The Adlington Post

The Future:

Autumn at Browns Bay Beach:

Anzac Day 2020 at Browns Bay:

Anzac Day 2020 To mark ANZAC Day I made a wreath to hang at my front door from a circle of fishing line I found on 90 Mile Beach and some poppies thrown out by the Browns Bay RSA after the fire in 2015. See my video of the fire www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmTY9_xFjAY

Covid-20?

Some pieces from my collection of naive art:

My own resuscitator: Some time ago one of the local chemist shops had a clear-out. I found this 1960's (?) resuscitator, along with a few other handy bits and pieces of medical kit, in the skip. The problem with Marie Kondo's theory is that you never know what you may need - until you need it. So I will keep collecting junk no matter the fashion.

"A Bird on the Wire" Time for some music - watch the Leonard Cohen song "Bird on the Wire": www.youtube.com/watch?v=boMZEe9v_SA

"The Way Forward"

"The Vaccine"

Rangitoto:                                                           In homage to Hiroshi Sugimoto.      This period of reduced outside activity has given me the opportunity to trawl through some of the photographic books I have collected over the past year.      Of particular interest for me has been Michael Freeman’s “Fifty Paths to Creative Photography” in which this very experienced photographer gives 50 brief tutorials on creative approaches to taking pictures. Chapters include: “Mistrust Experience”, ‘Surrealism and the Found”, “Known Subject, Different View”.      I found a good starting point was “Homage” in which Freeman suggests deliberately copying the works of successful photographers as a way of understanding what makes a striking image. As an example he quotes Degas: “You have to copy and recopy the masters, and it’s only after having proved oneself as good a copyist that you can reasonably try to do a still-life of a radish”.      My inspiration for “Rangito

Viral Warnings:

Lost Memories

Oodles of Noodles

Two Meters Apart Please

PPE

The French Bakery - Browns Bay

Grin and bear it:

Empty streets and closed shops Watch the video at: https://youtu.be/Nv1_1Hyf97o

Some mental step-changes will be necessary in the new world we are entering, post Covid-19. I spotted the sign above in an abandoned building in the small industrial estate here in Browns Bay.....

Dinner is Served:

Perfectly edible food thrown into landfill..... I finally got around to editing some of the video I took last year. This short piece shows a tiny fraction of the waste from one supermarket otherwise headed for landfill in one day..... https://youtu.be/HUbbqAcYx1s

"At times like this":

The President Goes Viral

 "Talking Rubbish" Finding myself at home with a large list of intended art projects to work through (as well as a mountain of books to read), I have finally begun to knuckle down and get some ideas resolved. On my walks on the beach and the streets wherever I am I pick up pieces of plastic rubbish. Over several days recently I collected 20 or so pieces of white plastic strapping from the delivery lane at the back of the New World Supermarket. I have photographed and Photoshopped them into a sheet of "text" - an artwork I have entitled "Talking Rubbish". More of my games with plastic trash can be found on my "Trashzilla" blog at: www.trash-zilla.blogspot.com www.trash-zilla.blogspot.com

Clyde Road Dairy - Browns Bay - Auckland (Photoshopped image)

Covid-19 testing station appears in Browns Bay:

Beach Road - Browns Bay - North Shore - Auckland

Murrays Bay - North Shore - Auckland