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Challenges

-Sweden

Mango Tango with Pippi

The super-strong, super-assertive and red-headed child, Pippi Longstocking, is loved around the world. The first book featuring her was published in Sweden in 1945 and her creator, Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002), rapidly earned fame. […]

California

Warhol at Number 52

Artist and photographer, Karen Bystedt, carried out a photo shot of Andy Warhol back in 1982 as part of a male model photography book she was working on.  She used […]

-London

Cats, Pharaohs and Tobacco

Carreras Factory (opened 1928), Camden, London, February 2016 These large black cats and Egyptian columns belong to a 1920s art deco building in north London; a cigarette factory, no less. […]

-London

Hope and Anchor – week 2

Having discovered that this closed London pub dates back to the late nineteenth century, I decided on an antique edit for this version:  sepia-coloured monotone with a grainy texture added, […]

-London

Hope and Anchor – week 1

Only three weeks late! I have finally got myself organised and am joining Robyn’s February photo editing challenge.  I’ll post the first 3 weeks over 3 days and then get back to […]

-Sweden

A Colourful Snowdrop

Per Hasselberg (1850-1894) was a Swedish sculptor, known for his delicate plaster sculptures of naked women.  Born in Sweden, he moved to France as a young man and studied at the […]