The subtracted areas are painted blue, the remaining central shapes are yellow, each square is rotated once clockwise.
Category: Photography
Subtracted Squares
I’m working on some new ideas based on simple shapes rotated across each other. Pen and ink.
Uwch Mynydd, Lleyn Peninsular
One day in early August I walked with friends along the north coast of the very end of the peninsular. The weather was overcast but not cold or wet. However the wind was gusting at around 50mph at some points. We walked partly on the beach but the tide was very high so we retreated to the sand dunes. The wind blowing in from the sea brought with it a blast of wet sand, stunting all exposed skin and smearing our glasses with a salty spray making visibility trying to say the least. Perversely it was actually enjoyably envigorating. Of course it also slowed us down and we nearly gave up when it came to the climb from the beach to the top of Uwch Mynydd. Up there the air cleared and there were fabulous views back towards Snowdonia, with sea on both sides.
Snowdonia Sunset
Amazingly light for 9:15pm and yet the colours are still intense, though the photo hardly does that justice. Looking down the lake from Capel Curig towards Snowdon.
New London Architecture
NLA runs guided tours of new architecture in London, I joined the one around Southwark yesterday, very ably and engagingly led by David Thompson. There’s plenty of tucked away areas beneath the many elevated railway line, still with rare insights into the history of the area. But we were looking at the new architecture. in the zone between The Shard at London bridge to the East and South Bank Tower at Southwark Bridge to the West.
Until now I rather resented the Shard (Renzo Piano) but I have begun to enjoy its dominance of the area, you can see it from everywhere, or at least its tip. It now seems more of a gentle giant than a monster, reflecting the weather of the day, the mood of the moment, almost disappearing against the vast sky. I found myself taking photos of it from every angle, my resentment of its intrusion dissipating with each click of the shutter. Unexpected juxtapositions abound, here it hides behind a low-rise residential brick block, tucked neatly between the ten terracotta chimneys.
And here, the most complete view, seen across an empty lot, its height exaggerated by the low remaining buildings but still it seems light and graceful.
Even seen behind the spires of Southwark Cathedral it seems more like a protective big brother than a bullying one.
Sally Wakelin - Studies in Creativity 
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