Figure and Ground

Deniseburna near Hefenfelth on Hadrian's Wall. 633 or 634. Oswald of Bernicia met and defeated in battle Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd.

(Polaroid transfer)

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Dawn.

For Christina Unwin and Richard Hingley.

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A variation on the previous photo - [Link]

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One of those staged viewpoints.

We are little different from the days of the Claude Glass - a tinted convex mirror through which the tourist or artist of the picturesque and sublime could see a composed and painterly image.

Now we have the wide angle lens, saturated color (after Fuji Velvia), and the LCD of the digital camera.

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By the hill fort and over the falls.

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Boonville, Dan's radio station.

Fuji Fortia, old stock.

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