Carrer de Sant Domènec del Call
Carrer de Sant Domènec del Call, Barcelona. Part of a test series to explore push-processing with Ilford Delta 400 – in this case shot at EI 1600 and processed in ID-11. Shot with the M7 and a 50mm lens.
Barcelona: Tourist Go Home
A set of photographs from the Ocupació de les Rambles, Barcelona. This was a citizens protest march which combined a diverse range of groups and issues that affect the lives of ordinary people living in Barcelona today. There were several key issues being protested: the unsustainable level of tourism and its effect on local residents, the cost of property and rents, and forced evictions of people with mortgage arrears. All of these are combining to destroy the quality of life of people living in the city, and indications are that […]
Barcelona Street Art
More street art from Barcelona. Shot on Delta 100 and processed in ID-11 1+1.
Barcelona Street Art
More street art from Barcelona. Shot on Delta 100 and processed in ID-11 1+1.
Barcelona Street Art
More street art from Barcelona, starting with a distinctly Catalan theme. Shot on Ilford Delta 100 and processed in ID-11 1+1.
The Fishing Boats at Port Vell, Barcelona
A short set of image galleries taken at the fishing harbour, Port Vell, Barcelona – click on an image, below, to open the corresponding gallery. Port Vell (the old port) is today mostly known for its shopping centre and luxury yachts. However, sandwiched between the Vela hotel and the Maremagnum there is still a small but important fishing harbour that exists in a bubble of time that has so far remained protected from all the luxury developments around. These photographs were taken during one of many excellent Barcelona 48H Open House sessions, […]
Barcelona Street Art
Valkyrie, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona. Taken with the M7, 50mm and Ilford Delta 100.
Barcelona Street Art
Street art in the old town, Barcelona. Ilford Delta 100 shot with a dark red filter, and processed in ID-11. The scan resolution is not great, partly because I opted to scan (macro photograph) the negatives as complete frames, including the sprocket holes. While this seemed a cool thing to do at the time, I think the effect is a bit clichéd and I cropped this to match what I saw – you can see the raw scan and another from the same mural below. You can also see […]
Barcelona Street Art
First of a short set of images of street art, taken around Barcelona. Taken using a dark red filter on Ilford Delta 100 film, and processed in ID-11.
Protest III
Animal rights protest, Plaça Sant Jaume, Barcelona. Leica M7 with HP5+ at EI 3200, processed in DD-X 1+4. The dark face is due to paint rather than anything from the film processing…
Protest II
Setting up candles for a display in Plaça de la Universitat, Barcelona. This was a rather strange event which mixed elements of Catalan Independence (Assemblea Nacional de Catalunya) with campaigns for human rights and support for refugees. Barcelona is seemingly unique in Europe at the moment, in that it is one of the few parts of Europe where support for immigrants remains high, despite the clear problems of integration that are evident in places such as the Raval.
Protest I
Protest against male violence, being staged by feminists from the Movimento Democrático de Mujeres (Democratic Woman’s Movement), Plaça de Sant Jaume, Barcelona. This is a topic which is far more complex and difficult to cover completely in a single short image. This year alone in Spain there have already been two brutal murders of women by their current/former partner. And I am writing this as the year is scarcely one week old. It is impossible to put in words how utterly appalling this is. Yet such extremes only help mask other forms […]
Circ de Raluy
Painted trucks from the Circ Històric de Raluy, which is currently open at the harbour in Port Vell, Barcelona. In real life they are quite colourful, and the wagons and trucks surround the big-top defensively as if from a scene in a surreal 1950’s western. Leica M7 with 50mm f1.4 and Ilford Delta 100 processed in DD-X.
La Pessebre de Sant Jaume
This year’s presepe in Plaça de Sant Jaume is a modern work of art that is difficult to capture on film, comprising a fantastic array of kinetic artworks housed in giant inflated snow-globes. A nicely post-modern and largely secular interpretation of a traditional Christmas event. Leica M7 with 50mm and Ilford Delta 100 processed in DD-X.
La Pedrera
Seasonally decorative star on the front of La Pedrera, Barcelona. Leica M7 with 50mm @ f1.4 with Delta 100, developed in DD-X 1+4.
Like Tears in Rain
And so ends 2016, one of the worst years we have ever witnessed. Ok, so the photograph does not have so much as a dove, but a pigeon. But the reference(s) seemed apt nonetheless. This year has seen the death of a long time friend, the threat of an end to our life here in Barcelona thanks to a post-truth xenophobic brexiting UK, and since Christmas day 2015 the robbing and subsequent occupation of our house in Barcelona – still unresolved a year later (and I can not even post any of […]
