road by film

Category - Life Still Dreams/ Footage

The playlist comprises of 8mm Kodak film video footage captured in the early 1980s of the streets of Bombay. Framed through the eyes of a taxi window the "Padmini" as the taxi was known, takes us along the busy inner streets of the city and along Marine Drive, with the footage finally showing a glimpse of the famous Taj Mahal considered then as one of the finest hotels in the East.

Leading to the late 1980s, Singapore had the highest number of vehicles per capita amongst most Asian countries. The 2nd  film footage is a glimpse of a journey along the roads and highways infrastructure surrounding this  fast and developing. city, 

Lobatse is a small town in Southern Africa, about an hour away drive from Gaborone the capital. This footage was taken in the late 1970s of the town and its surroundings.

Lastly Swaziland's highveld region captured in the mid 1980s is the last footage as part of this playlist Road by Film.

Category - Life Still Dreams/ Photography/ Colour/ Narrative

Wellawatte, a suburb of Colombo, has some of the highest temperatures recorded around 40°C (104°F) and humidity levels exceeding 75%. During the civil war (1983-2009), several Tamil families moved to this area and has resulted in the highest population of the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka. This street photography captures the vibrancy of Wellawatte today, as a busy and densely populated suburb, containing many restaurants, textiles and jewellery shops. (view slides here)

Category - Life Still Dreams/ Photography/ Colour/ Narrative

‘Life in Life’ focuses on capturing the unique and imperfect moments of contemporary life. This particular photographic expression provokes  an intimate tone in documentary photography, as it provides a brief glimpse into an individual’s life. (view more here)

Category - Life Still Dreams/ Footage

A diverse cross section of East London, from the rise of modern tall buildings in Hoxton to the residential suburbs of Bethnal Green. This is a 60 second edited down video footage of this part of the capital.

Category - Life Still Dreams/ Photography/ Black and White/ Narrative

These photographs were initially exhibited by the BBC in 2010, under the theme ‘Shadows and Lines’. This led to further exploration of this initial body of work, and became the springboard for this book. Overall, ‘ Shadows Shapes Spaces’ is an initial photographic illustration of how shadows interfere with spaces, with this focus being further developed in the sequel book ‘Silence the Shadows’. Several of the photos highlight how SHADOWS create geometric SHAPES, especially in empty SPACES. (view slides here)  

Category - Life Still Dreams/ Photography/ Abstract/ Colour

The Pirelli Towers, located in Milan, Italy, is a skyscraper that functioned as Pirelli Tyres Company's first factory. This brutalist architecture is reflected through the solid background colours, and emphasises the skeletal structure of the building. These colours were selected as they complemented the harsh, geometric silhouette of the tower  (view slides here)  

Category - Life Still Dreams/ Photography/ Abstract/ Colour

Experimentation of fluorescent background colours on the Angel of the North contemporary sculpture by Antony Gormley. This iconic sculpture is widely recognised and grew a lot of public attraction in the North East of England. By experimenting with bright background colours, these images allow for a juxtaposed vision, shifting the focus not onto the famous sculpture, but to the impact the colours have  (view slides here). 

Category - Life Still Dreams/ Patterns and Fabrics

The Polar Dress by Sri Siva Sankaran embraces an unique and conservative pattern that is printed on a silk fabric material, is made from a Polaroid photography series that captures the natural environment of the English countryside.  The selected photograph on hedgerows was then patterned across and printed on pure silk fabric material. 

The Polar Dress which predominantly uses this fabric technique showcases the correlation that exists between pattern and fabric in creating a design that drapes elegantly over your body, and effortlessly flows with your every movement. The Halterneck backless style dress is made from 100% silk satin, and comes with an open back to embrace an elegant design look.

Released in 2023. Printed in London.