Journey to Stockport

Beautiful Sky

Beautiful Sky over Marple Bridge

Rainy Day

Rainy day in Marple Bridge

ROMUALD HAZOUME

Mask by Romuald Hazoume-Manchester Art Gallery

Masks by Romuald Hazoume

The Land Between Us Contemporary Art from West Africa - Manchester Art Gallery

Visited September 2012

These beautiful masks are by African Artist Romuald Hazoume, he started this series in the mid-1980's. The masks are made from discarded gasoline containers. Hazoume has said: 

“I send back to the West that which belongs to them, that is to say, the refuse of consumer society that invades us every day.”

Hazoume's work focuses on the Beninese men who are forced to ferry contraband petrol between Nigeria and the Beninese consumers. In these and his photographic work he documents the diversity of African life today. 

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Beautiful Sunset in Marple Bridge

This was taken late August from my window it feels like I have a different beautiful landscape painting outside my window every day, natural art, thankfully I manage to photograph them so I don't forget them and have evidence that they have been there.

Cloudy in Marple Bridge                                                       

Photos taken in Marple Bridge

Quote from the manifesto of the cloud appreciation society

A few images taken outside recently I am slightly obsessed with clouds and they are a regular feature in my photos.  I am hoping for my next present I will be receiving membership to the cloud appreciation society  http://cloudappreciationsociety.org , which I recently stumbled upon online.

Ceiling Lights                                                                                  

I captured these atmospheric images of my ceiling lights, I love the shadow and light.