Captured & Shot

19/06/2024

Posting again, because my last attempt didn't get spotted by the algorithm.

On the afternoon of Saturday 8th June, I lost (or had stolen) a Ricoh GR iii X camera from East London - Wapping to be precise.

Serial number 0084379, with a low shutter count.

One of the photos below shows it with the protective skin I added, the other one shows what it looks like without.

It's about 11cm across and was in a small neoprene case. There was also a lens cover, spare battery and 128gb SD card.

If anyone sees it for sale, or has any information on its whereabouts, then please let me know via the messenger on here.

Many thanks. :)

01/10/2022

A different kind of portrait -- photos of individuals, from many years ago.

These are the remains of the souls resting at the Ossuary, in St. Leonard's Church Crypt, Hythe, Kent -- the largest and best-preserved collection of ancient human skulls and bones in Britain, many dating back from the 13th century.

The collection is said to represent the remains of around 4,000 people and consists of 1,000 skulls shelved in four arched bays⠀and a single stack of bones and skulls measuring 7.5m in length, 1.8m in width and just over 1.8m in height.

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15/05/2022

Japanese woman with a balloon and a badly strung guitar, looking at me in a disapproving way.

Copyright © Paul Rowson 2022

04/02/2022

This week the photos I took in Auschwitz are Featured on the Photography Daily Podcast (episode 280) -- you can listen on Amazon Music, Audible, Apple, Spotify and all the usual places (about ten minutes into the show)!

Amazing that photos I took 14 years ago, and rarely publicise, are still getting attention!

https://www.photographydaily.show/friends/auschwitz-photostory-paul-rowson

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https://open.spotify.com/show/3oTExh1IJOFnDF0OqKqb5e

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/334b691c-e1c9-4b4b-a552-7dc9e3735eb4/photography-daily?

https://podcasts.apple.com/ng/podcast/photowalk-respect-the-street-criticism/id1405797630?i=1000550031326

There's a rumour, an urban legend, that says you cannot hear birds singing in the skies above Auschwitz. Read more...

04/01/2022

Tonya -- who may actually be an alien-- with face paint and a rainbow blanket. Photo very lightly inspired by 's iconic photo of the , although mine is not even remotely iconic.

06/09/2021

People enjoying the bank of the Thames in Greenwich, with Canary Wharf visible in the background.

Now lockdown is lifting and people are slowly getting back to mixing, I'm hoping to be able to do a few more candid shots like this -- let's see what happens.

10/04/2021

Not sure what other page owners think, but changing to Facebook's new 'Pages Experience' was a bad idea -- it truly was awful. Anyway, I changed it back to the old version, but they deleted a lot of my old posts in the process!

Meanwhile, here's a photo of a man walking up the steps by . Shot on a as an alternative to my usual .

05/04/2021

The overgrown and vandalised remains of the anti-aircraft battery that saw significant action during . It included pits for eight guns in two groups of four and first saw action in 1940; the last line of defence against bombers heading for the and .

This site, designated ZE1, is the only remaining eight gun site of the north east sector in what was known as London’s Inner Artillery Zone.

29/03/2021

Empower Trajan statue, Tower Hill, London - doing his part.

22/03/2021

Rope Sculpture, Hermitage Basin, Wapping. Showing The Shard in the background.

23/02/2021

I hope everyone is well -- it's been a while since I posted here, but after a long break I think I've got my enthusiasm for photography back!

This is a Giant Lebanese Cedar tree in Ilford, Essex -- as a point of reference, the lowest knot is at least 160cm from the ground and larger than a human head.