{"id":24469,"date":"2023-12-31T22:22:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T22:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/?p=24469"},"modified":"2023-12-31T22:25:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T22:25:41","slug":"va-new-years-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/va-new-years-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"V&amp;A New Years Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finishing off 2023 with a visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum for New Year&#8217;s Eve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And for once the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/info\/photography-centre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Photography Centre<\/a> was relatively quiet. We had the place almost to ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212324.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212324.jpg 800w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212324-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212324-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212324-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I really enjoyed the current selection they had chosen for display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This large albumen print by Geoffrey Bevington 1861, taken for the International Exhibition in 1862 as part of a larger commission to promote the Family leather business. The photographer was 17 years old at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212237.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212237.jpg 800w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212237-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212237-768x682.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212237-520x462.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was a good selection of books including Robert Hunts 1844<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Researches on light: an examination of all the phenomena connected with the chemical and molecular changes produced by the influence of the solar rays<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hunt believed that the sun was made up of three distinct elements: light, heat,and what he termed &#8216;Energia&#8217;, or photographic power. But his ideas proved controversial, and he abandoned them by the time of his death.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212344.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212344.jpg 800w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212344-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212344-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212344-520x333.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These albumen prints looked a little unusual. In the 1860s, John Henry Parker of the British and American Archaeological Society of Rome began an ambitious project to photographically record the city&#8217;s principal monuments, art and architecture. He worked with a team of photographers, including Smeaton, whose early experiments with flash photography proved vital to revealing Rome&#8217;s underground catacombs. Smeaton used magnesium flares to illuminate the dark interiors and usually hidden features, including wall paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212354.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212354.jpg 800w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212354-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212354-768x660.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212354-520x447.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were a number of these Xrays by James Green and James H. Gardiner<br \/>(active in the 1890s)<br \/><em>Sciagraphs of British Batrachians<\/em> <em>and Reptiles<\/em><br \/>1896<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212411.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212411.jpg 533w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212411-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212411-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These Bill Brandt prints looked great, always a favourite. Photographed in 1937, printed 1975.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212420.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212420.jpg 665w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212420-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212420-520x626.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212431.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212431.jpg 678w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212431-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212431-520x614.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I always have to stop for a Bernhard and Hilla Becher. Especially <em>Silo for Coal, Big Pit Colliery, South Wale<\/em>s, 1975<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212443.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212443.jpg 606w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212443-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212443-520x686.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chris Killip<br \/><em>From the series Sea Coal, Lynemouth,<\/em><br \/><em>Northumberland<\/em><br \/>1983-84<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212456.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212456.jpg 800w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212456-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212456-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212456-520x417.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Work I wasn&#8217;t aware of but kept me for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sarah Pickering<br \/><em>White Goods<\/em><br \/>2007-08<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This photograph is from Pickering&#8217;s series <em>Incident<\/em>, which depicts environments used by fire fighters for training exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212507.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212507.jpg 800w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212507-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212507-768x656.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212507-520x444.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RPS Library contains thousands of photography books of all types, published over nearly 200 years. Its a great space<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2017, the RPS Library, along with a vast collection of photographs, negatives, cameras and historical papers, was transferred to the V&amp;A. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212313.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212313.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212313-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212313-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t usually stop too long at colour photography, but there were a few standouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vasantha Yogananthan, <em>Lovebird<\/em>, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212301.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212301.jpg 588w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212301-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212301-520x707.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hoda Afshar, a photograph from the series<br \/><em>Speak the Wind<\/em><br \/>2020<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"695\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212522.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212522.jpg 800w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212522-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212522-768x667.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212522-520x452.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vera Lutter<br \/><em>Radio Telescope, Effelsberg XV:<\/em><br \/><em>September 12, 2013<\/em><br \/><br \/>German photographer Vera Lutter transforms shipping containers into camera obscuras and uses them to produce unique paper negatives of monumental structures.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212251.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212251.jpg 603w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212251-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212251-520x690.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antony Cairns <br>LDN E.\/., 2015<br>Collotypes and electronic ink screens<br>TY02, 2017<br>Antony Cairns made these collotypes, a form of ink-based photographic print<br>on paper, by scanning the photographic negatives of images he had taken of his home city, London. He then uploaded the scans onto hacked e-readers and wrenched the screens out of their casings, fixing the digital ink permanently. The screens, also shown here, were in turn reproduced as collotypes. Amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212532.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212532.jpg 800w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212532-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212532-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212532-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212542.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212542.jpg 800w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212542-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212542-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_212542-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(<em>Text lifted from exhibition panels)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if I go to see the Photography Centre, it&#8217;s taken as granted that I&#8217;ll be dragged through the Ceramics collection by Steph. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213639.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213639.jpg 800w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213639-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213639-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213639-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I really don&#8217;t mind, as the storage and displays are impressive. Not quite on the scale of the Corning Museum of Glass, USA, but getting there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213654.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213654.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213654-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213654-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213710.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213710.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213710-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213710-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plus, I wouldn&#8217;t get the chance to find my new favourite piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carolein Smit (born 1960)<br \/><em>&#8216;Hare on a cauliflower with knife and fork<\/em>&#8216;<br \/>2010<br \/>The rib-cage of a wounded hare is exposed, its entrails spilling out. Seated on a cauliflower, flanked with a knife and fork, we are reminded of the duality of our love of animals and their meat.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213730.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213730.jpg 800w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213730-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213730-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213730-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213730-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PSX_20231231_213730-520x520.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy New Year everyone, wishing you a great 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finishing off 2023 with a visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum for New Year&#8217;s Eve. And for once the Photography Centre was relatively quiet. We had the place almost to ourselves. I really enjoyed the current selection they had chosen for display. 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