The Bartender Never Gets Killed

Baaaaaaaaad day today. Got caught in a thunderstorm, so wasted most of the day. Came back to find I’d forgotten to toggle the ‘raw’ switch and have a card full of lo-res jpegs. Not a set, but 8 pics from today.

But lunch was good… congrejo con caracoles…

My worktable is filled with small work prints that I’m experimenting with, finding different ways of combining them. Whilst a lot of the sitges pics were shot as raw material for combinations or constructions, I’m quite surprised by how well they work as singles. Small set here.

Every year, I shoot in the coastal town of Sitges, about 45 mins by train from Barcelona. Here is a small set.

It is against the Spanish constitution to ‘mock’ the royal family (gasp).

This is the cover of the latest issue of ‘El Jueves’ the Spanish equivalent to ‘Private Eye’ featuring the Prince and and Princess of Asturias commenting on the latest govt initiative to pay couples for having children to help combat the negative birthrate…

The magazine has been pulled from the stands by judicial order, and the artist is facing a legal challenge with the possibility of a stay in prison… more here.

Conservative woman’s groups sya it is not a ‘comfortable’ position for her…

Update… that link is bad because the webpage and magazine have now been shut down…

Update…

This was posted as a response to photographer Ed Nixon’s series ‘Blackbird’.

To see Ed’s Blackbird work, go here

I’ve been indulging myself in some random, ‘walking around’ shooting…. a small set here

If anyone is suffering in 33deg (C) city heat and wants me to release this as a 25×100 edition let me know!

Long day yesterday, hence had breakfast in my local bar. This place is famous as being the hang out of writers and artists from the Franco period - not so now (but hey, I was there!)!

Had a migraine yesterday, ao only managed a couple of snaps whilst going to the chemist…