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Thursday 8th March was the very well attended private view and exhibition opening of the group show Elephant in Focus at the Cuming Museum, Elephant & Castle. I have eight images and a text in the show and it looks great. The accompanying book is called Elephant in Focus: Economy. Patrick Sutherland, Reader in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the London College of Communication/ University of the Arts, organised it and it’s the third installment in his ongoing project ‘Elephant Vanishes’. A website will be launched later this year: www.theelephantvanishes.com.

This Thursday 15th March there is a talk by some of the participants. I’m away shooting my CERN project, but it will be interesting. Details below.

Elephant in Focus: Meet the Photographers

Thursday 15 March, 6pm

The Cuming Museum, Old Town Hall, 151 Walworth Road, London, SE17 1RY

Ermine Street

Ermine Street is the name of the old Roman road that once ran from old London Bridge to York. My current project is to trace the route. My interest started with an idea over summer to walk the whole way. While the walking idea is shelved for the time being, after lots of research, including Paul Graham’s A1 project from the early 80s, I’ve started. Ermine Street runs straight past my studio as the A10, and north through Stamford Hill, Edmonton, and Hertfordshire.

Regent’s Canal

As if water were stone, we cycle our eyes and ears upon the towpath, breathe harder, and focus our way forward. Our concentration is swifting, but as the canal moves along, we notice—as gently as if cafe lattes were being placed on pine-topped tables— the changing scenes on the canalside. We do know, yes I think, this is the Regent’s Canal, but it is hard to know what that means.

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