Torun gingerbread
Young Polish women making Torun and other traditional gingerbread at the Polish stand, on the first day of WTM (World Travel Market) 2012, Excel Centre, London, UK (5 November 2012) Photos © Rudolf Abraham. No unauthorized use.
50mm f/1.4G
Flooding in Newcastle
The weather in Newcastle was fine for most of the Bridges Festival, with the exception of the occasional shower. Then very, very suddenly on Sunday afternoon – just after photographing the giant print made by Northern Print and the ‘Stupendous Steamroller’ (see previous post), and just before I was due to walk back uphill from …
Northern Print and the Stupendous Steamroller
More photos from the Bridges Festival, Newcastle Gateshead (Sunday 5 August 2012). Near the Tyne Bridge, Northern Print make a giant linocut print with help from the ‘stupendous steamroller’, Coquet Lass. The steamroller, which was built in 1899, worked on the roads around Rothbury, Northumberland, and was restored over a 14 year period from 1987 …
Silvayovci
Slovak band Silvayovci, from the city of Košice (European Capital of Culture 2013), performing at the Sports Cafe in Haymarket, London, this afternoon. Silvayovci are a traditional band with a twist, using trad instruments to play both traditional Slovak music and reworked interpretations of modern Western pop hits – they were covering Billy Jean in …
Dundu
German street theatre and puppetry group Dundu with giant puppet in Covent Garden, London, earlier this evening (26 July 2012) Photos © Rudolf Abraham. No unauthorized use.