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Dallas n Angel and friend in front of their art piece Appropriation Culture Dallas N Angel can be found at www.thednafactory.com |
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| My friend Peter inspecting one of the art pieces on show |
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| and yes I was there too , deep in the basement |
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| Albrighton United JW.Hunt cup winners 66 /68 |
The JW Hunt Cup is an annual charity football competition for teams based in the West Midlands area of England.It was started in 1926 and I believe there are pictures of this at Molineux.
Albrighton won the JW Hunt Cup in 1965/66 beating Oxley and 1967/68 beating Northicote Old Boys.
( stats from www.simplesite.com/jwhuntcup
I’m not sure which year this is from but they have clearly just won the cup and look very happy about it.
My Dad the late Keith Harrison ( Charley) is in the front row far right, next to him is Brian Grateley. I don’t know who the other players are but I would be interested to know if anyone recognises anyone.
My Dad played for Albrighton for many years in the 1960’s having had a trial for Aston Villa in 1956. These are cherished memories of my Dad and my mother played a big part too , she used to wash the kit for the entire football team, I can still remember it hanging on our washing line in the garden.
Photo shows Albrighton United
with my Dad Keith Harrison ( front row -far right)
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| Robert Mapplethorpe 1988 |
On March 9 1989 I arrived at work in the London studio where I was an assistant to an advertising photographer and my boss walked in and announced Robert Mapplethorpe had died. Mapplethorpe was one of the most talked about photographer /artist/ image creators of his generation and his photography prints were achieving record amounts in the New York sale rooms.
There was no internet in 1989, so news travelled slowly through people who worked in the business and news stories in London about him were rare and so one hung on to every last word you heard. He was an inspiration to me and so when I travelled to New York later that year to work on a photo shoot, top of my list was to go check out Bond St to see where his studio had been. My career in photography was just beginning while Mapplethorpe’s life had just ended, cut tragically short by Hiv / Aids at only 42 years.
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| Patti Smith by Mapplethorpe |
His work divided opinion and caused huge controversy, particularly when his exhibitions came to town. 30 years on from his death I still find his images enduring and I wonder how he would have taken to the digital process we now use to create images. He was a true original who as Patti Smith later said – ‘ Made no apology for his work’. You can read more about him through his foundation which has raised millions of dollars for research into HIV / AIDS and continued to promote photography as an art form.
click here for Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation
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Calla Lily; Robert Mapplethorpe negative 1988; print 1990; Gelatin silver print. |
