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Colin Greenwood
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Magazine Seller, Ludgate Circus
, 1900
Paul Martin, 1864 - 1942
Platinum print
<IMG src="./images/quotes-66.gif" alt=""" width="14" height="10" border="0"> I think if I was to think about these pictures any more than the first impression this would probably be one of my favourites just because of the whole concept of time being captured and time escaping from the image. If you look at this picture the only two people standing still are the person behind the camera and the woman selling the newspapers, whilst everything around her is moving. So there is this idea that the photograph is trying to capture time and the newsprint is trying to capture time or capture moments whilst everything else is moving, whilst time is moving on and is escaping its attempt to be captured. There are blurred images behind this woman as well. You know the doughty nature of her and the size of her - like this rock - and it's taken in the middle of London as well, Ludgate Circus, and everything is going around and around. If I could see the image any clearer I could find out what the news title was saying. But ultimately the idea that it's all basically unimportant because time marches on. So this is probably one of my favourite images. <IMG src="./images/quotes-99.gif" alt=""" width="14" height="10" border="0"><BR><BR><SPAN class="Footnote">Text adapted from spoken dialogue</SPAN>
Ph.2900-1937
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