the lack of staginess of the others:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/761/28/#gallery761And here is another good photo, qua photo, taken with a mobile phone too
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/764/25/#gallery764As is this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/764/61/#gallery764And, less obviously, this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/759/17/#gallery759
“It’s a long way to Schadenfreude, it’s a long way, to go”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/765/21/#gallery765
This one isn’t mine, but it so could have been….http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/765/80/#gallery765
and how many Londoners were staring at this at 5:00pm?Not another dashboard pic:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/pm/galleries/759/63/#gallery759
As I said, take a look at the whole lot – it is a moving and fascinating collection.
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Tagged Eddie Mair, photographs, PM, Radio 4, Window on your world
