Children Always Win There are cures for ‘growing up too fast’. You can temporarily make a child bite their tongue in fear, you can let the rain make their drought of happiness very apprent but we are always children – you cannot steal childhood. You cannot whisk it away like…
Brixton blues Have you learned the art of trading shoes. Giving your rugged sneaks away for his tattered socks – have you ever. Grandmothers experienced with traditional remedies are always very particular about the way they faced illness. Colds, fevers, headaches instantaneously brought them to calling up the massage therapist…
Outside Claire de Rouen Books David Bailey with Claire de Rouen Outside Brick Lane Beigel At Le Caprice in Mayfair David Bailey Studio in King’s Cross Photographer David Bailey’s London (Part 2) View Part 1 here. London is a constant source of inspiration for Photographer David Bailey, whom I had…
Happiness Reflected Off A Windowpane ‘Happiness is when you can look back on something’ my father would say, ‘no matter how long it’s been, no matter how much has changed’. Matter of perspective, I thought. Happiness, like love, is one’s own simultaneous conclusion between the heart and mind. As the…
David Bailey Pig, the white terrier An assistant at work in the studio Photographer David Bailey’s London (Part 1) View Part 2 here. A few years ago, I had the privilege of spending a day with legendary photographer David Bailey, exploring his home city of London, finding out his favourite…
Amnesia and the Strawberry Patch They say amnesia is the reset button to any human being; when memories fail, what else is there to fall back on but gut instincts; when baggage cease to exist, what else is there to do than do what feels right. A childlike adult with…