2012 in Twelve Photographs

Once upon a time, I started a blog. 

And now and again I remember that I have one. 

2012 has been and gone. 

Here are twelve of my photographs from the past year.

 

The Brecon Beacons, Wales.

Thank you to Jude and Sheryl once again. 

The V and A, London.

One of my favourite museums.

 

Lindisfarne/Holy Island, Northumberland. 

Eskdale, Cumbria.

Scene of Rich and Rachel's wedding. Congratulations, and thanks for a great day!

'Mariner 9' installation by Kelly Richardson.

Inside the reopened Spanish City dome at Whitley Bay.

Autumn.

Benwell, Newcastle. 

Overgrown gravestone, Westgate Road, Newcastle. 

More gravestones. 

 Opolska, Kraków.

 This is the route I walked to the city centre.

 Auschwitz II: Birkenau, Poland. 

Cathedral, Kraków.

Heavy mist seen from Brantwood, home of John Ruskin.

'Mariner 9' at Whitley Bay's Spanish City, August 2012

 

Kelly Richardson's 'Mariner 9' is a giant video art installation in Whitley Bay's recently refurbished Spanish City. The 12-metre screen depicts the Martian landscape a hundred years or so from now, following human activity on the Red Planet. Richardson used Terragen software and NASA's own data to create a realistic portrayal of the Red Planet.

The exhibition is one of several Tyneside Cinema-sponsored events taking place in the Spanish City, including the forthcoming Whitley Bay Film Festival.

'Mariner 9' runs until 19th August; entry is free and more information is available here.