Half remembered…?
Fragments, memory and ghosts metaphorical and literal, have a habit of creeping into my photography. Sometimes, those fragments coalesce together, triggered by the simple act of re-visiting a particular location. The dormant virus awakes, and before you know it, the view before you has triggered an awakening of memory.
There are certain memories that never really reach your brain. They stay in your blood like a dormant virus…” [Michael Moorcock]
At times it’s the power of imagination that is called into action. The power to ‘see’ the ‘before’…
These days trips to Coventry focus on watching the Sky Blues but I’ll always try to take in a brief trip around the city centre before kick off. It remains familiar despite the many changes since moving away in the early 80’s and the ghosts of memory still have a habit of showing their faces from time to time…
Anyway…The following images suggest (to me at least), a tripych of sorts. Hence the captions…
Images below as follows:
“Beginnings…” From Broadgate towards the precinct.
“Renewal…” View from Hertford Street. Demolition underway for City Centre South regeneration scheme.
“Departure….” Coventry Station
(In other news: Sky Blues 3 – Preston North End 0…)
I found Johnny’s entry here especially poetic and it brought to mind the Ghost Town boys The Specials as Two Tone came from there . . . . . .
Ideas and Images From Portsmouth and Beyond
For John Callaway 2026
