Scallop
November 10, 2012
A view of Maggi Hambling's sculpture, on the beach at Aldeburgh, composed of interlocking metal shells four metres high, known as 'Scallop'. A tribute to local son Benjamin Britten, the corrugated steel form is pierced with the words: "I hear those voices that will not be drowned", from the composer's opera Peter Grimes. The artist invites […]
KiteFest
November 9, 2012
Taken at a Kite Festival at Walton on the Naze. A wide range of kites jostled for sky space; some individual, others in themed groups of related subjects, such as nursery rhymes, or animals chasing other animals. Unfortunately I had only an old camera phone with me and the photograph was taken in the middle […]