OH FOR THE WINGS OF ANY BIRD OTHER THAN A BATTERY HEN - Robert Calvert

Monday 26 December 2011

The Boy with the Lime Green Hijab



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Tim Manning 22 December 2011

Madness Visible

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Tim Manning 22 December 2011

In the soft light of a winter afternoon

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Tim Manning 22 December 2011

The Boy with the peacock feathers


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TIm Manning  22 December 2011

Kimono Boy II

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Tim Manning 16 December 2011

Kimono Hijab II

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Tim Manning 16 December 2011

Kimono Burlesque

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Tim Manning, taken 16 December 2011

Lipgloss



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Taken 16 December 2011

Brotherly Love

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Tim and Sam Manning 16 December 2011

The Love of a Good Woman

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Sunday 2 October 2011

Covered

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This photo of Tim Manning was taken on 30 September  in a Soho bar called The Yard. I seem to have a fetish for putting Tim into headscarves and making them look like hijabs. This scarf is particularly fine!

Thursday 29 September 2011

True Love

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My parents photographed in an unguarded moment. Taken at the family home, 29 September 2011

La Fumeuse

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La fumeuse is a poet and close friend of the Muse. Taken in a Paris cafe, September 2011

Muse

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My muse behind a trailing plant. Taken in Auvers Sur Oise, Paris in September 2011

Muse at the grave of Amadeo Modigliani


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 My Muse is deeply inspired by the work of Amadeo Modigliani. It is fitting that she pays homage at his grave. Taken in Pere Lachaise cemetery, Paris in September 2011

Sub Rosa

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A photo of my muse taken in May 2008 at the grave of Oscar Wilde, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.

My muse is a charming beautiful, talented and very photogenic woman. She has eyes that will burn into your soul.

Cute and Cuter

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Li Winter and Tim Manning at the Camel Corps monument, Embankment Gardens, London. Taken at the end of the Mean Streets session

Graffiti Boy

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Ti Manning blends into the graffiti at the South Bank skateboarding park. Part of the Mean Streets session

What you Looking at?

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Li Winter at the South Bank skateboarding park, September 2011. part of the Mean Streets session

Mean Streets Outreach

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Li Winter at the South Bank skateboarding park, September 2011. Part of the Mean Streets session

On the Mean Streets of London I

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Tim Manning looking mean and moody. Taken on 3 September in the South Bank skateboarding area. Part of the "Mean Streets" session

The Madness of Ophelia

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Tim Manning as Ophelia  as she descends into her final madness. Taken on 29 July 2011 in Motspur Park. Part of the "Ophelia" session

At rest

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Tim Manning poses on a stone in Motspur Park on 29 July. Part of the "Ophelia" Session

Androgyne

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Tim showing a more feminine side. Taken on 29 July in Motspur Park. Part of the "Ophelia" session

The Masked Man

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 Tim Manning. Taken in New Malden in July 2011. Part of the "Masques" session.

The Bruja comes

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Li Winter as the Bruja.Taken in Motspur Park in July 2011. Part of the "Masques" session

Fear La Bruja

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 Li Winter as a fearsome South American bruja. Well Li is originally from Colombia! Taken in July 2011 as part of the "Masques" session

Beast

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Tim Manning looking feral! Taken in July 2011 as part of the "Masques" session. The photo effect used was solarisation

Back to Back


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Tim Manning and Li Winter, Motspur Park Cemetery July 2011. Part of the "Masques" Session

Tripping Down the Street

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 Li Winter, Taken in New Malden, July 2011. Part of the "Masques" session

Models in Violet

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Tim Manning and Li Winter, taken in July 2011 during the "Alley Cats" session.

The Alley Cats

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 Tim Manning and Li Winter pose in an alley in Wimbledon, hence the Alley Cats! Taken in July 2011

Welcome to the Show

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 Li Winter Taken in Wimbledon in July 2011 as part of the "Alley Cats" session

Hijab

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My nephew Tim Manning, taken in an alley in Wimbledon in July 2011 as part of what I call the "Alley Cats" session

Li Winter close face portrait

Li (Celena) Winter. Taken in Wimbledon in July 2011

Pilar

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Pilar W. Taken in Wimbledon in July 2011

Shirley

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Shirley Harrington, my partner of many years. Taken in August 2011

Heart Full of Leaves

Pere Lachaise Cemetery, May 2008

Francesca

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 Francesca. A candid portrait taken in New Malden in April 2011. I  took this photo at a street party to celebrate the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Li Winter

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Li (Celena) Winter taken in New Malden in April 2011. Li is originally from Colombia. She is a beautiful and charming young woman who makes for an excellent model

Chain

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My Nephew Tim Manning. Taken in June 2011 on steps leading down from the South Bank to the Thames

Skull Chador


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Tim Manning wearing a large piece of fabric with an Alexander McQueen pattern as an impromptu chador.

Taken at All Saints church, Cranham in March 2011

It feels like 1974

My nephew Tim Manning looking like he was a member of a 70s rock band. Taken at the Chase, Dagenham, in March 2011

Wednesday 28 September 2011

Paris By Night


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Paris, 12 September 2011. Taken from a balcony on the fifth floor of the Cite Internationale des Arts using a Niko D700, Nikon 85mm lens, F2, 1/125sec rated at ISO 6400

Insolent Boris

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Our very insolent cat called Boris. Taken 3 September Nikon D700. I will add other details when I remember them

Footsteps Overhead


Taken at the Musee D'Orsay Paris, August 2009

Raindrops


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Raindrops on a Californian Poppy, May 2010

Reflections in the Windows of Hell


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Reflections in the windows of the office where I worked for over five years. The building is the Home Office heaquarters, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF

Ceci N'est Pas Un Chat

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Well actually it is. This is my cat Bebe. Her posture made the the blotch markings on her back/tail and her head look like a question mark

A Pere Lachaise Statue

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A statue in the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Taken with my old Nikon D200. I forget which lens I used let alone the exposure settings