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Rothko and 1984

In Photography, The Wired Jester on July 16, 2009 at 6:31 pm

Rothko colours

Camera: iPhone 3G, processed with Camerabag app.

A favourite image of mine, snapped on the iPhone at Tate’s Rothko show. I entered it into a competition run by Penguin to win a big print of the new cover artwork for 1984. To win, you had to enter an image that reflected 1984; I chose this shot because it’s funnier and stranger than a lot of 1984-derived images tend to be, although of course, it doesn’t shy away from the central darkness of the novel – how bleak life is when words cannot be trusted.

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A trip to Taipei, Taiwan

In Photography, The Wired Jester on July 4, 2009 at 11:06 am

Waiting in the rain

Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Nikon 18-55 (kit lens)

Not a place many people visit, but I’d agree with Rough Guide when they call Taipei Asia’s most under-rated city. Here’s some photos not of motherboards or netbooks, but of the place where they’re born.

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A visit to a Tokyo park

In The Wired Jester on June 30, 2009 at 7:07 pm

Tokyo is not the easiest place to see traditional Japan. The damage Tokyo sustained in World War II, and the staggering amount of wealth it generated in the years after mean that its temples are all skyscrapers. Kyoto has the Zen gardens and rice-paper screens: in Tokyo, it’s shopping mazes and LED screens. Peaceful contemplation has given way to the wisdom of crowds. But you can still seek out more traditional aspects of Japan in the captial – one of the last places I visited was a stroll garden: Koishikawa Korakuen.

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