Blog Feed - Daniel Brereton

Monday June 1st

Fri, 10 Jul 2020 09:02:00 GMT

Last night, in the middle of the hot night, a car drove down our street playing 'Redemption Song'. Driving very slowly, it was as if they wanted the whole street to listen to the lyrics, it seemed to last the whole song, before drifting away.

Won't you hear me sing, these songs of freedom, is all I ever had.

It felt spooky listening in bed on a warm summer evening, but ever more prophetic now thinking about the killing of George Floyd.

Permission to look at people

Thu, 04 Jun 2020 11:55:00 GMT

I've recently become interested in photography in a different way, I used to want to try and create pictures of empty spaces the way I see them. Natural and urban spaces, and often highlighting the lack of people in the frame, but still feeling their presence. Recently I have felt the urge to take portraits of people, and it's not to make pretty pictures, but to get closer to them, to find out about them, to go deeper into my curiousness. Taking pictures of people is a way of connecting with people, and hearing their story.

"Photography gave me permission to look at people." says Nan Goldin.

I'll share more photos as I go. I love finding new mediums, or old mediums and new directions.

Friday 29th May

Fri, 29 May 2020 09:51:00 GMT

It was great to see you yesterday, you appear a lot more confident now, it's great to see you grow. I know how hard it can be, I've only just started to feel like an adult recently, but it's a constant toing and froing between my adult and my child. You appear more at ease with yourself and other people and I just wanted you to know this.

Thursday 28th May

Thu, 28 May 2020 11:15:00 GMT

I worry about the end of things.

The end of my youth, the end of the tv series I’m watching, the end of summer, the end of this scone I’m eating.

I worry about being alone in the end, being old, everything done, nothing else to do.
I like things as they are, I don’t want them to end.