Palimpsests

The Picture Post, published between 1938 and 1957; a pioneer of photojournalism. Now a lonely, faded painted poster on Stockwell Road. In January 1941 Tom Hopkinson [its editor] published his Plan for Britain. This included minimum wages throughout industry, full employment, child allowances, a national health service, the planned use of land and a complete overhaul of education. This document led to discussions about post-war Britain and was the forerunner of the Beveridge Report that was published in December 1943 (quoted from www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jpicturepost.htm) Now a mere ghost advert, meaningless to all who walk by, fades silently away just like the noble ideals of yesteryear ....

The Picture Post, published between 1938 and 1957; a pioneer of photojournalism. Now a lonely, faded painted poster on Stockwell Road. In January 1941 Tom Hopkinson [its editor] published his Plan for Britain. This included minimum wages throughout industry, full employment, child allowances, a national health service, the planned use of land and a complete overhaul of education. This document led to discussions about post-war Britain and was the forerunner of the Beveridge Report that was published in December 1943 (quoted from www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jpicturepost.htm) Now a mere ghost advert, meaningless to all who walk by, fades silently away just like the noble ideals of yesteryear ....

Sometimes it is difficult to tell what the absence / the missing bit is telling us.... Was there a poster before they repainted, that subsequently fell off? Did they run out of paint? Did they try to emulate Rothko - or did Rothko get his inspiration from these walls....

Mudlarking... I came upon this flattened metal bucket almost already returned to dust... It took me a while to actually understand it was the bucket dissolving and taking on the colours of the surrounding stones and bricks. Nature's endless metamorphosis.