Category Archives: PHOTOGRAPHY

Early 20th century surreal postcards

I came across a super exhibition of nuts early 20th century surreal postcards when I was in Helsinki, at the brilliant Finnish Museum of Photography. Some of the cards below are from as early as 1905 so pre-dated the Surrealist … Continue reading

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Monkey postcard

Monkey chillaxing in a tree whilst possibly sporting corduroy on this postcard dating back to before the 1920’s, an era when such scenes were considered pretty normal. Find by my Dad, my chief oddball postcard finding contact

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Klaus Pichler

Had some fun discovering the work of photographer Klaus Pichler from Vienna recently.  If you’re also a sucker for East Bloc chic check out his beguilingly kitsch collection of images from Odessa in the Ukraine.    www.kpic.at  

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London Fashion Week

I’ve recently been working photographing Street Style at London Fashion Week for The Guardian Fashion Blog.  I don’t often feature clothes on here, but I thought some of these offbeat individuals offered some pretty super colour and pattern inspiration, as … Continue reading

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Miriam O’Connor

Very happy to recently come across the work of Dublin based photographer Miriam O’Connor. She seems to cultivate some mesmerising images out of mundane everyday scenes. More of her work can be found here

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