hidden depths

  ‘But it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them.’ — Ursula Le Guin   The Girl and the Seven Dragons of the Deep Once upon a time there was a girl. A girl whose heart was weighed down with a heavy cargo of sadness. One day, she found herself on a cliff edge with her heart screaming in…

sunset over Belo

sunset over Belo Horizonte, 2015   Photographed with Kodak portra 400 120 film on rolleiflex TLR.   © image, Emily Hughes

The Chinese Armoury Shop: Part 3

Hua Mulan (386-557) Chinese warrior during the Wei Dynasty, practitioner of martial arts I slept soundly that night and woke up feeling glowing and refreshed: time to try out the new sword! I was excited, but also a little nervous, so I watched a few videos on YouTube first to pick up some tips. Once I felt I was well enough versed in fades…

eddy and whirl

I have photographed skeleton leaves before here and here. An endlessly fascinating subject, they look like intricate filigree in shades of gold and silver. I like to play with the focus: moving in; moving out, like breathing. Making the leaves pirouette on my lens; the eddies and whirls and swirls of nature. I always hold my breath when I press the shutter… then I…

silver and gold

  © images by Emily Hughes, 2017

bleak fog

Last summer we visited Bodega Bay in California: such a quaint little picturesque seaside town, but who knew the weather would be worse than a British summer? We braved the pacific fog – in any case, it suited me fine and made for some nice lighting – taking lots of windswept walks along the deserted beaches and sampling the various clam chowder outlets. The…

to the shore (for my mum)

For those who seek strength at this time of year, Emily x shore, 2013 She ran down to the seashore because he had told her to run, and she didn’t know where else to go. Her faithful chocolate lab, Chess, galloping at her side, long pink tongue flapping in the wind. It was cold – bitingly cold – so she pulled the hood of her fur-lined…

I rise

The American Flag, Alcatraz, 2016   I say this to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these…

hiatus

Originally posted on Journeyofaphotograph:
I am sorry to report that the ‘journey of a photograph’ has endured an unscheduled and lengthy delay under my stewardship. It is time to make amends. After waiting for over a year for the project to find its way to my corner of the world, a large and clearly well-travelled package arrived at the end of April 2015 and…

bloom

      © image by Emily Hughes, 2015