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NOT WITH A BANG, BUT A MURMUR
A new collection of images, captured during an unexpected visit by a handful of starlings to the small village of Wall, Northumberland.
PINK
Cherry Blossom, captured in the centre of Hexham in Northumberland. There are several mature blossom trees on Beaumont Street, close to Hexham Abbey and the entrance to the Sele Park and each year they seem almost to erupt with colour. At their peak, they stop pedestrians in their tracks and the energy and focal point of the area has shifted. In the days and weeks that follow, the winds blow and the branches shake, and the hundreds of white-pink petals collect in every nook and cranny of the surrounding pavements.
FLOOF
CREEP
Creep was taken over a year ago on a misty morning on the outskirts of Hemel Hempstead. There is an old stately home operating as a hotel and golf course just a few minutes from the town centre. It has sprawling grounds, the boundaries of which butt up against the back gardens of what seem to be quite grand detached suburban homes. A footpath runs along one of these boundaries, and most of the gardens are quite typical: large and well kept lawns, raised beds close to the property, a patio, a gazebo, occasionally a summer house or workshop. The garden featured in Creep was not typical, and was dripping with atmosphere.
TOAST
Like most old-towns across Europe, the centre of Verona is a rabbit warren of cobbled side streets, jagged alleys and meandering sun-baked lanes that are a pleasure to get lost in. Toast was captured whilst walking between carbonara pit-stops, and is just one example of a simple scene that has so much texture. The palette of the renders, the leading lines, the ancient doorways, patterned stone and the snaking shadow heading off and around the corner.