This Summer I have once again taken part in THE THINKS annual Photo-a-day Project 100 Days of Summer. This involves responding to a word or sentence given each day, by taking an image. I find this way of working an exciting challenge as I do not go out of my normal routine or everyday experiences to capture a photo that relates, resulting often in quite personal images . It adds another dimension to my everyday documentation, mixing my own view of life with words, phrases and poetry imposed on me by someone else, extending my ‘everyday’ into that of others.
1. Red2. Town3. Sign4. Cheek5. Run6. Damaged7. Still8. Thankful9. One10. Desolation in immaculate public places (Theodore Roethke from Dolor)11. Orange12. Favourite13. Small joy14. Now15. Country16. Dance17. Lonesome18. Death19. Him20. The sunlight and the darkness and the singing (Ruth Pitter from the Tuft of Violets)21. Yellow22. Close-up23. Corner24. Circle25. Emphatic26. Tall27. Stopped to notice28. Miss29. Dawn30. The drunkeness of things being various (Louis MacNeice from Snow)31. Monochrome32. Sky33. Love34. Two35. Collection36. Distance37. Library38. Recommend39. Noise40. Wash me in happy air, restore me with the odour of rivers;then feed, O feed my sight with your normal love (Laurie Lee from Black Edge)41. Green42. Familiar43. Watch44. Little45. Contagious46. I am47. Ventured to see48. Three49. Shadow50. …But now I catch the tone of leaves (Clive James from Sentenced to Life)51. Gold52. Quirk53. Find54. Conquer55. Home56. Memento mori57. Rush58. Trying something new59. Crowd60. When more than was lost has been found has been found, and having is giving and giving is living (ee. cummings)61. Blue62. Noon63. Hair64. Four65.often66. Her67. Labour of love68. Passing69. Living70. The ear to fondly listens for summer’s parting sighs, and then the heart replies. (A>E> Housman from ‘when summer’s end is nighing’)71. Purple72. Blur73. Marked74. Triangle75. Bird76. Bright77. New perspective78. Evening79. Vast80. You’d sing too if you found yourself in a place like this (Leonard Cohen from You’d sing too)81. white82. Stranger83. Unpeopled84. Sight-seer85. Motion86. Together87. Rich88. Current Mood89. Square90. Your hair a nest of colours a tree The sky hung from you constantly (Paul Evans from 1st imaginary Love Poem)91. Silver92. intermittent93. Silent94. Night95. Five96. This Year97. Wild98. Lesson learned99. I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. (Mary oliver from When Death Comes)100. The end
I can look back on the images as a visual diary of my summer.