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Tuesday, 13 March 2012

The Oz adventure begins ....

So we have finally arrived in Cairns, Qld. Beginning with very tearful goodbyes at home and then at the airport. So we left London on a 10 hour flight to Bangkok. Stop over in Bangkok was boiling,around 38c and we didn't even get the chance to leave the airport. Followed by another 10 hours to Sydney and a further 3 hour domestic flight up to Cairns. Pretty much 24 hours of solid flying or time spent in various airports. We have completely lost a day of our lives somewhere in the sky!!
However we passed the time by playing guess the nationality of fellow travellers. A harmless fun game and im sure everyone secretly does it, and with our lack of tan il bet we wern't hard to guess!! Some of the travellers hitting Oz after Asia made it particularly fun adorning baggy trousers with various animals on - on my count the elephant was the most popular!

Sooo we left sunny Sydney to be greeted by what can only be describe as monsoon like rain in Cairns. No photos to post yet im afraid (blame the rain) but fingers crossed we will see some sun in the 'Sunshine state' or we will be leaving rainy Cairns sooner than anticipated in search of getting at least a bit of a tan!However the heat and humidity here is shocking, think both me and jam are going to be cursed with the big untamable frizzy hair.haha. Watch this space for some photos......

Laters x

Saturday, 3 March 2012

Appreciating the Rhondda....

Before I head off on my travels ive been out and about around the Rhondda appreciating some of the beautiful scenery that I suppose that I have always taken for granted. Hope you enjoy them!

View from the Rhigos mountain,on a sunny February afternoon 2012

more images whilst working with my grandmother

More images taken whilst working on the project My Beautiful Girl.
The images were taken at Cardiff Bay, and in an Art Gallery.

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My Beautiful Girl

My Beautiful Girl is a series of work done at university and is based upon the relationship that I have with my Grandmother following the death of my Mother 4 years ago. My photographs are shot in medium format film in both black and white and colour. My work explores the physical similarities between my Grandmother and myself, and the generation gap between us, emphasising the absence of my mother in my work.

Although I have always had a very close relationship with my Grandmother, she is my maternal grandmother, I feel that our roles have altered since the death of my mother. My Grandmother has always been a strong matriarchal figure in my life, however since the death of my mother I feel that I have now assumed part of her role. This is also something that my work explores.

First post in a while....

So its been a bit of a hectic month, me and the boy moved out of our flat and back home to our families before heading off to Australia travelling for a few months.
Its also been the 4 year anniversary of my mother passing away so it feels like the appropriate to share some of my work.

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Camden, Dallas & the Aquarium

A few shots from a recent trip to London. Was fortunate enough to see City & Color at the Camden Roundhouse AMAAAZING! Followed by a trip to the Sealife Aquarium and the Armistice fireworks display over the river Thames.

Good times =)

Camden Roundhouse

City & Color

jellyfish

London Sealife Aquarium =)

The river Thames at Armistice day

Something very close to my heart continued....

These images were taken at the Tredegar House Vintage Car Rally, an annual event held by the Gwent branch of Leukaemia Research.

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