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after Lazarides we strolled through Soho Square, nearly bumping into

the actress Caroline Quentin who was hurrying along with her children:

onward to the newly sited Photographers Gallery to see

the Deutsche Bӧrse Photography Prize 2010:

talk about celeb spotting .... 

clocked Miranda Sawyer, journo and Culture Show regular,

admiring the exhibition with her friend:

*shame it wasn't Andrew eh Suze?*

so the top pic(k)s for us?

*click on the pictures to view them larger*

 Anna Fox's documentary style photos really pushed my buttons:

I adore the inanimate:

her images of the inside of her Mother's cupboards

with her Father's words were both amusing and disturbing:

*apologies for crap quality photos ~ surreptitious+glass+no flash handheld ain't easy!*

there is something morbidly fascinating about Anna's work 

particularly in the concertina'd pieces 'Notes From Home 1996-2003'

gifts from the cats and making cakes:

*another tick in the box for cake reference*

 

her Parresque eye gives us the humour of everyday objects

as well as making us feel slightly uncomfortable:

Zoe Leonard is another nominee who appealed to my

interest in urban landscapes:

"Analogue Portfolio" a selection of images taken with her old 

Rolleiflex film camera:  

she observes her town, her streets and neighbourhood

as I do:  details and old shop fronts:

particularly the dying age of analogue:

her sharp Rolleiflex and dye-transfer prints remind us 

of what is about to be lost:

drawn to a collage of copies from the pages of a scrapbook of a fictitious

non sectarian by Donovan Wylie:

 this is not a real recipe as I first thought ....

reading on, the pages plainly show responses to the situation:

a curious document with links to the personal albums that

exist within families today:

Libbie loved Wylie's 'Destruction of the Maze Prison'

a series of photos of the perimeter:

of cells and corridors:

Maze witnessed hunger strikes, murders, mass breakouts and ceasefire negotiations:

Wylie spent over 100 days on site while it was being slowly decommissioned:

stark repetitious images and the feeling of absence :

monotony and the architecture of conflict:

*on until 18th April*