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valeriehuggins0
Apr 21, 20236 min read
In the footsteps of Florence Henri (1893-1982)
I see myself as a relative newcomer to ‘serious photography’ but I have been struck by two features. Viewing the contemporary scene I...
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valeriehuggins0
Apr 4, 20233 min read
'With an apple I want to astonish Paris!' Still life - a worthy genre?
On my recent visit to London I was fortunate to catch the Cezanne exhibition at the Tate Modern just before it closed. It was a...
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valeriehuggins0
Mar 14, 20233 min read
Headstrong: Women and Empowerment
I was fortunate last week to go to the new Centre for British Photography in London. Opened in January this year, one of its first...
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valeriehuggins0
Mar 14, 20234 min read
Women-only Exhibitions - are they appropriate?
Reflecting on the experience of visiting the all-female Action, Gesture, Paint Exhibition at the Whitechapel and the Headstrong Women and...
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valeriehuggins0
Mar 13, 20233 min read
Action, Gesture, Paint!
As a creative photographer wanting to explore new avenues, I often need a 'reboot' or new inspirations for my photography. So, in pursuit...
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valeriehuggins0
Feb 21, 20232 min read
Seeing the familiar in new ways
"And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves." Virginia Woolf One of my favourite...
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valeriehuggins0
Feb 13, 20234 min read
Taking risks: seeking 'bleak' and 'wild'
The latest ICM (#intentionalcameramovement) challenge from #Charlotte Bellamy is to capture 'Bleak or Wild'. My thoughts immediately...
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valeriehuggins0
Feb 9, 20233 min read
Seeking Connections
February. The shortest month in our calendar. Short days, long nights, and cold. A month to wish quickly past. In Ethiopia the shortest...
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valeriehuggins0
Jan 26, 20233 min read
Thinking Lines
One of the challenges of keeping one's enthusiasm for a hobby such as photography is finding new things to photograph. Especially at this...
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valeriehuggins0
Jan 22, 20234 min read
Playing with street photography
Starting this new year of photography with new ways of photographing the world around me by learning a new genre: street photography....
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valeriehuggins0
Jan 19, 20233 min read
January Joys
My Winter Writing Sanctuary with Beth Kempton is now complete. I have wallowed in writing about undoing, retreating, aloneness, and also...
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valeriehuggins0
Jan 1, 20234 min read
New beginnings
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2023. My 65th New Year. That seems unreal. As I went to sleep last night, on the last day of 2022, I reflected...
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valeriehuggins0
Dec 17, 20223 min read
Challenging Challenges!
During the past six months I have been submitting images to an online Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) photography challenge organised...
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valeriehuggins0
Nov 29, 20223 min read
Autumn fading into winter
Autumn is an amazing tine of year for photography. The wonderful colours, the low light, and the variety in the shadows all work together...
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valeriehuggins0
Nov 13, 20223 min read
11.11.11.2022
A pause at 11 am on the 11th day of 11th month. I happened to be in Exmouth and so I stood with a few others at the War Memorial on the...
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valeriehuggins0
Nov 9, 20222 min read
Architectural ICM - a step too far for me?
The final morning of my creative retreat. Thoughts already turning to the homeward journey later in the day. There is a feeling of change...
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valeriehuggins0
Nov 5, 20222 min read
Mists, cobwebs and dragon's breath: autumnity
The last full day of my time here in the Netherlands and it was a joy. We went to Posbank VeluweZoom national park, one of the few places...
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valeriehuggins0
Nov 4, 20223 min read
The wood with the dancing trees
Today we went to the renowned Speulderbos nature reserve to continue our creative photography journey. It is one of the oldest forests in...
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valeriehuggins0
Nov 3, 20222 min read
Autumn, the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
It is the beginning of November and, after one of our hottest and driest summers ever, our garden in Devon is now filled with roses in...
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valeriehuggins0
Sep 28, 20221 min read
Streets of Singapore
Another adventure and another challenge for my photography. Staying with family in Singapore for a while and enjoying taking snapshots...
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