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  • Oceano Dunes, 1936

    Edward Weston: Life Work

    If you are in the UK then "Edward Weston: Life Work" at Edinburgh's City Art Centre is the exhibition to see this year. It's a '★★★★★' (five gold star) show.

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  • Katie

    Beauty and Ugliness

    I've been concerned by the lack of beauty in our world for a long time. But recently I've realised that my worries were pointless. They're pointless because everything must have an opposite. North must have south, truth must have lies, and beauty must have ugliness. If there was no such thing as 'ugly' then we couldn't recognise 'beauty'. Then everything would be the same - and what would be the point of that?

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  • R. A. Leake, Albumen Print, c.1895

    What We Leave Behind

    This is a photograph of Richard Leake, my grandfather. I discovered it whilst sorting through my parents' collection of family photographs. While there were many from my Mum's side of the family, there were remarkably few from Dad's. This is the only one which I can be sure shows Dad's father as a young man.

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  • Stark Tree by Wynn Bullock, 1956

    Wynn Bullock DVD

    One of the treasures in my collection is a portfolio of photographs by Wynn Bullock. Ten small silver gelatin prints republished by Lenswork in 2004. Its title is simply, Let There Be Light.

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