Saturday 29 December 2012

Semiotics of Photography: U

U is for Undercover (Programme Leader)


A myopic visionary

Monday 24 December 2012

Semiotics of Photography: T

T is for Transmittance






'The eyes transmit thoughts, therefore I shut them from time to time, in order to stop having to think. When one is just there like this and doing nothing, one suddenly feels how painful experience can be. To do nothing and yet maintain one's bearing, that requires energy, a person doing something has an easy time in comparison.'


From Robert Walser's novel, Jakob Von Gunten.

Thursday 20 December 2012

Semiotics Of Photography: S

S is for Sick (Leave)

Or, Fingering Fingerboard Moves While The Moving Finger Writes And Having Writ Moves On . . .




Monday 17 December 2012

Semiotics Of Photography: R

R is for Reflection

Often murky, sometimes superficial



Thursday 13 December 2012

Sunday 9 December 2012

Semiotics Of Photography: P

P is for Perfect (Company)


Pizza Express (Falmouth)

Tuesday 4 December 2012

Semiotics Of Photography: O

O is for Ornery (Obstructive, Offensive, Obtuse)


Not unlike the scenario that unfolded the day our colleagues moved office:

So, the tables were turned
The chairs upside down;
The occasion?
Invasion.
Comm-Phot boys
Just hit town.

Would be wrong;
Deceitful,
To say all previously well.
To suggest the office
A haven.
In fact, it was hell.

If hell is too strong
Then, perhaps, purgatory.
But in no time at all
We were marking our territory.

Pissing on table legs,
Obstructing the doors.
(A note to Estates:
Please remove carpets from floors.

Clearly, unhygienic.)

So, it remains to be seen:
The lay of the land.
Now Comm-Photo are with us,
They may take a stand.

They may take offence
At the current regime.
Or we may stand united
An invincible team.





Sunday 2 December 2012

Semiotics Of Photography: N

N is for Nostalgia


Nostalgic spectacle:
A rosy hue.
Try turning back;
Horizon is blue.

Black and blue.

Always the longing
Wanting belonging.

But taken unforgiving,
To a place I had to go.

Damn, no

A gambler, performer
With an eye for a show.