HELLO AGAIN

Well I am ashamed to say that it has been almost a year since i last blogged!...........but I have a good reason........my little daughter Anna Mabel, who arrived 6 months ago and has been keeping my ridiculously busy since then. But the dust is settling now so I am hoping I will have more time to blog.

Here's the little lady, my friend Rikki thinks she looks like Betty Boop and I kind of agree.

I'm back....

Hello, is there anyone there??........ sorry for the disappearance..... life and work just got in the way for a bit. I have been busy working on lots of exciting stuff....more of that later. But my main and most important reason for going AWOL is that I am pregnant with baby no. 2! We are thrilled although I am finding the whole pregnancy thing a million times more tiring this time round (must be something to do with chasing a toddler round all day).

Ps. You can get these great vintage posters here

BOOKSHELVES

Other people's bookshelves are always very intriguing and Its Nice That are currently doing an interesting strand where they invite creative people to talk about their five favourite books accompanied by a photo of their shelves....

here are graphic designer and illustrator Supermundane's....

and here are mine...

We always try and keep the shelves free of clutter but it never works and they inevitably become a dumping ground for lots of random stuff.

Deciding on 5 favorites is tricky....so these are my go to books when I need some inspiration.

1. Rinko Kawauchi, Cui Cui
I stumbled across this beautiful book while in Toyko years ago and immediately feel in love with Kawauchi's photographs of her family which were taken over  a 13 year period  – individually the photos don't look like much but when you take the book as a whole it is a beautiful reflection on the ordinariness of life and death. This is the book I probably look at most frequently.

2. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
The imagery is fantastic - a dream of a novel.

3. Saul Leiter, Early Colour
An amazing collection of colour photos taken by Leiter in the 50s. I always find his crops, angles and use of colour so inspiring.

4. F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gastby
I read this first in school and have reread it so many times since, it was probably the first novel I truly loved.

5. Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History volumes I and II
I always end up looking at these before I start a new book, it is like having the National Art Library at the V&A in condensed form, and consequently both volumes are heavily post-it noted

VAUXHALL PARK

Hello Sun..... so nice of you to visit us again. Henry and I spent a lovely morning in the park with the sun on our backs, admiring all the little signs that spring is on the way. Everything was sparkling and the sky was so blue – even Vauxhall looked beautiful.

BEDROOM WINDOW

Oh no, London is freezing again..... and to add to my general air of grumpiness I am coming down with a cold too... I haven't helped myself though, as I spent the afternoon editing photos for my book On Leave, and torturing myself with these photos of beautiful morning light – I can almost feel their summery warmth.

ON LEAVE

A few photos from a new book I am working on of photos that were taken last year when I was on maternity leave, during the precious quiet and still moments while my son Henry napped.

LETTERBOXES......

.......are great. Especially for a super nosey person like me as they offer a secret glimpse into someone's private world. I have been thinking it would be great to do a series of these; maybe through the letterboxes of famous people or well know houses in London like Downing Street. Although it may be illegal....


© Liz Workman

THRESHOLDS

Photos of the gaps under the doors in our flat:

© Liz Workman

PLASTERBOARD DISCOVERIES

The communal areas of our block of flats have been undergoing a bit of a face-lift with layers and layers of paint and plaster being scraped away. Shortly it will all be patched up and painted white, but until then I have been enjoying the different colours and textures of the walls.

ANIMALS AND THE CITY

I never really take any photos of animals, but recently my viewfinder has been drawn to them. Must be the influence of all those Cbeebies programs

LOST LADYBIRD IN LOUNGE and BABY BIRD IN VAUXHALL