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04 Dec 2023
An image of the Ashton Canal in Manchester at dusk. There is an old bridge, and from under it a cyclist has emerged, leaving a trail of white light.

NEW WORK AT SAUL HAY GALLERY IN CASTLEFIELD

I recently took photographs which have slightly evolved Not Quite Light in the city. I’ve begun to seek out spaces which are ostensibly public, and which yet are unsettling in the twilight. Often they are areas used for leisure, or green spaces, but that were once industrial areas, now reclaimed for other uses. The initial three photographs from this collection are now exclusively available as limited edition prints via the Saul Hay Gallery in Castlefield. They can be bought in […]

04 Dec 2023
A photograph of the remains of the Ancoats Roundhouse, taken at night. A circle of bricks surrounds a small copse of beech trees. The trees are softly lit with artifical light.

ANCOATS ROUNDHOUSE 9.49PM

THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS AVAILABLE AS A LIMITED EDITION PRINT, AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY VIA SAUL HAY GALLERY Fear comes with me when I work in the twilight. As I stand by my tripod, waiting for minutes to pass as I take my photographs, I’m as much engaged with risk, as I am with the scene before me, constantly casting around for signs of danger, animalistic instincts awoken by my isolation in darkened surroundings. In the stillness of half-light, everything is exaggerated. Sound, […]

04 Dec 2023
A picture of Whitworth Park in Manchester, taken at dusk on Bonfire Night. The trees, still surprisingly green in the late Auturmn, are illukminated by floodlights coming from a nearby football pitch.

WHITWORTH PARK, WHEN IS DUSK?

THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS AVAILABLE AS A LIMITED EDITION PRINT, EXCLUSIVELY VIA SAUL HAY GALLERY… When is dusk? For me it’s a period of time that can last for over an hour. If you’re staring at a darkening sky, searching for the last of the light, it’s a state of mind as much as anything else. There was a sign on the railings that quite clearly stated that the park would be locked up at dusk. The winter sky was awash […]

04 Dec 2023
An image of the Ashton Canal in Manchester at dusk. There is an old bridge, and from under it a cyclist has emerged, leaving a trail of white light.

ASHTON CANAL, FRIDAY TEATIME

THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS AVAILABLE AS A LIMITED EDITION PRINT EXCLUSIVELY VIA SAUL HAY GALLERY It’s not the clock that sets our feelings towards any particular space, it’s light, or its absence, setting that particular agenda. And now that it’s winter time, when dusk falls across the end of the working day, our familiar paths home become shrouded in darkness, altering our perceptions of known places. And so we tend to gather around around light. On a recent Friday tea-time, I’m […]

29 Nov 2023

NQL ON REFORM RADIO NOVEMBER 2023 II

Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of delicious music and field recordings… Not Quite Light goes on a magical twilight journey through sound and music. Field recordings by Not Quite Light, and tracks feature Jocelyn Pook, Liz Hanks & Jason Singh and Supertramp… LISTEN PLAYLIST

01 Nov 2023

NQL ON REFORM RADIO NOVEMBER 2023

Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of delicious music and field recordings… This month I take a trip to the seaside, Europe’s biggest travelling fair and a construction site. Music features tracks by Melanie Di Biasio, Matthew Halsall Little Simz and Roedelius… LISTEN PLAYLIST

10 Aug 2023

NQL ON REFORM RADIO AUGUST 2023

Come and join me, be still, and simply listen to some delicious music and the recorded sounds I’ve found… This month I record sounds in Manchester, Hull and Wales. Music includes tracks by Barry Adamson, Ruby Tingle, Rainy Miller, Jason Singh and Mario Lanza. LISTEN PLAYLIST

15 Jun 2023

NQL ON REFORM RADIO JUNE 2023

Come and join me, be still, and simply listen to some delicious music and the sounds I’ve found… This month on Not Quite Light I record sounds in Olot ( Catalonia ), Paris and Manchester. The music, eclectic as ever, features tracks by Madeleine Peyroux, Serge Gainsbourg, Elaine Howly and Michel Camilo… LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

26 May 2023

NQL ON REFORM RADIO MAY 2023

Come and join me, be still, and simply listen to some delicious music and the sounds I’ve found… This month on Not Quite Light I spend an evening in Angel Meadow, just off the city centre in Manchester. Music includes tracks by Liz Hanks, Philip Glass, Ainoo Peltomaa and Charlie Musselwhite. Field recordings by myself, Simon Buckley, and include sounds such as an early evening cricket match, passing trams, a substation and birdsong… LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

24 Feb 2023

NQL ON REFORM RADIO FEB 2023

Come and join me, be still, and simply listen to some great music and the sounds I’ve found… This month on Not Quite Light I sit with a crackling fire, watch a game of ping pong and listen to a hedge full of noisy birds… Music features tracks by Laura Groves, Spaceheads and Miriam Makeba. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

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