shoreditch etc

 look closer.

ella on her birthday!

in the interim

i've just had most of my new york films developed, and they're coming, don't you worry about that (i have a feeling this jet-lag is going to linger). also, the chronology is going to be weird because a) i like to do the film first and b) i didn't actually take that many digitals. but in the end that doesn't really matter does it? anyway, on with the show.

one day, i met ellie down in borough and it was only much later that i realised i'd become so accustomed to shooting cheap film that my camera was still set for ISO400. i quite like it though.

ellie and lexi lexington (lex luther).

another day i went to the southbank again, heading towards tatemod.

actually i think these are two separate occasions, because this is a derelict building near st paul's that i had been meaning to get off the bus and photograph for ages and i finally did on my way to tatemod (i remember, i walked) so it must have been a different day.

i just worked out what this reminds me of - an image from that old history of architecture textbook by nikolas pevsner. dad, you know the one. the colour and the quality are very fitting.

i should really stop taking my camera to the tatemod. i just keep taking the same photos over and over again.

that same building on the way home (see previous comment).

seaside

more from brighton.

countryside

ages ago, when it was still winter, ellie and i trooped over to hampstead.

parliament hill, in the rain.

and the sun was back by the time we made it to old street.

speaking of sisters

this is the first time i've ever really seen the resemblance.

glorious

bright and beautiful brighton!

obviously one can't make a sand castle, so the children in brighton are like little druids making piles of stones to tell the time by.

if i were to think of a film to match brighton, dirty harry would be my last ever choice.

ellie is magical and magnetized to vegetarian restaurants. this one was particularly delicious and the only trouble i had with the menu was being spoiled for choice. spoiled. me. the vegan gluten free one. it was called terre a terre.

and back to blackfriars.