My photos goes on tour too: “Still Moving”

If you remembered this project I was involved in last year, my photos are finally going on tour, too!

http://www.siobhandavies.com/studios/events/current/still-moving.html

Private viewing is on 17th March at Siobhan Davies Dance Studios at Elephant and Castle, London.

And how much I love the fact that it will be part of the opening of the new Canada Water library! (I live in Canada Water, and I am so looking forward to the opening of this library.)

Why am I doing what I do?

I have a confession: When I heard some of my friends who has just graduated in another degree and earning more and even thrice as me, I got jealous. I started asking myself questions.

Are you saying that when 2 weeks of my post-graduation life was dedicated to crawling the web and travelling up and down of East and South East London, just to find a good room/house that is within my wee budget, these friends of mine are spending their time probably doing something much better with their time money?

Do they really mean it when they say a dance degree is useless and impractical?

What am I really, really doing now?

A career in arts management that I have carefully planned for, and now only in the beginning, can be totally disregarded as… useless?

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First time at Notting Hill Carnival

I was the “resident photographer” (whoa, prancy prancy title) for Jamboulay Carnival Arts Promotion (JCAP) during Notting Hill Carnival 2010. Sunday was the kids day which was fun enough for me to take pictures – under the sun, in the rain. Sadly I had to miss the adult day on Monday as I needed that time to fill in job applications instead… I would happily do it again if I got the chance!

This is my favourite picture of the day because of the colours. One of the older performers was adjusting her head piece, while I noticed the sign “Mind Your Head” above her from my perspective. I wished the sign was clearer though!

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