Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point

OK so it’s not the usual holiday photograph, and OK it doesn’t quite reach the vanishing point, but of all the things I saw on my quick tour of Europe this is the image that struck me most. I also called it Vanishing Point because this is a dockside so you could step off the decking onto a ship and sail over the horizon and vanish forever.  I saw Rome, Barcelona, Lisbon, Cannes and lots of other fabulous places. They were wonderful and doubtless many images from the holiday wil feature on the blog in the weeks and months to come, but I loved the look and texture of this simple wooden decking. It looks like a black & white photo but it is actually colour, the wooden planks were just so grey.

Signs

Sometimes you see things that really make you wonder. I’m not talking about signs of the mystical or divine. I’m talking about signs that make you wonder about the sanity of the people who made them, and the future of the whole human race. Anyway these two amused me this week.

Do Not Climb On Kangaroo (Waterloo Bridge)

Actually the Kangaroo sign is probably necessary because it is just the right size and I was tempted to mount. If there was somebody there with me to take a photograph I would probably hop aboard.

The other sign however is from a school art room where I went to see an exhibition. I thought it was an exhibit, a strange machine with rollers and canvass and odd handles and with this sign on top saying “ON NO ACCOUNT MUST THIS MACHINE BE TOUCHED.” Apparently the sign is functional and it is not a work of art, but that’s just a matter of opinion.

ON NO ACCOUNT MUST THIS MACHINE BE TOUCHED

Probably the best photo I’ve ever taken

Caption competition?