Traces of life

“Fortunately, we live on the basis of a vital illusion, on the basis of absence, an unreality, a non-immediacy of things. Fortunately, nothing is instantaneous, simultaneous or contemporary. Fortunately, nothing is present or identical to itself. Fortunately, reality does not take place.”
Jean Baudrillard, The Perfect Crime, 1996.

Sunday, January 08, 2017

Traces of life now on Instagram

Most of my street pictures are now published on Instagram alongside other work, so please follow the link if you'd like to see my more recent work.

https://www.instagram.com/philcoomes/

Many thanks, Phil

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Friday, February 26, 2016

Brown strap and leg

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Labels: Art Street London Photography Streetphotos

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Birds on a wire

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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Pairs

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Labels: London Street Streetphotography Boots

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

One killer

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Labels: Street London Bus

Saturday, September 20, 2014

Feel the force

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Friday, September 19, 2014

Bottoms

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Labels: Leica M6 Street Photography Streetphotos Film

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Found item 1: Pink glove

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Labels: Leica M6 "found item"

Tuesday, April 08, 2014

One streetlamp - two moments

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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

The universe is beige, not turquoise - part 2

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Labels: London Leica M6 Street Ektar

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Zing Whooosh Pop

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Sunday, September 15, 2013

7 people, 6 legs, 1 broken

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Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Any direction, but not that way...

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Sweeping up

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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Further reductions

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Tuesday, February 05, 2013

The royal balcony

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Sunday, February 03, 2013

Unlocking potential

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Monday, January 14, 2013

Arms out wide

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Show me how

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Labels: Street Leica M4-2 90mm Elmarit Stilts Falling

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Flying the flag

Part of my 64 week Kodachrome project: www.64x64.co.uk

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Labels: Street London Photography Streetphotos Kodachrome

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Man in white

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Labels: Leica M6 Street London Photography Streetphotos Kodachrome

Friday, November 19, 2010

"Available all day"

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Four hands

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Labels: Leica M6 Street London Photography Streetphotos Kodachrome

Friday, October 08, 2010

Five hands

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Labels: Street London Photography Streetphotos Kodachrome

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Keep talking

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Labels: Leica M6 Street London Photography Streetphotos Kodachrome

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Blinkofaneye: I take many different types of photographs which often have to conform to a set criteria, but on occasion, I stumble across moments that are easily overlooked. Random encounters that only a split second of light passing through a shutter can reveal. This has nothing to do with photographic truth or the defining moment. It is little more than a recording of my desire to press the shutter and freeze time. These scenes are no more, yet the pictures remain, an illusion, markers in time.

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