Ah this one is still here too! Interesting.
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Monday, February 23, 2009
Come to the Birmingham Photospace FlashSwap Event?
So, as some of you may know I'm part of a small (but perfectly formed) group of volunteers who are gathering to try and raise support for (and eventually set up!) a photography gallery and photographers' centre for Birmingham (UK).
We're having our first event next month - a sort of grand 'hello world!' if you like - where we are giving photographers the chance to come and exhbit their a print (or two...or more) of their work and then swap it for someone else's.
Our press release (ooh!) says:
Local photographers are being invited to exhibit and swap their work for free at Birmingham’s Custard Factory.
Birmingham Photospace, a voluntary group dedicated to finding a permanent space for photography in the city, is hosting ‘Flash Swap’ – an event on Saturday 21st March at the Custard Factory’s Vaad Gallery for photographers of all levels to showcase their work for free.
The event will allow people to be part of a ‘swap session’, where they can take home their favourite image from the exhibition, providing that they have left one of their own prints in exchange. This picture exchange will give people the chance to meet fellow photographers over a drink and to display their artwork, but is also intended to raise awareness of the organisers’ long-term goal: to establish a permanent photography gallery in Birmingham.
It is the group’s first event in the city, and will take place on Saturday, 21st March with submissions accepted from 11.00am – 4pm and viewing and swap session from 5pm – 8pm at the Custard Factory’s Vaad Art Gallery in Digbeth.
I hope some of you will come along. Do comment on this post if you need any more information.
See you there - it's going to be loads of fun!
So, as some of you may know I'm part of a small (but perfectly formed) group of volunteers who are gathering to try and raise support for (and eventually set up!) a photography gallery and photographers' centre for Birmingham (UK).
We're having our first event next month - a sort of grand 'hello world!' if you like - where we are giving photographers the chance to come and exhbit their a print (or two...or more) of their work and then swap it for someone else's.
Our press release (ooh!) says:
Local photographers are being invited to exhibit and swap their work for free at Birmingham’s Custard Factory.
Birmingham Photospace, a voluntary group dedicated to finding a permanent space for photography in the city, is hosting ‘Flash Swap’ – an event on Saturday 21st March at the Custard Factory’s Vaad Gallery for photographers of all levels to showcase their work for free.
The event will allow people to be part of a ‘swap session’, where they can take home their favourite image from the exhibition, providing that they have left one of their own prints in exchange. This picture exchange will give people the chance to meet fellow photographers over a drink and to display their artwork, but is also intended to raise awareness of the organisers’ long-term goal: to establish a permanent photography gallery in Birmingham.
It is the group’s first event in the city, and will take place on Saturday, 21st March with submissions accepted from 11.00am – 4pm and viewing and swap session from 5pm – 8pm at the Custard Factory’s Vaad Art Gallery in Digbeth.
I hope some of you will come along. Do comment on this post if you need any more information.
See you there - it's going to be loads of fun!
Friday, January 16, 2009
The next post is a request from Beth.
She asks what the best things to do when visiting England are.
This post - I shall answer in stages. The first thing you should do when visiting the UK is spend a few days in London. Why? Because despite everything, it's a fantastic city. The top 5 things you should do in London then:
1) Spend time with me. Let me show you round. I first moved to London in 1986, and left in 1999, so I know bus routes round the city and won't get lost. I don't know any of the new bars or restaurants though, so I'll have to dig out my Time Out Eating and Drinking guide.
2) Museums. If it were up to me, and time was limited, I'd force you into the British Museum, if only to see my favourite exhibition Living and Dying and of course the Rosetta Stone.
You'd then be forced to the Tate Modern across the wobbly bridge from St Paul's.
3) Take a boat trip up the Thames to Kew. I think it's the nicest way to see the bridges, and Kew is just wonderful. If it's cold we could hide in the tropical house.
4) Shop! Come and see the amazing variety of shops London has. Come and admire the cheese with me at Neal's Yard, covet the style in Liberty...or just stare at the gorgeous building (come and see the parrots on the wall in the jewellery dept!).
5) See some live music. Every night in London there's some great music playing. Tickets are easier to come by than you might think. We have some great music venues in London -just promise me one thing? Stay well away from the Hammersmith Odeon.
She asks what the best things to do when visiting England are.
This post - I shall answer in stages. The first thing you should do when visiting the UK is spend a few days in London. Why? Because despite everything, it's a fantastic city. The top 5 things you should do in London then:
1) Spend time with me. Let me show you round. I first moved to London in 1986, and left in 1999, so I know bus routes round the city and won't get lost. I don't know any of the new bars or restaurants though, so I'll have to dig out my Time Out Eating and Drinking guide.
2) Museums. If it were up to me, and time was limited, I'd force you into the British Museum, if only to see my favourite exhibition Living and Dying and of course the Rosetta Stone.
You'd then be forced to the Tate Modern across the wobbly bridge from St Paul's.
3) Take a boat trip up the Thames to Kew. I think it's the nicest way to see the bridges, and Kew is just wonderful. If it's cold we could hide in the tropical house.
4) Shop! Come and see the amazing variety of shops London has. Come and admire the cheese with me at Neal's Yard, covet the style in Liberty...or just stare at the gorgeous building (come and see the parrots on the wall in the jewellery dept!).
5) See some live music. Every night in London there's some great music playing. Tickets are easier to come by than you might think. We have some great music venues in London -just promise me one thing? Stay well away from the Hammersmith Odeon.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
So then, what with the holidays and all I've neglected to post.
I've been mulling a post (prompted by Alex) on infidelity - but I'm still thinking about that one.
My lovely friend Jane asks me about the drawback to having big boobs. So then.
I'm 40 years old, and I'm still not sure I have made peace with my breasts. Modesty prevents telling you what size bra I currently wear - but well, I tell people it's GG (for Good God!). It was not ever thus, though.
I was a late maturer, and I didn't really get breasts until I was about 14 and a half. I was 34AA for a long time. From there though, something happpend. They grew. And grew. I first became aware that they were larger than average when I was in a play - a fellow actor (a lady) grabbed one playfully and said 'wow - I like these!'. I also had some photos taken, and all of a sudden I noticed that the costumes were...slightly too well filled out. Funny how I just hadn't noticed.
Of course, being about 16 and horribly shy anyway, this gave me a huge complex - and actually, I think I lived with that for a very long time.
Over the year my body has been different shapes and sizes - I once lost six stone - and I was devastated that despite this I only lost one cup-size. For a long time, as the weight fell off my stomach and hips it sat on my breasts, giving me a comedy 'jessica rabbit' figure. I'm surprised I didn't topple over.
And yes, like many large-breasted ladies, they have been the object of plenty of male attention over the years. I guess I've never really understood why some men have such a thing for boobs. I've had boyfriends who were boob men, and boyfriends who weren't. Certainly one of the watershed moments in any new relationship for me is letting them see my breasts without a bra. Far more significant than anything else I think.
Drawbacks, then? For me, it's always having to wear a bra. That despite the most firm corsetry they jiggle and jump when I jog for the bus. That I always have to check tops are low enough in the neck for them. (If I wear higher cut tops it's a disaster).
That somehow big breasts are still objects of comedy. That sometimes still, and even at work, people will talk to them and not me.
That I still, at 40, call them 'my disability'.
I've been mulling a post (prompted by Alex) on infidelity - but I'm still thinking about that one.
My lovely friend Jane asks me about the drawback to having big boobs. So then.
I'm 40 years old, and I'm still not sure I have made peace with my breasts. Modesty prevents telling you what size bra I currently wear - but well, I tell people it's GG (for Good God!). It was not ever thus, though.
I was a late maturer, and I didn't really get breasts until I was about 14 and a half. I was 34AA for a long time. From there though, something happpend. They grew. And grew. I first became aware that they were larger than average when I was in a play - a fellow actor (a lady) grabbed one playfully and said 'wow - I like these!'. I also had some photos taken, and all of a sudden I noticed that the costumes were...slightly too well filled out. Funny how I just hadn't noticed.
Of course, being about 16 and horribly shy anyway, this gave me a huge complex - and actually, I think I lived with that for a very long time.
Over the year my body has been different shapes and sizes - I once lost six stone - and I was devastated that despite this I only lost one cup-size. For a long time, as the weight fell off my stomach and hips it sat on my breasts, giving me a comedy 'jessica rabbit' figure. I'm surprised I didn't topple over.
And yes, like many large-breasted ladies, they have been the object of plenty of male attention over the years. I guess I've never really understood why some men have such a thing for boobs. I've had boyfriends who were boob men, and boyfriends who weren't. Certainly one of the watershed moments in any new relationship for me is letting them see my breasts without a bra. Far more significant than anything else I think.
Drawbacks, then? For me, it's always having to wear a bra. That despite the most firm corsetry they jiggle and jump when I jog for the bus. That I always have to check tops are low enough in the neck for them. (If I wear higher cut tops it's a disaster).
That somehow big breasts are still objects of comedy. That sometimes still, and even at work, people will talk to them and not me.
That I still, at 40, call them 'my disability'.
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