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Tag : twilight

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, as I take my photographs, waiting for minutes to pass, 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 the half-light, everything is exaggerated. […]

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… There was a sign on the railings of Whitworth Park on Denmark Street, that quite clearly stated that the park would be locked up at dusk.But when is when is dusk? The winter sky was awash with fading streaks of yellow and orange and rich, slate blues, and the density of trees in Whitworth Park had already cast the grounds deep into shadow, surely dusk? But […]

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 indeed the absence of light, that sets 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 […]

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

05 Oct 2023

NQL ON REFORM RADIO OCTOBER 2023

Join me for an hour of delicious, eclectic music, and the sounds I’ve found. This month on Not Quite Light I include a trip to Poland, with recordings of an echoing underpass, Katowice cathedral bells at dusk, the streets of Krakow and a whistling building. Music features tracks by The Mistys, Liza Minella and Leszek Mozdzer. LISTEN HERE 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

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