The Innocence and Simplicity of Childhood by Shahnaz ParvinThe Rough Hum of Straw
The smell of dry straw is a dusty, golden heat that clings to the skin long after the sun has dipped below the horizon. It is a coarse, scratching sensation against the palms—a brittle texture that snaps and gives way under the weight of…
Two Coats, by Barry CawstonTwo Coats by Barry Cawston
This photograph was taken for English Heritage and is off an abandoned part of a Silversmiths in Birmingham called J W Evans. At one time over thirty people were employed but the owner remained by 2009 and with the decline in staff so various…
The Architecture of Stillness
In the archives of the natural world, silence is rarely an absence. It is, instead, a heavy, velvet presence—a weight that settles over the landscape when the wind decides to hold its breath. We often mistake stillness for inactivity, as…