Hey everyone! Hope you’re having a great week.
Another wander through the digital archives and another attempt at applying a crop. I think this one improves the composition of the shot. This was taken in Covent Garden ten years ago ouch, time flies!
Thanks again for stopping and allowing me to take the shot Hayley!
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I’ve opened a shop on Big Cartel to sell prints and original works. You can have a look here.
Hey everyone! Hope you’re having a great week.
Another wander through the digital archives and another discovery of an unused shot – and again a slight crop applied. This was taken in Covent Garden five years ago wow, time flies!
Thanks again for stopping and allowing me to take the shot Fuki!
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I’ve opened a shop on Big Cartel to sell prints and original works. You can have a look here.
Trawling through photos in search of a hand to draw, I came across this shot of Jean taken outside The Black Garden tattoo parlour in Central London in 2013. At the time I was very much opposed to cropping photos, but I think this one benefits. Anyway, thanks for the shot Jean.
Back to searching for suitable hands…
It feels like this was taken a lifetime ago, but it was Thursday 6th February. Michaela and Sasha were performing acrobatics in the street. They looked fantastic and they were great about me taking a few shots of them. This is the first and my favourite. Thanks very much Michaela and Sasha!
Michaela’s Instagram can be found here.
If you are interested in seeing more street portraits, there are a lot of them on this blog (just click on the tag in the tag cloud) and some on my Instagram here and a selection on my website here.
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In early October 2019 David Cook and I visited Peter Doig: Paintings at Michael Werner, and Cy Twombly: Sculpture at Gagosian, both in London. Afterwards, we discussed the shows by email. You can read the resulting conversation starting here.
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About a week ago, I ran into Sophie and Hara. And they were great about me taking a few shots of them (fighting the sunshine). This is the last shot I took and it’s my favourite. Thanks very much Sophie and Hara!
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If you are interested in seeing more street portraits, there are a lot of them on this blog (just click on the tag in the tag cloud) and some on my Instagram here and a selection on my website here.
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In early October 2019 David Cook and I visited Peter Doig: Paintings at Michael Werner, and Cy Twombly: Sculpture at Gagosian, both in London. Afterwards, we discussed the shows by email. You can read the resulting conversation starting here.
So my lucky streak continues…I ran into Tariq today, and he was great about me taking a few shots of him. This is the fifth and my favourite. Thanks very much Tariq!
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If you are interested in seeing more street portraits, there are tons of them on this blog or you can visit my Instagram here or my website here.
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In early October 2019 David Cook and I visited Peter Doig: Paintings at Michael Werner, and Cy Twombly: Sculpture at Gagosian, both in London. Afterwards, we discussed the shows by email. You can read the resulting conversation starting here.
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I’ve been very lucky in January – I ran into Timothy Block the day after meeting Rakia. Tim and I had a chat and I took a couple of shots. This is the second portrait and my favourite. Thanks very much Tim!
Tim is an actor and film maker.
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If you are interested in seeing more street portraits, digital constructs and paintings visit my Instagram here or my website here.
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One of the great things about 2020 so far is I seem to have rekindled my interest in photographing people. An even greater thing is that I ran into Rakia yesterday.
We made 8-10 shots together around London Bridge and these are my favourites…
The photographs work as well in colour as they do in black and white. But I tend to favour the monochrome.
You can visit Rakia’s Instagram here: @rakiamoctar
Thanks very much Rakia!
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If you are interested in seeing more street portraits, digital constructs and paintings visit my Instagram here or my website here.
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It’s been a while, but last Friday I went out with the intention of taking some photographs in the street and dropping in on Tate Modern.
Whilst I’m always on the lookout for a potential portrait, most of my time is spent collecting images of splats, scuffs, drips and abandoned carrier bags to form the basis of a digital construct.
The following were all taken last Friday…
In Tate Modern, I decided to concentrate on paintings in the main displays. I’ve been familiar with The Three Dancers by Picasso for decades, but I’ve never really looked at the surface of the painting close up.
I found this area:
fascinating. I guess I’ve always thought of Picasso paintings springing into the world fully-formed, but he obviously had problems resolving this patch…
This was my first time seeing White Plane White, 1974 by Bram Bogart as well, but I’m glad I did…
In one of the rooms housing a large sculpture, I found the following stain. It must have been quite a hardcore chemical to have bleached the stone floor like this. Anyway, I love it…
The stain’s got me thinking…
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To see more of my paintings, street portraits and digital constructs, please visit my website: https://richardguest.art/ or my Instagram account:
@richardguest9440
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