Is photography Art? Posted on 10th December 201412th April 2020 by Laurence art ɑːt/ noun 1. the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be app On The Guardian’s website today, I read an article, obviously by a regular columnist, talking about the most expensive photograph ever to be sold, at $6.5m (somewhere north of £4million). The columnist states: Continue reading “Is photography Art?” →
Recovering from Cornbury Festival 2013 Posted on 17th July 201317th April 2020 by Laurence Two designated drivers So we went to Cornbury Festival, and what a weekend it was. We were absolutely spoilt with the weather, not really used to having a summer in England any more, and two weeks later we’re still bathed in a heatwave. Continue reading “Recovering from Cornbury Festival 2013” →
Cornbury Festival 2013 Posted on 30th June 201312th April 2020 by Laurence I haven’t been to a music festival before apart from Glastonbury when I was way too young to remember, so I jumped at the opportunity to go to Cornbury Festival when my employer advertised for people to work two shifts there in return for two full weekend tickets including accommodation. Now the weekend is approaching, and we don’t know quite what to expect. Primarily, we’re unsure how we’re going to run a high street coffee shop in a tent in a field, and we’re unsure just how busy it’s going to be, but I’m guessing it’s going to be pretty busy. Our tickets and staff passes have now come through, and the Cornbury Festival website now has a map of the site, and it’s all getting pretty exciting…
Convexum has moved home Posted on 25th June 201325th June 2013 by Laurence Welcome to the new home of Convexum, it is now on a self-hosted WordPress installation, it means I can use custom plugins and but more importantly, I can customise the theme and appearance infinitely. Be ready for the furniture to change around here!
Welcome to my blog… Posted on 4th June 2010 by Laurence Well here it is, my new blog. I’ve been contemplating blogging for quite some time (years, in fact), but could never quite warrant clogging the Internet up further with more useless ramblings (I’m not by any means saying that blogs are useless, I’ve read many brilliant ones). I am perhaps creating this more as a reminder to me about things I have come across in work or travel. This blog will probably fall into that ever increasing category of blogs that are updated perhaps a maximum of once a month, but hey, let’s see how it goes.
