Masks. Nicolas Cage and Lana del Rey via Oscar Wilde

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
Oscar Wilde

Nicolas Cage (Nicholas Coppola)
“I am still legally Nicholas Coppola but I am Nicolas Cage. I had to reinvent myself. ...

As soon as I went into the casting office under a new name and they didn’t know that there was a connection, I got the part. I felt liberated. It gave me the freedom to become what I wanted to be in my dreams.”

Lana del Rey (Elizabeth Grant)
"I think the reason why I started making music and you know [under] the name Lana Del Rey was really just so I always had a vehicle to actually be exactly who I was … like it was actually a way for me [to feel] free enough to be myself and that was my way of choosing to do that.

London street photography, July/August 2014. Part 2

Once again, looking to add to my "London: The Tourist Guide" series, I paid several visits to the capital in July/August this year.

As the title implies, the series linked to above is intended as my representation of the tourist's eye view of London, focusing on tourist spots, tourists themselves or ironically illustrating some cliched aspect of London life (think "This is London" by Miroslav Sasek).

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"Theatreland", Lyceum, doorway, London

Covent Garden, ballet, opera, telephone box, London

Church wall, St Johns, Waterloo, London

Covent Garden, hair, London

Tottenham Court Road, after rain, London

National Gallery, paintings, Ovid, Delacroix, Christ, London

London street photography, July/August 2014. Part 1

Looking to add to my London: The Tourist Guide series, I paid several visits to the capital in July/August this year.

Click on photos for larger version/slideshow, depending on your device...

Covent Garden, London

Obligatory map shot, Covent Garden, London

Covent Garden, London

Telephone conversation, St Martin's Place, near National Portrait Gallery, London

"Theatreland", Lyceum Theatre, London

Some photos from July 2014 - from Bath, Lyme Regis, Eastbourne and Weymouth

Some photos from last month from Bath, Lyme Regis, Eastbourne and Weymouth.

Clicking on the photos will give bigger photos/slideshows on many devices.

[Bath, graduation]

[Bath, tour group]

[Bath, shopping trip]

[Bath, waiting at the station]

[Weymouth, ET and the last supper]

[Lyme Regis, beach scene]

[Eastbourne, lost and found]

Final summer print sale - CCTV, sunflowers, queue

Here's the prints for the final sale of summer, maybe the year.

Each of the three is £15 plus postage and packing**. And I have four prints of each image, at 15 by 10 inches. One of these print will be ideal to cover the space where that Rolf Harris drawing of a koala used to be.

Please email me at paul.russell99@btinternet.com, if interested.

Clicking on the pics below will give a larger version in most devices:

***UK/Europe (£4, total price £19), Rest of World (£7, total price £22)

Format: Paper size: 15 by 10 inches. Unframed, unmounted, signed on reverse. Digital C-type print, printed on gloss Fujifilm Crystal Archive paper.

Prints are despatched in sturdy poster tubes!

On Eastbourne Pier this weekend

On Saturday I paid a visit to Eastbourne, and stepped on the pier for the first time. Unfortunately there has been a major fire on the pier today (30 July 2014). Very sad to think that most of the structures shown in these photos are no more...

[Some work was going on to the pier]

[Inside the arcade, which has been destroyed]

[Mid pier]

[Mid pier]

[Mid pier]

[Near the end of the pier. Hopefully still intact]

Summer 2014 print sale no. 3. The West Bay dog, 2014

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My third print sale of the summer is this well-known image, taken in West Bay this year.

Print size is 15 by 10 inches.

My usual price for a print of any picture at this size is a modest £150 but I am offering these for £15 plus postage. There are five prints available only!

[click for bigger - on most setups]

** CLICK HERE TO BUY AND FOR FULL DETAILS **

PRINT DETAILS
Paper size: 15 by 10 inches; image size 12.75 by 8.5 inches. Digital C-type print, printed on gloss Fujifilm Crystal Archive paper.
These unmounted prints are despatched in sturdy poster tubes.

Any queries, contact me on: paul.russell99@btinternet.com

Greetings from LA (Littlehampton), July 2014

The Saturday before last, I paid a visit to Littlehampton in West Sussex. Also known as LA (Little 'ampton), the seaside town has been the inspiration behind many classic songs, such as LA Woman by The Doors and Drinking in LA by Bread Van 3000.

I lived in the area in my youth - and my blue plaque is a tourist hotspot.

Clicking on the photos should make something happen, depending on what device you're using:

[The Chef's cat, Littlehampton]

[New stage and Kingsmere, Littlehampton]

[Seaside beach kiosk with people and flags, Littlehampton, aka Swanage in The Inbetweeners]

Along the way, I bumped into Justin Sainsbury of the Burn My Eye photography collective and local "character" Neil Warry.

For my overall takes on seaside photography, see my collections on my website and on In-Public

Summer 2014 print sale no. 2. The egg and chips kite

The second print sale of the summer is this well-known image. This photo is featured in my section in the Street Photography Now book.

Print size is 15 by 10 inches.

My usual price for a print of any picture at this size is a modest £150 but I am offering these for £15 plus postage. The print is only available until Friday 18 July 2014!

** CLICK HERE TO BUY AND FOR FULL DETAILS **

PRINT DETAILS
Paper size: 15 by 10 inches; image size 12.75 by 8.5 inches. Digital C-type print, printed on gloss Fujifilm Crystal Archive paper.
These unmounted prints are despatched in sturdy poster tubes.

Any queries, contact me on: paul.russell99@btinternet.com

The last of June 2014

Some odds and sods to finish off June 2014.

Clicking on pics will give bigger pics/slideshow on most set-ups.

Armed forces, Brighton, helmets

Sutton Poyntz Street Fayre

Sutton Poyntz Street Fayre

Wessex Folk Festival, Weymouth, Morris dancers

Bath tourists

Weymouth seaside Punch and Judy show

Weymouth beach crazy golf

Chance encounters

Man came up very close to me yesterday in Brighton:
"I'm a very good singer"
"Really?"
"Yes, I've sung with all the greats"
"Like who?"
"Oh, too many to mention - they were on the radio; I was singing along in the bath."
Man exits.

More from June 2014

Tying up some loose ends, here's some more from June 2014.

Clicking on pics will give bigger pics/slideshow on most set-ups:

Lampshade sea scene, Weymouth.

Bournemouth baby.

Bad Girls, Brighton stars and stripes street scene.

Supermarket, Bath.

Two booths, Weymouth.

West Bay.

Ruler, measuring, Bath.

Thought for the Day

"It's funny how many artists only become famous after they die - as they usually do their best work before that."

Paul Russell, 2014

Summer print sale, June 2014. Bees versus Punch and Judy

The first print sale of the summer is my well-known picture showing the day in June 2008 when the Weymouth Punch and Judy was invaded by bees!

This image is featured in my section in the Street Photography Now book.

Print size is 15 by 10 inches.

My usual price for a print of any picture at this size is a modest £150 but I am offering these for £15 plus postage. The print is only available until Friday 18 July 2014!

** CLICK HERE TO BUY AND FOR FULL DETAILS **

PRINT DETAILS
Paper size: 15 by 10 inches; image size 12.75 by 8.5 inches. Digital C-type print, printed on gloss Fujifilm Crystal Archive paper.
These unmounted prints are despatched in sturdy poster tubes.

Any queries, contact me on: paul.russell99@btinternet.com