About the author
Geek and nerd Joe D has in the past studied genetics, molecular and cell biology, worked in cancer research, and made contemptuous amounts of money from incompetently composed photographs. The views expressed on this weblog are not his own; rather, he stole them from you through mind invasion.
Tag Archives: photo essays
Cotch: Arno’s Vale Cemetery
Over at cotch dot net, I’ve thrown together a quick photo essay on the Victorian park cemetery at Arno’s Vale in Bristol, which until recently was rather derelict and overgrown. You can read the while post at Arno’s Vale Cemetery.
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Tagged arnos vale, bristol, cemeteries, good locations, gothic, locations, photo essays, photography, uk, urban, urban decay, westcountry
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AWWTM: Catch up with recent posts
Last week, a quick dig at crap websites trying to promote discounts for the Rube Goldberg railfares system. And a review of a crap cycle path through Southwark Park. And from the weekend, an exclusive exposure of the leftist conspiracy … Continue reading
AWWTM: Parliament Square
As the “democracy village” are turfed out of their camp in the scorched and smelly square outside the home of democracy, I take the opportunity to review one of central London’s least impressive locations, an isolated and inaccessible grass and … Continue reading
Cotch: This is Cincinnati
It is reassuring to know that a City can not sue me for libel, even under English law, because I said some not very nice things about the nasty, brutish and racist city of Cincinnati today. It’s OK though — … Continue reading
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Tagged abandoned, cincinnati, derelict, locations, midwest, ohio, photo essays, photography, poverty, urban, urban decay, usa
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Cotch: 15 May, 2004
A short early-morning photo-walk around Bristol’s Floating Harbour — an account of how I first came to be spending my time taking photographs — is available to read at cotch dot net.
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Tagged bristol, bristol harbour, good locations, locations, photo essays, photography, urban, westcountry
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Cotch: Landslide victory
This time not about elections but about geology: the great shifting slopes of Mam Tor in the Derbyshire Peak District; a desolate scene of man’s abandoned attempt to tame the difficult landscape. Read it at cotch dot net.
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Tagged abandoned places and things, bleak locations, derbyshire, geoloy, good locations, locations, peak district, photo essays, photography, rural, rural decay, uk
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Cotch: Neighbourhood
A pair of weekend mini-photo essays on spring walks around the skyscrapers and scruffy pubs of south and east London. Part 1, here, part 2, here.
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Tagged docklands, east london, good locations, locations, london, photo essays, photography, uk, urban, urban decay
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Cotch: From here to a promontory
Continuing the weekly weekend mini photo essay strand, here is the latest, on Portland Bill.
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Tagged coastal, dorset, jurassic coast, locations, photo essays, photography, portland, rural, westcountry
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Cotch: Battersea, in all its desolation
Prompted by a PR puff piece about a publicity stunt petition by parochial nimbys, I compiled a photo-essay on the desolate ruins of Battersea Power Station. Read it here.
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Tagged architecture, art deco, battersea power station, locations, london, nimbyism, photo essays, photography, pr, uk, urban, urban decay
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Cotch: Castlerigg
In the house where I grew up, on the side of a kitchen cupboard above the kitchen sink, is a small wide yellowed print on a bent and battered cobweb covered card, faded with the light of five thousand sunrises … Continue reading
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Tagged castlerigg, cumbria, locations, mountains, photo essays, photography, rural
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